‘That Is A Fact!’ CNN Anchor Laughs In Pro-Trump Guest’s Face When She Complains About Biden ‘Labeling Trump A Convicted Felon’

CNN anchor Abby Phillip and her panel laughed at a pro-Trump guest who complained that former President Donald Trump is being “labeled a convicted felon” by President Joe Biden on a daily basis.

The president and his campaign have been referring to Trump as a “convicted felon” with increasing frequency since the jury in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial returned guilty verdicts on all 34 felony counts.

On Thursday night’s edition of CNN NewsNight, Phillip and her panel erupted with laughter when Republican Betsy McCaughey complained “every day now, the Biden administration is labeling Trump a convicted felon” — which Phillip quickly noted is “a fact”:

MCCAUGHEY: Look, I think the idea of a truce is great. But let’s say this. To have a lawfare —

PHILLIP: I’m sorry. What do you mean a truce?

MCCAUGHEY: Well, because Dr. Phil was talking about, he used that word before, a truce in the lawfare, in this battle in court between members of the Biden administration and Trump. The fact is, for that to happen, Biden has to call Governor Kathy Hochul and ask her to pardon Trump. Otherwise, it’s like asking for a truce now after the 34th count verdict —

PHILLIP: I’m going to let Errol in. But I just have to be clear —

MCCAUGHEY: It’s just like asking Israel to lay down its arms the day after Hamas violated Israel in October.

PHILLIP: A truce might be necessary if there were actually any evidence of Biden seeking to influence the prosecution.

ERROL LOUIS, CNN POLITICAL ANALYS: Dr. Phil is a charming man, but there is a reason we don’t let psychologists practice law. What he describes, this need for a truce, for example, assumes things that just simply don’t exist. I mean, it is convenient for Donald Trump to say that my political enemy convinced a grand jury of citizens in Manhattan, and a trial jury in Manhattan, and an independently elected local prosecutor, and an independently elected judge to all conspire against me, and therefore, this is Biden’s fault, but that’s just not sensible. It’s just not true. It’s just not the way the system works.

MCCAUGHEY: Let me point out —

PHILLIP: (INAUDIBLE) two Trump cases yesterday that were effectively put on hold indefinitely. That happened too. That is the legal system working in Trump’s favor.

MCCAUGHEY: Right. But back to this one.

SIMMONS: No, you don’t want to talk about that.

MCCAUGHEY: Well, I do want to talk about it for this reason, because every day now, the Biden administration is labeling Trump a convicted felon. Very interesting — no. Very interesting —

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIP: That is a fact.

MCCAUGHEY: — that the prosecution has requested that the gag order against Trump be maintained through the sentencing, way beyond the debate.

Watch above via CNN NewsNight.