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'Flat-Out Lie!' Warren Cuts Off CBS Anchor Pushing Her on Trump Shutdown 'Talking Point' [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Oct 2nd, 2025, 9:47 am

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) cut off CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil when he suggested a Trump talking point wasn’t “strictly true,” interrupting to call it a “flat-out lie!”

President Donald Trump and the Republicans have blamed Democrats for the government shutdown by pushing the talking point that, as Trump put it in an AI-generated fake video featuring racist caricatures, Democrats want to “give all these illegal aliens free health care.”

Although that claim has been ruled false by numerous fact-checkers, Vice President JD Vance joined the White House briefing on Wednesday to press the same talking point and try to backfill an explanation. On Thursday morning’s edition of CBS News’s CBS Mornings, Senator Warren pushed back when Dokoupil tried to push her on what he called a “talking point” that isn’t “directly true”:

TONY DOKOUPIL: So, Senator, you know, Republicans say what you’re really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for, as they put it, illegal aliens. I know that’s not strictly true, but there is a provision –

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: Oh, excuse me, not strictly true?

TONY DOKOUPIL: It’s not directly true, but –

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: It is a flat-out lie! It is a flat-out lie!

TONY DOKOUPIL: – the way that they frame it –

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: There is nothing in Medicaid, nothing in Medicare, that permits one undocumented immigrant to get one dollar of assistance! None!

TONY DOKOUPIL: – Senator –

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: Zero!

The "media" (including CBS) aids and abets fascism. Walter Cronkite could fly to the moon with the spinning that he must be doing.

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'Flat-Out Lie!' Warren Cuts Off CBS Anchor Pushing Her on Trump Shutdown 'Talking Point' [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 2 OP

It's a little short of "We're being lied to everyday" but it's a start. /nt bucolic_frolic Oct 2 #1

They Live! MrWowWow Oct 2 #2

"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass..." (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #34

A masterclass BaronChocula Oct 2 #3

Exactly. This is no time to be polite road kill Bluetus Oct 2 #12

Yes, but sadly the GQP and MAGATs will simply pivot to different lies groundloop Oct 2 #15

Actually my experience is that they don't have an answer when you call them out on Chump's lies FakeNoose Oct 2 #16

Here is the essential story Bluetus Oct 3 #36

actually the federal law requires treatment as well I believe. dsc Oct 3 #37

You are correct. Bluetus Oct 3 #39

... Oeditpus Rex Oct 2 #22

Republicans frame it as you still beat your wife. AZLD4Candidate Oct 2 #4

TWISTING THE TRUTH Jimvanhise Oct 2 #5

That is called EMTALA. markodochartaigh Oct 2 #32

Go get 'em Liz! Takes sip dobleremolque Oct 2 #6

We hardly have any journalists on air anymore. spudspud Oct 2 #7

So CBS News is doing what they promised when they bowed to King Donald rurallib Oct 2 #8

And so the Paramount and CBS right wing merger shines right on thru.............with another right wing hack......... turbinetree Oct 2 #9

Good for Senator Warren! Joinfortmill Oct 2 #10

Dems need some way to overcome MSM stupidity and flamingdem Oct 2 #11

The way is for wealthy Democrats to step up to the plate and build a better source of news. travelingthrulife Oct 2 #23

DOKOUPIL is a wolf in sheep's clothing. live love laugh Oct 2 #13

I think he's married to Katy Tur AStern Oct 2 #18

That's the way to do it. Stomp lies immediately they are parroted. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2 #14

And Tony D is married to Katy Turd. What a pair. CurtEastPoint Oct 2 #17

Mr. & Mrs. Appeaser. N/T tonekat Oct 2 #29

Told You So... Mr.Bee Oct 2 #19

Would probably be better if she said a small number get emergency care under existing law, some get care Silent Type Oct 2 #20

Even Huffpo is calling Republicans' claim "misleading" rather than a flat out lie. SunSeeker Oct 2 #21

Good for Senator Warren Scubamatt Oct 2 #24

Agreed popsdenver Oct 3 #38

I get a paysite. I don't want a subscription wolfie001 Oct 2 #25

Try this BumRushDaShow Oct 2 #26

Larry Ellison and son's handiwork RedArkGuy Oct 2 #27

Way to go,Senator Hartpi978 Oct 2 #28

TY, Sen Warren! Emphathic pushback. electric_blue68 Oct 2 #30

Great response BGRD Oct 2 #31

You go, Senator! Bayard Oct 2 #33

The dems should popsdenver Oct 3 #35