'That’s just math, congressman': CNN host schools GOP rep on actual effect of Trump cuts

'That’s just math, congressman': CNN host schools GOP rep on actual effect of Trump cuts

Many opponents of the mass layoffs of federal workers being carried out by the Trump administration — with the help of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — are arguing that the layoffs will inflict a lot of economic pain without significantly reducing the United States' federal deficit. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tennessee), who is a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, vigorously defended President Donald Trump's ec…