Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told CNN host Kate Bolduan that the network should «look within» about political rhetoric during a tense interview on CNN News Central.
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., turned the tables on CNN on Monday when host Kate Bolduan accused President Donald Trump of refusing to bring down the political temperature after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Burchett told CNN to «look within» if it was wondering how to tone down the political rhetoric after Kirk’s death. The lawmaker’s comments appeared to offend Bolduan.
«Well ma’am, I’m not attacking you, I’m just letting you know that you all need to look within at CNN if you want to continue down this path», Burchett told Bolduan, who smirked and shook her head at the accusation.
Bolduan began by asserting that both conservatives and liberals share responsibility to lower the intensity of their political rhetoric and urged Trump to do the same.
She played a clip of the president blaming left-wing political rhetoric for Kirk’s murder and suggested he was fanning the flames.
