CNN host Anderson Cooper let his emotions get the better of him when discussing the findings of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficency (DOGE).
The primetime anchor hosted a discussion with former New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu and several other panellists following Donald Trump’s decision to hold a joint presser with Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Here went the exchange:
SUNUNU: I know what you’re not showing here but Musk gave seven specific examples off the top of his head of where the corruption and fraud were.
He was talking about a contractor that had a three-month contract. He was paid for 20 years.
He was talking about welfare benefits that were being paid to someone that was technically 150 years old.”
COOPER: But we didn’t see any of that. He doesn’t present any actual evidence.
SUNUNU: He’s standing there in the Oval Office. Do you expect him to come in with 10,000 pages?
And I have to be clear. To complain about this administration, about transparency when this president takes open questions on a daily basis, yet Joe Biden didn’t show up for a press conference in six months is insane.
These guys are being extremely transparent. They don’t have to sit there and take the questions, but they do. It’s all on the website. It’s all out there.
Later on, the two men got in a heated discussion about FEMA spending millions of dollars on luxury hotels for migrants.
As the debate escalated, Cooper accused Sununu over putting words in his mouth.
“Don’t be a dick,” he remarked.
Cooper eventually apologized for his outburst.
“Before we go, I wanna apologize,” he said. “I was mean, I was rude to you.”
“Are you kidding?” Sununu responded. “I grew up with seven brothers and sisters, and I’m a Sununu.”
Watch the clip below:
CNN’s Anderson Cooper calls @GovChrisSununu a “dick” on live television.
He later apologized @DailyCaller
— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) February 12, 2025
Musk, meanwhile, has made clear that he will continue to expose waste and corruption across the federal government.
“The people voted for major government reform, and that’s what the people are going to get,” he said. “That’s what democracy is all about.”
“Some of the things that I say will be incorrect and should be corrected. So nobody can bat 1,000,” he continued.
“We are moving fast, so we will make mistakes, but we’ll also fix the mistakes very quickly.”
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 11, 2025
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