Lee Zeldin confronted media bias on DOGE in the middle of a press conference at the EPA

Lee Zeldin confronted media bias on DOGE in the middle of a press conference at the EPA.

Here's the moment when Lee Zeldin called out The New York Times for claiming that Zeldin had no evidence of waste, fraud, abuse in the last admin.

The NYT reporter says, "Not true."

Then, he quotes her own words back to her.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin confronted a New York Times reporter during a press conference Monday for claiming that he presented “no evidence” to back up his claims of waste, fraud, and abuse from the previous Biden administration.

“I have a duty to make sure that we don’t light on fire billions of dollars of tax dollars,” Zeldin said. “And I’m not going to stand before any member of the media and get bullied into lighting billions of dollars on fire.” ---More...

????Lee Zeldin confronted media bias on DOGE in the middle of a press conference at the EPA.

Here's the moment when @epaleezeldin called out The New York Times for claiming that Zeldin had no evidence of waste, fraud, abuse in the last admin.

The NYT reporter says, "Not true."… pic.twitter.com/wQeQhg0HzQ

— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil)April 21, 2025

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