Anderson Cooper shuts down GOP congressman who accuses him of bias

CNN’s Anderson Cooper was not having it when Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho on Monday insinuated that Cooper is biased against Republicans.

Cooper asked the Republican why the House won’t allow a vote on a clean CR to “see” if it would pass. Labrador insisted there are not enough votes to pass the bill.

When Labrador practically accused Cooper of doing the bidding of the Democrats, Cooper was quick to refute the allegation.

“All of a sudden, just because you don’t like the fact that the Republicans are in control of the House of Representatives, you want to make sure that the Republicans actually pass the Democrat’s–” Labrador began before being interrupted.

“I don’t have a stake in this,” he said. “This is the way it works in journalism. When you’re not on Fox News, you get contentious interviews. When you’re not on MSNBC and a liberal, you get contentious interviews. My job is to ask you questions that are different than you think, just as my next guest, who’s a Democrat, I’m gonna ask the same kinds of questions… that’s what a journalist does.”

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