PBS News Tries Emotional Blackmail on GOP Budget Chair: Job Loss in Your District?

On Wednesday’s PBS News Hour, co-host Amna Nawaz tried emotional blackmail to stop spending cuts – any kind of spending cut – in an interview with Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) chairman of the House Budget Committee.

After challenging Arrington on Medicaid spending in the just-passed House GOP budget framework (“….Is it possible for you to guarantee that none of the 70 million people who rely on Medicaid are going to have their benefits cut? Can you make that guarantee?”) Nawaz tried to personalize the argument by putting Arrington the spot regarding potential federal job loss in his district, resulting in these repetitive exchanges: