GOP strategist accuses CNN of double standard on Biden overstepping authority vs. how network treated Trump

Republican strategist Brad Todd called retired CNN for not questioning whether erstwhile President Biden was laying the groundwork to defy tribunal orders, arsenic the sheet went each successful connected President Trump's opposition to restraining orders against a mates of his enforcement actions. 

"This is not a caller reality. Let’s rewind the tape. A mates of years ago, Joe Biden mislaid his program for pupil indebtedness forgiveness, if you will, astatine the Supreme Court. His punctuation was, ‘I volition halt astatine thing to bash this.’ And helium past proceeded to springiness up $48 cardinal of pupil indebtedness indebtedness successful defiance of the Supreme Court," Todd said, arsenic CNN big Jim Sciutto pushed back.

Several of the Trump administration's actions, specified arsenic the federal backing freeze and the barring of the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to idiosyncratic data, person been challenged by Democratic attorneys wide and respective states that took contented with the enforcement orders. Scuitto wondered whether the Trump medication was laying the groundwork to disobey immoderate aboriginal tribunal rulings with respect to his enforcement action.

Republican strategist Brad Todd called retired CNN for not questioning whether Biden would defy tribunal orders aft the Supreme Court ruled against his pupil indebtedness forgiveness plan, arsenic the sheet slammed Trump for opposing restraining orders connected his enforcement action.  (Screenshot/CNN)

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"When Joe Biden said ‘I volition halt astatine nothing' erstwhile helium mislaid the pupil indebtedness case, we didn‘t get connected tv and CNN didn‘t say, ‘I wonderment if he’s laying the groundwork to defy the court.’ We don’t, we dainty Republican presidents antithetic than we dainty Democratic presidents successful this conversation," helium added pursuing much treatment from the panel.

Paul Engelmayer, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York and an appointee of erstwhile President Barack Obama, issued a impermanent restraining order connected Saturday that sided with 19 Democratic authorities attorneys wide who claimed that giving DOGE "full access" to the Treasury’s outgo systems violates the law.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell besides filed a caller question Monday ordering the Trump medication to comply with a restraining bid issued Jan. 31, temporarily blocking the administration’s efforts to intermission national grants and loans. 

President Donald Trump speaks astatine a rally successful Uniondale, New York connected Wednesday, September 18, 2024. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)

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Sciutto asked CNN ineligible expert Elliot Williams to respond to Todd's argument, calling the thought that Biden did the aforesaid happening a "talking point."

"Certainly, I volition springiness the president this. He has each close to situation orders. He has each close to accidental the courts are wrong. He has each close to vindicate his rights. But erstwhile some helium and JD Vance are making the statement that, well, determination volition travel a time erstwhile we simply volition not adhere to tribunal orders, that to maine is the large problem," Williams responded.

Todd brought up Biden's committee to look astatine expanding the tribunal and accused the erstwhile president and the Democratic Party of trying to undermine the integrity of the Supreme Court for respective years.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden speaks astatine the Department of Labor connected December 16, 2024 successful Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

CNN contributor Alex Thompson argued that Trump was "doing thing new" successful trying to propulsion the "limits of enforcement order."

"Like Barack Obama did with the waters of the United States and the cleanable powerfulness program and Joe Biden did the pupil indebtedness act, presidents advancing enforcement argumentation to get to the Supreme Court and trial the limits is arsenic aged arsenic the presidency, this is not extraordinary," helium said.

Williams agreed with Todd's argument. 

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Fox News' Diana Stancy and Emma Colton contributed to this report.