Topline
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) ridiculed CNN Thursday for building a studio in the U.S. Capitol building in a tweet Thursday afternoon, before deleting the tweet when he apparently learned CNN’s broadcast was using a green screen.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) drew some heat on Twitter Thursday after apparently not realizing CNN used … [+]
Key Facts
Posting a screenshot of CNN’s coverage leading up to Thursday’s congressional hearings on the January 6 riots, Steube tweeted his dismay that CNN would “build a full TV set” in the National Statuary Hall, the green screen background CNN’s anchors spoke of in the clip.
Crucial Quote
Steube wrote in his since-deleted post: “In case you forgot the sham #January6thcommitteehearings are purely for TV ratings, [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi] let the Communist News Network build a full TV set where Abraham Lincoln’s desk once stood.”
Key Background
One of the 147 Republican congresspeople to vote in favor of overturning election results, Steube condemned the deadly Capitol Riots on the day they occurred. Steube joined a majority of House Republicans in voting against the creation of the January 6th committee last May, and has been a vocal critic of the panel since its inception. Thursday marks the committee’s third televised hearing this month and is centered on former President Donald Trump’s efforts to convince then Vice President Mike Pence to overturn election results.
Tangent
Steube’s “Communist News Network” moniker for CNN is reminiscent of Trump’s nicknames for the network, who referred to it as the Clinton News Network and rallied vitriol for CNN among his supporters.
Further Reading
Jan. 6 Hearings: Pence Told Trump ‘Many Times’ He Couldn’t Overturn Election Results, Staffer Says (Forbes)
Who Is John Eastman? The Attorney At The Center Of Trump’s January 6 Strategy. (Forbes)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/06/16/congressman-ridicules-cnn-for-building-tv-set-in-capitolbefore-apparently-realizing-it-was-a-green-screen/