'Not what I asked': CNN host nails GOP lawmaker for evading her questions on Trump threat

Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) was confronted on Tuesday morning by CNN anchor Poppy Harlow about the new dire warnings from former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) that American democracy is in grave peril under a second Trump term — and he appeared wholly unconcerned.

"Congressman, I'm interested, especially given you were elected in a Biden+14 district, what you think of what Liz Cheney ... has been saying recently," said Harlow, playing clips of Cheney saying that the country it "sleepwalking into dictatorship" and a Trump election could be the "last election that you ever get to vote in." "Do you share any of those concerns?"

"I am confident that the United States of America is the world's greatest democracy," said D'Esposito. "I think Liz Cheney may be a little bit bitter. Let's be honest, what we are focused on, Republicans, are the failures of the Biden administration."

"You are not concerned about what happened on January 6th and what could have happened if Mike Pence didn't do what he did in terms of certifying the vote?" Harlow pressed him. "None of that concerns you?"

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"Right now it is clear we have record debt," said D'Esposito. "We have record spending. Our border is wide open—"

"That's not what I asked you," said Harlow. "I asked you about preserving democracy."

"Joe Biden is the President of the United States, and I am confident that the United States of America is the greatest democracy in the country [sic] and there will — there are people that will continue fight for that democracy."

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