CNN’s Erin Burnett to Dem Rep.: Weren’t Democrats Being a Little Hyperbolic About the Memo Too?

On Friday night, CNN host Erin Burnett confronted Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) about her party’s handing of the GOP memo’s release.

Burnett mentioned to Speier, who sits on the House Intel Committee, how Democrats were “sounding the alarm” in the days leading up the controversial disclosure, saying that it would be “reckless” and “incredibly dangerous” if such information was made public. She also quoted House Intel Committee Ranking Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), who warned the release of the memo could spark a “constitutional crisis” and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who claimed that President Trump “surrendered his constitutional responsibilities” for green lighting the “fake” and “horrible” release.

“Was there just a little bit of hyperbole coming from Democrats on this?” Burnett asked. “I mean, all the names in there knew they were going to be in there.”

Let’s just say Speier didn’t exactly answer the question. At all.

“Well, we have a new normal in this country, ” Speier responded. “Unfortunately, because the president spews out ‘fake’ for virtually everything, it’s become part of our vernacular. This is a phony memo. And the problem is that to really understand it, you’d have to release the FISA application- that’s 50 pages long. And that’s the slippery slope that we’ll be going down if we’re not being careful here.”

The congresswoman went on to stress that everyone should “focus” on “what makes this democracy real” and “free,” which she listed institutions that Trump has attacked like the DOJ and the media.

Watch the clip above, via CNN.

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