'Not willing to criticize him': CNN panel corners GOP strategist over Trump loyalty

A CNN panel reached a painful conclusion about one of their panelists on Saturday morning’s edition of “Table for Five” while discussing President Donald Trump’s apparent deafness to a slew of devastating polls. They also dragged Republican Strategic Communications Consultant and former GOP press secretary Lance Trover for his reluctance to call out some of Trump’s most obviously misdirected decisions, including threatening to sue the New York Times for citing some of his horrible polls.

“Shouldn't this not be done?” asked Higher Learning podcast Host Van Lathan. “Isn’t that bad?”

“Shouldn’t what not be done,” asked Trover.

“Is it okay to be able to say [Trump] probably shouldn't threaten a lawsuit when he doesn't like a poll?” Van Lathan pressed.

“I'm not here to tell the president what he should and should not do. I mean, he does what he does,” said Trover.

“We're here literally to give our opinions on policy,” said panelist Josh Rogin, a Washington Post lead global security analyst. “This is literally the gig.”

“Table for Five” host Abby Phillip chimed in, asking Trover “is it bad that Joe Biden didn't pay attention to the border?”

“Well, I mean, I wish he would have paid more attention,” said Trover, addressing the steady GOP drumbeat that lauded Biden’s tone-deaf policy and helped sink his re-election campaign with voters.

“So, let me ask you this question: Is it bad that Trump is threatening to sue a news organization because he doesn't like their polls?” Phillip prodded.

“I don't — that’s not the same thing,” Trover insisted.

“But that's what you're about,” said Rogin, amid laughter and crosstalk. “She’s pointing out that you're not willing to criticize President Trump in any way.”

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