'You can't govern': CNN anchor confronts GOP lawmaker ahead of vote on spending bill

Attempts by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) to shift blame on the looming government shutdown on President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats provoked a testy exchange from a CNN host who immediately called out the lawmaker – and his Republican colleagues.

The on-air moment happened Friday when a clearly frustrated Jake Tapper pushed back on Lawler’s argument that Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were ostensibly absent from the spending bill negotiations.

“Where is Joe Biden?