Well, well, well—Jim Acosta is at it again. This time, the CNN anchor decided to throw down with Rep. Tim Burchett over President Trump’s latest move: pardoning roughly 1,500 January 6 defendants on day one of his return to the Oval Office. Naturally, the clash was fiery, dramatic, and tailor-made for the liberal echo chamber to gobble up. But let’s not kid ourselves here—this was less about justice and more about feeding CNN’s Trump-obsessed narrative machine.
Acosta, ever the finger-wagger-in-chief, grilled Burchett as if he’d personally drafted the pardons. “What happened to ‘back the blue’?” Acosta demanded with the kind of faux outrage we’ve come to expect. Of course, Burchett wasn’t having it. He fired back, pointing out what so many Americans have been screaming for years: where’s the accountability for the carnage of the 2020 BLM riots? You know, the riots where courthouses were torched, cops were murdered, and cities were left smoldering, while the media mostly yawned or spun excuses. Oh, but now CNN has suddenly rediscovered its love for law enforcement? Spare us.
Let’s not forget, these same folks—Acosta included—were the ones cheering on “mostly peaceful protests” as buildings burned in the background. But when Trump acts on his promise to address what many see as politically motivated prosecutions, CNN clutches its pearls and pretends it’s all about protecting police officers. It’s hypocrisy so blatant you could see it from space.
Burchett made a solid point that’s been conveniently swept under the rug by the media: due process has been a joke for many January 6 defendants. Some of these people were arrested for trespassing and have been sitting in jail for months, if not years, under conditions that make Guantanamo Bay look like a five-star resort. Sure, those who broke the law should face the music, but does walking into the Capitol (sometimes through open doors, mind you) warrant a sentence harsher than what actual violent criminals often get? Let’s have a real conversation about justice here.
But no, Acosta wanted to keep pounding away with his tired “gotcha” questions. He practically begged Burchett to denounce Trump, as if that’s what voters sent the congressman to Washington to do. Burchett, to his credit, didn’t take the bait. Instead, he turned the tables, calling out CNN’s selective outrage and reminding viewers of Biden’s track record of commuting sentences for people with far more heinous rap sheets. Funny how that barely made a ripple in the news cycle.
Jim Acosta LOSES IT on Congressman Burchett (R-TN) after he pushes back on how politicized the January 6th prosecutions were and CNN’s refusal to scrutinize the Biden Crime Family Pardons.
BURCHETT: I’m not a lawyer. They were not given due process.
ACOSTA: You’re a… pic.twitter.com/ExQReI9rRR
— DeVory Darkins (@devorydarkins) January 22, 2025
And then there’s the kicker: Acosta accused Burchett of “whataboutism.” Classic deflection. When you don’t want to address your own double standards, just slap a label on your opponent’s argument and act like it’s invalid. But here’s the thing—Burchett’s point wasn’t “whataboutism.” It was exposing the glaring inconsistencies in how the media and the left treat different events based on political convenience. If January 6 was a stain on democracy (and yes, it was ugly), what does that make the months of unchecked chaos in 2020? Oh, right—”social justice.”
🔥🚨HOLY SMOKES: Tim Burchett just DEMOLISHED Jim Acosta on CNN over J6 HOAX:
“My life has been threatened within the last few weeks, yet there’s no coverage of that. You just can’t stand the fact that he won and that America spoke.” pic.twitter.com/Cnok0htVYm
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 22, 2025
Of course, Acosta didn’t stop there. He took another jab, accusing Burchett and the GOP of “betraying the blue.” Again, rich coming from someone whose network spent years demonizing police officers as agents of systemic oppression. And let’s not forget, the left’s favorite rallying cry was “defund the police” until it started showing up on polls as wildly unpopular.
HOLY COW!!! Congressman Tim Burchett just ended CNN live on air.
Jim Acosta: “This is CNN. This is the news.”
Burchett: “And that’s why more people are watching the cartoon network, Spongebob reruns right now.” 😂🔥
Well done, Congressman. pic.twitter.com/nIsv6iEod8
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 22, 2025
This wasn’t a debate—it was theater. CNN gets its viral soundbites, Acosta gets his virtue-signaling moment, and Rep. Burchett gets to walk away knowing he didn’t cave to the pressure. Meanwhile, everyday Americans are left shaking their heads, wondering when the media will finally care about all injustices instead of picking and choosing based on who’s sitting in the White House. Until then, it’s just more of the same.