[Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY)] immediately called Tanden out for fabricating a vote he never took part in.
“Actually, not,” he said after being falsely accused. “But nice try.”
“You voted against the reconciliation bill that had actual child care in it. You did. And the child tax credit,” Tanden insisted without backing off an inch.”
She added, “You voted against it back, way back in 2022.”
“I wasn’t elected until ’22. So, I didn’t come to Congress until ’23. But thank you,” countered Lawler. “So, you apologize for lying?”
To absolutely nobody’s surprise, Tanden was not, in fact, going to apologize.
“I‘m not lying,” she said after very clearly lying.
Lawler notes that since coming to Congress, he has “supported the child tax credit” and “co-sponsored legislation to that effect.”
Tanden responds by fully admitting that her entire false narrative was shellacked in epic fashion. Just kidding, she reduces his efforts, which go back to her original argument, with a dismissive, “Okay, great. I think that’s wonderful.”
I lied. You proved it. The proof counters my entire argument, so I’ll just pretend, hey, everything is cool.
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Tanden has a rich history of lying, which makes it confounding why CNN would use her as a guest on its programs in the first place.
To be fair, it’s not that confounding:
Much more on Tanden here: Biden’s OMB Pick, Neera Tanden, Is a Conspiracy Theorist Who Pushed False and Disputed Election Information on Twitter.