The mostly even tempered Michael Smerconish rarely gets discombobulated to the extent of threatening to shut off his guest’s mic. However that is exactly what happened on Saturday on his CNN show after he called the DOGE dividend plan created by his guest, James Fishback, a “Ponzi” scheme.
When Fishback retorted by wondering where CNN was when the federal government promoted such “Ponzi” schemes as Ukraine War funding and $7000 per month payments to illegal migrants, a very defensive Smerconish went into mic shutoff threat territory.
Before the mic shutoff threat, Smerconish went into nervous laughter seemingly in an attempt to override Fishback speaking embarrassing truths about runaway federal spending that has gone unchallenged by CNN.
MICHAEL SMERCONISH: We are $36 trillion in debt. I…
