Ex-GOP Congressman Accuses CNN of Promoting False Narratives in Live Anderson Cooper Hit: ‘You Guys Didn’t Have the Facts There, Right?’

Former Republican Congressman Scott Taylor confronted CNN anchor Anderson Cooper with the network’s history of promoting false narratives on Monday after Cooper pressed him on former President Donald Trump’s allegations of voter fraud.

Asked to respond to Trump’s allegations of widespread voter fraud in Pennsylvania, which Cooper said there was “no evidence” of, Taylor replied, “The reality is there are folks who have issues with this. They want to have a safe and secure election, just like anyone, and the former president is highlighting that.”

After Cooper protested, “Every time you start your argument with, ‘There are people who believe this,’ it weakens your argument. I mean, that’s like classic high school debate stuff,” Taylor shot back:

Anderson, with all due respect, with all due respect, then that would be the same with the Steele Dossier , Hunter Biden’s laptop , lab leak theory dismissal, Jussie Smollett, and so on and so on. On this network, be honest, I mean you guys didn’t have the facts correct there, right? And people believe those things. With all due respect.

Former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger – who has his own history of falling for and promoting fake news – scoffed and argued, “That was not attempting to overthrow an election. That was something completely different.”

“Oh really, Adam? This ‘Russia, Russia’ and Hunter Biden laptop wasn’t an attempt to interfere with the election?” concluded Taylor. “Of course it was, you know that.”

Watch above via CNN.