Stephen Miller battles Jake Tapper on ‘false’ media narrative about federal aid freeze [Video]

White House Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller locked horns with CNN host Jake Tapper on Tuesday, arguing liberal news organizations have misrepresented the Trump administration’s freeze of certain federal funds. 

The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo on Monday pausing all federal grants and loans inconsistent with the president’s executive orders to eradicate “wokeness” and the “weaponization of government.”

However, a White House official told Fox News Digital that the memo was initially “misreported” and does not constitute a funding freeze on federal financial assistance across the board. 

Tapper pressed Miller to answer for the uncertainty surrounding the guidance, asking whether Medicaid and Meals on Wheels were going to be affected, although both had been confirmed to be exempt earlier in the day.

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Miller argued that any confusion about the memo was “created by the media,” and said, “The OMB guidance memo, if you read it, is as …