Texas Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne reflected on her heated interview with CNN this week, calling anchor Brianna Keilar's comments about the border crisis "shocking."
"I'm happy to debate, but it didn't seem as if she wanted to debate, it seemed like she wanted to lecture," Van Duyne told Fox News Digital about their viral daytime interview. "She invited me on the show. If she didn't want to have a debate or conversation next time just put my picture up and don't waste my time."
Keilar sparred with Van Duyne on Tuesday over the lawmaker's efforts to compel President Biden to enforce existing border law. Tensions flared when Van Duyne insisted that the Biden administration was ignoring border security and that tens of thousands of Americans had died because of the large amounts of fentanyl coming across the border.
The CNN host pushed back against the GOP lawmaker's comments, telling her that data shows illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes than U.S. citizens and they are not the ones bringing fentanyl across the border.
