'Truth is not democracy': Trump official dismisses facts on GOP megabill

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett dismissed experts' dire predictions about President Donald Trump's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill by insisting that "truth" and "science" were not the same as democracy.

"There's a consensus that this bill adds tremendously to the deficit. I know that you are so familiar with these numbers," CBS host Weijia Jiang told Hassett in a Sunday interview. "The Yale Budget Lab estimates it will add $3 trillion to the debt. The Tax Foundation says $3 trillion.