WATCH: Pro-Trump CNN Guest Silences Brian Stelter After Tone Deaf Comment

CNN’s Brian Stelter — who recently re-joined the network after he was fired by former CNN chief Chris Licht — was excoriated by a pro-Trump CNN guest after making a tone deaf comment on the economy.

Shermichael Singleton, a Republican strategist, was pointing to a years-long polling trend of Americans expressing an unfavorable view of economic progress. According to October’s Harvard/CAPS Harris survey, 47 percent of respondents indicated that their financial situation is “getting worse.” While down from a high of 64 percent in early 2022, a majority of respondents have stated that their financial situation is deteriorating in every Harvard/CAPS Harris monthly survey dating back to September, 2021.

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The same trend has been near unanimously observed by major pollsters since 2022, while likely voters consistently rank the economy and handling of inflation as top issues.

During a panel discussion, Singleton noted that U.S. taxpayers are sending billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine while a majority of Americans have consistently expressed dissatisfaction with the economy. “My point is that a lot of people look at how much money we’ve spent on this conflict and they’re asking themselves, ‘my roads are crumbling, my schools suck.’ We just had major disasters across the country, FEMA doesn’t have enough money allocated -,” Singleton said before he was cut off by Stelter.

“I don’t live in that country, by the way. America’s not that horrible,” the CNN host said with a smirk.

At that point, Singleton immediately turned to Stelter and noted that New York City is not representative of America as a whole. “I don’t live in New York, I live in a normal city, a normal town. My roads are not crumbling, my schools don’t suck. I just get tired of it… the anti-American rhetoric,” Stelter interjected once again.

“Well, maybe you’re fortunate enough to put your kids in darn good schools, but there are a lot of people in this country who aren’t wealthy, who don’t live in great cities, who do have to send their kids to terrible schools. That is a fact because of their zip codes,” Singleton shot back. “And to send your kids there arrogantly and say, ‘well, my kids go to great schools. I live in a great neighborhood.’ That’s your experience.”

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