An interview by CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins got heated when Republican Sen. Tom Cotton prevented her from pushing her own narrative.
The senator said that the anchor misrepresented a vote by Senate Republicans against legislation to protect IVF.
“Senate Republicans today blocked a bill that would guarantee access to the very thing that a lot of them say they support,” the anchor said to start her show “The Source.” “It’s also the very thing that we have heard from Donald Trump say that he supports. Democrats tried and failed again to pass that measure, which would guarantee access to IVF nationwide, and tonight they are using this vote to hammer Republicans who said no.”
“Well, Kaitlan, first off, I have to correct almost everything you said in the lead-in there, almost none of which was accurate about this bill. First off, there’s no risk to IVF in this country. All 49 Republican senators, along with President Trump, support IVF. No state restricts or bans IVF,” the senator said.
“I didn’t say that in the intro, but okay, go ahead,” Collins interjected.
“You said that it had to guarantee access. Access is guaranteed in all 50 states right now,” Cotton continued. “You also said that it was about IVF. It was about a lot more than IVF. This bill would mandate coverage for experimental, controversial procedures like cloning, or gene editing, or providing fertility treatments to men who think they’re women, whatever that means. It would also imperil religious liberty. I support IVF, as President Trump does.
“We also think that we should allow, say, Christian hospitals to operate fares as they see fit, according to the dictates of their conscience. Now it’s not surprising that Democrats don’t agree with that. They’ve long persecuted Christians, like the Little Sisters of the Poor. They wanted to provide contraception coverage for nuns, or they’ve harassed Catholics for going to traditional masses,” the Arkansan Republican added.
“Okay senator, let’s stop you there,” the anchor said before Collins snapped.
“No Kaitlan, you’re not going to stop me there! Because you’re misrepresenting what the bill is about,” he said.
