{"id":2413714,"date":"2025-03-18T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-burchett-clashes-with-cnn-host-over-activist-judge-and-alien-enemies-act-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T15:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T19:21:02","slug":"tim-burchett-clashes-with-cnn-host-over-activist-judge-and-alien-enemies-act-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-burchett-clashes-with-cnn-host-over-activist-judge-and-alien-enemies-act-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Burchett clashes with CNN host over \u2018activist\u2019 judge and Alien Enemies Act &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-burchett-clashes-with-cnn-host-over-activist-judge-and-alien-enemies-act-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tim Burchett clashes with CNN host over &lsquo;activist&rsquo; judge and Alien Enemies Act<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2042474\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rep-tim-burchett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tim Burchett<\/a> (R-TN) feuded with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CNN&rsquo;s<\/a> John Berman over the Trump administration&rsquo;s decision to ignore a judge&rsquo;s decision to review President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, during which Burchett questioned why the network was siding with &ldquo;a bunch of murderers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3351121\/white-house-courts-18th-century-deportation-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">defended its stance on using the Alien Enemies Act<\/a>, which comes after United States District Judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3350523\/trump-administration-new-judge-deportation-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Boasberg<\/a> temporarily blocked the administration from using it to deport illegal immigrant gangs like Tren de Aragua. When asked about Burchett&rsquo;s take on what the Constitution says about the judge&rsquo;s responsibility on federal law, the lawmaker pointed to how the &ldquo;activist&rdquo; judge is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">District of Columbia<\/a>, and that Trump is in the right to use this act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3351462\/vance-takes-over-rnc-finance-chairman-possible-2028-donor-base\/\">Vance takes over as RNC finance chairman, setting up possible 2028 donor base<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3351337\/house-ethics-fills-ranks-turbulent-end-last-congress\/\">House Ethics Committee fills its ranks after turbulent end to last Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3351557\/farmers-rally-at-state-capitol-as-industry-leaders-express-concerns-about-overreach\/\">Farmers rally at state capitol as industry leaders express concerns about overreach<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&lsquo;s a political overreach by the Left, and that&lsquo;s why you&lsquo;re not seeing, that&lsquo;s why you&lsquo;re not seeing a lot of members of Congress on the Left that are trying to stand up and say something,&rdquo; Burchett stated.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett was then asked if he had evidence Boasberg was &ldquo;unlawfully&rdquo; confirmed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a>, to which he said he did not but did have proof those getting deported are criminals. The lawmaker then lamented why CNN &ldquo;takes the side of a bunch of murderers,&rdquo; which he deemed &ldquo;nonsense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker added that he believes both Trump and the White House have a duty to protect the United States from illegal immigrants, which is why people &ldquo;overwhelmingly&rdquo; support this stance and believe the judge is &ldquo;overstepping his bounds.&rdquo; When Burchett claimed that Boasberg is siding with &ldquo;criminals,&rdquo; Berman contended the judge has only put a stay on the White House&rsquo;s action to review it, prompting Burchett to interrupt and state &ldquo;come on.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Listen, these guys, the difference between God and these judges is God knows he&lsquo;s not one of these judges,&rdquo; Burchett argued. &ldquo;They&lsquo;re arrogant. They practice this type of thing all the time, and if you had a conservative one doing it, you all would be raising total hell, but because it&rsquo;s a left-winger, and at CNN, you all take that side. It&rsquo;s ridiculous that you all would take the side of a bunch of murderers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3349791\/minnesota-gop-trump-derangement-syndrome-mental-illness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MINNESOTA GOP PROPOSES MAKING &lsquo;TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME&rsquo; A MENTAL ILLNESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3297733\/tim-burchett-cnn-jim-acosta-fiery-exchange-jan-6-pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Burchett also feuded with CNN earlier this year<\/a> with then-anchor Jim Acosta over Trump&rsquo;s pardons of over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114183576937425149\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>On Truth Social, Trump slammed Boasberg for being &ldquo;a troublemaker and agitator&rdquo; who was appointed by former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a>, and argued the judge was not elected by voters. He added that he is &rdquo;just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do&rdquo; as president, and urged for Boasberg to be impeached.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2042474\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2042474\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Burchett clashes with CNN host over \u2018activist\u2019 judge and Alien Enemies Act Rep. 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