Byron Donalds Jabs CNN’s Pamela Brown Over Coverage of Inflation: ‘You Let the Last Administration Get Away With It!’

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) called out CNN for what he considered to be inconsistent coverage of inflation affecting the economy.

Donalds on Thursday joined CNN’s The Situation Room to talk about President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. During that interview, the news broke that Trump decided to suspend most tariffs on Mexico until at least April 2. When host Pamela Brown Donalds asked about Trump’s “back-and-forth tariff indecision” and the how that uncertainty affects markets, Donalds shifted the focus to the border and the flow of fentanyl.

DONALDS: 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 we gotta stop the flow of fentanyl. Give Donald Trump the opportunity to actually negotiate with the Mexican president and with Canada, and with China. You gotta give him that opportunity because when prices were rising in the United States, I didn’t hear CNN talking about that much. As a matter of fact, you ignored most of it while it was hurting the American people–

BROWN: We did.

DONALDS: –So let the president negotiate on tariff policy–

BROWN: We did cover. We did cover that.

DONALDS: –That is what he’s doing and it’s gonna work out to the better. You didn’t cover it the way it needed to be covered. Let’s be perfectly honest.

BROWN: OK, well that’s a matter of opinion.

DONALDS: You let the last administration get away with it–

BROWN: That is your opinion, but we did.

DONALDS: –but the American people suffered as a result. Oh, no, it’s not my opinion. That’s a fact.

BROWN: OK, no, it’s not a fact. Congressman Byron Donalds, thank you for coming on to share your points of view. We appreciate your time, and best of luck in your run for governor of Florida. We’ll be right back.

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