CNN’s Sunday morning State of the Union gabfest included EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin as a guest on its August 2, 2025 edition. We somehow missed it! CNN’s Kasie Hunt pressed Zeldin “over his push to gut the government’s ability to fight climate change by rolling back regulations on greenhouse gases,” as CNN’s tendentious summary put it.
Now in a long post on X Michael Roth analyzes Zeldin’s performance with a video clip from the interview. In short, Zeldin humiliated Hunt and CNN. It helps to know what you are talking about. It helps to to be able to express yourself clearly and succinctly. Presented for your viewing pleasure, in case you missed it…
𝐋𝐄𝐄 𝐙𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐀 𝐂𝐍𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐇
CNN opened with the standard framing: “𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦… pic.twitter.com/cHerRJQA5c
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 5, 2026
