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Posted: 2024-10-11T18:24:52Z | Updated: 2024-10-11T18:24:52Z

CNN guest panelist Marc Lotter was skewered Thursday for defending former President Donald Trump s lie that the administration of his successor, Joe Biden , diverted disaster relief funds from Republican communities.

Lotter, who served as a spokesperson for Trumps 2020 White House campaign, appeared on the network to discuss recent claims by the GOP presidential nominee, including that federal assistance efforts sidelined Republicans following hurricanes Helene and Milton and that relief funds were improperly spent on migrants.

Lotter compared these kinds of assertions which Biden rejected at a Thursday press conference to typical disagreements among lawmakers on how government funds should be appropriated, spurring CNN anchor Abby Phillip to call him out.

This is not what were talking about, said Phillip. Its actually not that hard to figure out. Trump says that they are not getting help in Republican areas. That is just false. Its just false. ... Its just a provably false thing.

Determined to reach common ground, Phillip asked if they could agree that Trump had lied. Lotter, however, deflected: I would say, what do the people think?