'Answer my question!' CNN anchor dogs Republican trying to parrot Trump talking points

CNN's Brianna Keilar wouldn't let up when freshman Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) touted Donald Trump's new age of "Manifest Destiny" but failed to directly answer questions about how it would help the U.S. economy.

Gill was mid-sentence explaining why acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal was vital to American interests when Keilar interrupted.

"But, can you answer my question? Can you answer my question? I'm asking you a question about the economy because that really, if he does have a mandate, that's so much what it's about," Keilar said.

"You know, I think it's hilarious that Democrats spent four years telling us that the economy was in the greatest shape of our lives, telling Americans to not believe the evidence of their eyes and ears, not believe their pocketbooks that they were looking at at the end of every week and trying to force Americans to believe that we were in a booming economy, and now all of a sudden, Democrats are obsessed with bringing inflation down and inflation, not long ago, they said, didn't exist," Gill said.

"I understand your frustration with Democrats, but looking forward here, as Republicans will be controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House, how does something like acquiring the Panama Canal, Greenland? How is that going to help economically? I hear you saying there are geopolitical advantages maybe you can make more of a case there, but how is this going to help everyday Americans?" Keilar pressed.

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Gill pivoted to the southern Border and the Laken Riley Act, before stating, "I think that the people of Panama, I think that the people of Greenland, I think that the people of Canada, for that matter, should be honored that President Trump wants to bring these territories under the American fold."

"Okay, they don't seem honored, just to be clear," Keilar said, adding,"Do you support Americans fighting, which always means potentially dying, for the U.S. to acquire Greenland or the Panama Canal?"

Gill said he would "leave the methodology to President Trump and follow his lead here" regarding military intervention before he shifted to talking about war in Ukraine.

Keilar interrupted, "Can you answer my question please? Can you -- I'm talking about American lives, Congressman. I'm talking about --"

"All of a sudden you're concerned about people dying in wars whenever a weak foreign policy under President Joe Biden is the reason that that the entire world has erupted in chaos," Gill shot back.

"My concern, congressman, and people dying in wars is not sudden, and it is earnest, and so when you're talking about the possibility of Americans as we are here, can you please answer my question?"

Watch the clip below via CNN.