CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday blasted President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE over a USA Today op-ed criticizing “Medicare for all," saying it was “suffused with lies."

“It’s only an hourlong show,” Tapper said. “We can’t get into every lie President Trump told in that op-ed.”

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Last week's op-ed, in which the president warned of a dystopian future if Democrats got their way on Medicare, immediately sparked criticism.

"In practice, the Democratic Party’s so-called Medicare for All would really be Medicare for None," Trump wrote. "Under the Democrats' plan, today’s Medicare would be forced to die."

Tapper on Sunday interviewed Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersOutrage erupts over Breonna Taylor grand jury ruling Dimon: Wealth tax 'almost impossible to do' Grand jury charges no officers in Breonna Taylor death MORE (I-Vt.), a proponent of Medicare for all who has been harshly critical of Trump’s op-ed.

“He said we are going to weaken Medicare coverage for the elderly. That is an outrageous lie,” Sanders told Tapper. “We expand coverage to include dental care, vision care and hearing aids.”

USA Today defended running Trump’s op-ed, saying it was “treated like other column submissions.”

The newspaper later ran a piece including an examination of the claims the president made in the op-ed by FactCheck.org.