A Republican senator from Kansas lost his cool when a news anchor mentioned that President Donald Trump thinks the government shutdown is hurting his party.

“How long can you afford this PR crisis?” NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert asked Sen. Roger Marshall on Wednesday’s edition of On Balance with Leland Vittert, to which Marshall shot back, “Leland, you’re a better journalist than this!”

Vittert pressed Marshall, noting Americans are feeling the pinch from food stamp shortages and canceled flights, before quoting Trump saying the shutdown is “negative for Republicans” and a “big factor” in the party’s election losses.

The Kansas senator, who is a Trump ally, went on to explain that despite Republicans controlling the House, the White House, and the Senate, it takes 60 votes in the Sen

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