CNN's Collins cuts GOP lawmaker's government lesson short: 'I have to stop you there!'
It was a good ol' crossfire until Kaitlan Collins pulled the plug.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) tangoed with CNN's host of "The Source" on live television, with the pol switching from cogent immigration insights to a seemingly oversimplified lesson on the fundamentals of the U.S. government.
So Collins gave him the vaudeville hook to pull him off stage.
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Collins started asking Lawler about the victorious campaign of Long Island Democrat Tom Suozzi on Tuesday night over Republican Mazi Pilip in the special election of a seat left vacated by the scandal-plagued George Santos.
The win cuts into conservatives' thin majority in the House of Representatives and Collins then asked if it concerned Lawler with his own reelection prospects.
"Not at all," he said. "I'm not concerned and about how this plays out in districts like mine in which any any number of polls shows me doing very well and my favorability 29 points higher in my district than the generic Republican."
Collins asked Lawler about a group text message sent by Santos trolling Republicans over the loss.
“I hope you guys are happy with this dismal performance and the 10 million dollars your futile Bull S— cost the party,” it reads.
Lawler confirmed he was on the receiving end of the text, but then said "George Santos is a waste of time" because "he's no longer a member of congress for good reason."
The Republican then tried to steer the conversation back to immigration policy and how the Democrats "chose not to act until December of last year" where they created a bill to fix the Southern Border crisis.
"Here's the bottom line: and the way Congress works — because the media seems to have this position that whatever the Senate passes everybody has to accept — there are two houses within Congress and you actually have to negotiate —"
Collins interjected: "Congressman yes, we understand. Congressman, respectfully I have to stop you there—"
Lawler didn't stop pushing his point, "...everybody wanted us to accept a bill that wouldn't actually pass. And that's the problem."
She then took back control of the interview and, before ending it with a promo for the next show, she told him, "I think the problem, I think both both parts of Congress bear the blame for this."
"No one has done anything to fix immigration system."