Florida Rep. Byron Donalds confronted CNN host Pamela Brown this week over her network’s failure to properly hold the Biden Administration accountable for inflation.
The discussion came as the pair discussed Trump’s postponement of tariffs on Mexico. Donalds accused CNN of allowing Biden “to get away with” inflation.
“Well look, I’m gonna repeat myself a little bit here. It is important that we stabilize not just our economic relationships around the globe, but also the fact that we gotta secure our border and stop the flow of fentanyl,” Donalds said. “Give Donald Trump the opportunity to actually negotiate with the Mexican president and with Canada and with China, you ought to give them that opportunity. Because when prices were rising in the United States, I didn’t hear CNN talking about that much, in fact, you ignored most of it while it was hurting the American people. So let the president negotiate on tariff policy and it’s going to work out.”
Brown pushed back, saying that CNN did in fact cover inflation under the Biden.
“You didn’t cover it the way it needed to be covered, let’s just be perfectly honest,” Donalds said. “You let the last administration get away with it and the American people suffered as a result.”
“That is your opinion, but we did,” Brown said.
Watch the clip below:
🚨 Byron Donalds just EVISCERATED CNN… total smackdown.
"When prices rose [under Biden], I didn't hear CNN talking about that much. You ignored most of it while it was hurting the American people. Let the president negotiate on tariffs."pic.twitter.com/hcQUwidqgN
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 6, 2025