White House Comms Director Blasts ‘Legacy Media’ With Social Media Post Featuring CNN Polling Segment

Kipp JonesJun 2nd, 2025, 2:34 pm
 
Steven Cheung

AP Photo/Seth Wenig

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung criticized “legacy media” in a social media post Monday while sharing a segment from CNN, one of the most prominent legacy outlets.

In a post on X, Cheung wrote, “MUST WATCH: Don’t believe the legacy media’s biased reporting on President Trump’s policies. Americans overwhelmingly support his agenda!”

He included a clip from CNN’s Inside Politics, where senior political analyst Harry Enten expressed surprise over the Republican Party’s performance over Democrats on the economy.

Enten highlighted recent findings from CNN and Reuters/Ipsos polls showing that, despite months of market volatility and opposition to tariffs, Republicans hold a growing advantage over Democrats when voters are asked which party better handles the economy.

“After the stock market’s been doing all of this, after all the tariffs that Americans are against, and Republicans still hold an eight-point lead on the economy? Are you kidding me?” Enten said during the broadcast.

According to CNN’s November 2023 polling, Republicans held an 11-point edge on economic issues. As of last month, that number has shifted slightly, with the GOP now holding an 8-point lead in CNN’s survey and a 12-point lead in Reuters/Ipsos polling.

Enten noted the trend holds even as many voters express concern about economic instability.

He also pointed out that Democrats have lost their long-held advantage on representing the middle class. Citing historical numbers, Enten said Democrats led Republicans by 22 points in 1989 and 17 points in 2016 on this question.

By 2022, the lead had narrowed to four points. In the latest CNN poll, the parties are now tied.

“This, I think, speaks to Democratic ills more than anything else,” Enten said. “They have traditionally been the party of the middle class. No more.”

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