DOGE subcommittee member Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) fired off several digs at CNN for always trying to “run down Elon Musk and Donald Trump” in a move that provoked the network’s host Pamela Brown to end the already fiery interview.

The heated exchange came to a head on Tuesday as Brown challenged the congressman on Musk’s influence over federal cuts at DOGE and the extent of his accountability to government oversight.

As the debate raged, the host pressed Burchett on what he knew and if he was properly interrogating DOGE’s actions and access to sensitive data, while he slammed left-leaning networks and Democrats for being so “disturbed” that “their guy” Musk was now helping Trump that they were overlooking DOGE’s achievements in a bid to find fault.

As the on-air joust rounded off, Burchett pointed the finger at CNN and asked why its journalists were “not exposing” the waste that Musk’s teams had.

When Brown argued that CNN’s journalists had been covering government inefficiencies “at length,” the congressman opened up on the network as a whole.

“All y’all do is run down Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and you continuously do this. And that’s why your ratings are in the tank. Ma’am,” he fired.

He added: “You need to jump on board with this thing, America is tired –”

While Burchett continued to speak, Brown cut in to end the interview: “Alright Congressman Tim Burchett, we’re going to leave it there.”

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