Ingraham battles GOP senator who backs Biden infrastructure plan: 'You guys got played on this'

One of a handful of Republican senators who joined bipartisan negotiations with the White House defended his role in the talks, telling "The Ingraham Angle" that forging a smaller deal on infrastructure makes it less likely Democrats can pass their $3.5 trillion spending bill.

Host Laura Ingraham took issue with Sen. Bill Cassidy's, R-La., assertion that making a deal on the smaller more traditional infrastructure bill will help fend off the passage of the monstrous spending bill thereafter – pointing out how President Biden himself had said there would be no deal on the former without the latter; a sentiment echoed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Democratic leadership. She agreed with the Louisianan that there is a need for physical infrastructure funding, but reiterated concerns from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and others, who said it is ill-timed to the already painful "pinch of inflation" – and other critics who said the negotiations make Republicans look like "Charlie Brown with Lucy (the Democrats) holding the football." "The White House is, as I said, quite giddy about this. Reuters describes this as a glide path to the $3.5 trillion tonight and they write this up senator, your response," she asked.