CNN host Kasie Hunt thought she had EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin right where she wanted him during Sunday’s interview. She loaded up her usual liberal talking points about climate change and tried to corner the Trump official on live TV. But her plan completely fell apart when Zeldin calmly destroyed her arguments with basic facts.
Hunt started the show by playing scary images of power plants with smoke coming out. She was trying to make viewers afraid of the EPA’s new plan to roll back Obama-era climate rules. This is classic CNN fear-mongering at its worst.
The Trump administration just announced it wants to repeal a 2009 finding that claimed carbon dioxide is dangerous to human health. This finding has been used for years to justify crushing regulations on American businesses and farmers. Finally, we have leaders who care more about American jobs than liberal environmental fantasies.
When Hunt tried to trap Zeldin with gotcha questions about Florida insurance companies, he was ready. He explained how EPA overreach actually hurts regular Americans by making everything more expensive. Hunt clearly didn’t expect him to fight back with real facts instead of backing down.
You could see Hunt getting more frustrated as the interview went on. She kept pushing her climate doom narrative, but Zeldin stayed calm and professional. He knows that most Americans are tired of being lectured by coastal elites about their carbon footprints.
The EPA under Trump is finally putting America first again. Instead of punishing our own energy companies, we’re focusing on making life affordable for working families. That’s exactly what voters demanded when they rejected the radical green agenda.
CNN hosts like Hunt can’t handle it when Republicans actually fight back with truth. She thought she could bully Zeldin like other weak GOP officials, but he stood his ground. This is what real leadership looks like.
American families deserve cheaper energy and good-paying jobs, not more environmental regulations written by Washington bureaucrats. Lee Zeldin gets it, and that’s why CNN is so angry about his common-sense approach to running the EPA.
