GOP senator goes toe-to-toe with CNN anchor over border bill lie: ‘Trump’s not in office’
August 31, 2024 | Vivek Saxena
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin pushed back against the Democrat- and media-concocted lie that former President Donald Trump had lobbied against the so-called “bipartisan” border bill to prevent President Joe Biden from securing a political victory.
Appearing on CNN Friday, he was immediately confronted by interviewer Manu Raju, who outright accused Trump of having lobbied House and Senate Republicans into not passing the border bill.
Right from the get-go, Mullin cried foul.
“No, it wasn’t Trump that killed that bill — Trump’s not in office,” he calmly asserted.
“He lobbied senators to kill it,” Raju pushed back without any evidence. “He lobbied House members to kill it.”
Mullin staunchly disagreed with that assessment.
“No, no, no — that was after the fact that the Biden administration refused to actually negotiate with the Republicans,” he said. “Chuck Schumer didn’t one time reach out to the Republicans to try to talk to us. They never had a working group together.”
more w/video
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/31/gop-senator-goes-toe-to-toe-with-cnn-anchor-over-border-bill-lie-trumps-not-in-office-1483910/
