Rep. Tim Burchett battles CNN's Jim Acosta about Doanld Trump pardoning more than 1,500 January 6 riot defendants. "Why don't you just give an editorial and not have me on?" Burchett told Acosta. "This is why more people are watching the Cartoon Network,

CNN anchor Jim Acosta sparred with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) about President Donald Trump's pardon of over 1,500 January 6 defendants.

A Wednesday morning interview with a Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) on CNN spiraled into chaos when host Jim Acosta tried to get a straight answer out of him about Donald Trump's blanket Jan. 6 pardons and the cornered far-right lawmakers responded with a fusillade of insults.