Fake news CNN’s Pamela Brown just learned the hard way why Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) is not one to be toyed with.
During a recent segment on CNN, Rep. Burchett destroyed Brown’s biased and misleading coverage of government inefficiency and mismanagement.
Brown attempted to frame the Trump administration’s firings of critical nuclear oversight staff as merely a case of “clumsy” decision-making rather than outright incompetence.
She cited a University of Maryland professor’s analogy that compared government efficiency efforts to using a sledgehammer to cut out fat from a steak.
Pamela Brown:
Congressmen, hold on. I want to go to this question because, again, it’s not a question of whether waste should be rooted out of the government. So many people agree with that. But now we’re seeing it’s the way it’s being done.The government is trying to claw back several employees who oversaw nuclear weapons after they were fired.
They realized, ‘Oh, we made a mistake. We need these staffers who oversee nuclear weapons.’ A professor at the University of Maryland, Dawn Kettle, who specializes in Silver Service, told the Washington Post that, yes, the government is likely full of wasteful bloat, but said a clumsy fix is worse than no fix at all, saying it’s like going to a meat market, getting a piece of steak, and trying to cut out the fat with a sledgehammer.
That would only make a mess of the meat. Do you think, congressman, that is a fair point that the way this is being done is clumsy rather than methodical?
In a masterful counterattack, Burchett called out Brown and the leftist media for their glaring hypocrisy, highlighting the Biden administration’s reckless appointments—including disgraced former Department of Energy official Sam Brinton, a non-binary activist who was in charge with nuclear secrets and was caught stealing luggage from multiple airports.
Tim Burchett:
Again, you’re upset about your attacking the message here, not the results. You talk about nuclear secrets. You had a nuclear… A person who was in charge of nuclear secrets, a man who dressed up as a woman would go into the airport and steal women’s luggage was overseeing those nuclear secrets under the Biden administration. I never heard you all say a peep about that.”Pamela Brown:
I don’t know anything about that. I’ll be transparent.Tim Burchett:
Well, you need to look it up. It’s all over the energy. It’s all over. He was in charge of nuclear secrets.
For context, in late 2022, Brinton faced multiple charges related to luggage thefts at various airports.
In July 2022, he was accused of stealing a suitcase containing items worth approximately $3,670 from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
In September 2022, another incident involved the theft of a suitcase valued at $2,325 from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.
Additionally, fashion designer Asya Khamsin claimed that Brinton wore her custom-designed clothing, which had gone missing in 2018, leading to further legal action.
In response to these allegations, Brinton was placed on leave and subsequently departed from his role at the Department of Energy in December 2022.
Going back to the interview, Brown smugly pressed Burchett, claiming the issue was about methodical governance rather than the existence of government waste. But Burchett obliterated her argument.
Brown, desperate to steer the conversation back in favor of the Biden administration, pivoted to Elon Musk, arguing that even Musk acknowledges that fast-moving changes result in mistakes.
But Burchett wasn’t buying it. “Humans will make mistakes, ma’am. But currently, these are bloated programs. You have no-show employees that are angry that they’re having to go back to work, that they’ve moved, and they’re not even in the distance,” he said.
Brown attempted to regain control, stating, “No one’s disagreeing that there’s bloat and waste. No one’s disagreeing with that.”
Burchett then delivered a knockout punch: “Well, then why are you all not exposed closing it. Have you all even talked about, ‘Hey, Mozambique, we sent them $10 million for circumcisions?’ I mean, goodness gracious, ma’am. Americans are paying over 50% of their salaries.””
Brown, realizing she was losing ground, desperately claimed CNN had covered government waste “at length.”
But Burchett wasn’t having it: “No, you haven’t. All you all do is run down Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and you continuously do this, and that’s why your ratings are in the tank, ma’am.”
At this point, Brown had no choice but to cut the interview short, abruptly ending the segment with a forced, “All right, congressman Tim Burtchet, we’re going to leave it there. I do appreciate your time coming on and having this conversation. Thank you very much.”
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