A GOP consultant said it was agonizing watching President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE’s top aide battle CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday.

Kellyanne Conway clashed with Cooper Wednesday evening over his network’s coverage of unverified but potentially damaging claims that Russia has compromising financial and personal information about the president-elect.

Hours after Trump's first post-election press conference — in which he called out CNN — they tangled over how the cable network and other news outlets have handled claims about Trump’s ties with Russia.

After watching this painful-as-hell exchange, I'm gonna right Pope Francis and suggest he canonize @andersoncooper. https://t.co/AXqVd3jq4y — Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) January 12, 2017

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Navarro, who was a vocal critic of Trump’s presidential bid, ultimately backed 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE.

In a tweet Thursday, she suggested Pope Francis "canonize" Cooper after the "painful-as-hell exchange."

“I know CNN must be feeling the heat today of having a headline yesterday at around 6:30 p.m. that said, quote, ‘Intel chiefs presented Trump with information that Russia had information to compromise him,’” Conway said on CNN’s “360." "That is just false.”

Cooper then proposed that Conway was confusing CNN’s coverage with BuzzFeed’s, which published a 35-page dossier of unverified Trump allegations in full. While CNN reported that Trump and President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaGOP senator blocks Schumer resolution aimed at Biden probe as tensions run high D-Day for Trump: September 29 Obama says making a voting plan is part of 'how to quarantine successfully' MORE were briefed on the issue, it did not detail any of the allegations from the dossier.

“I think you guys are feeling the heat,” he told Conway, who is one of Trump’s incoming top counselors. "[Our report] was actually backed up by not only multiple sources, but other news agencies.”

Conway retorted by dismissing the credibility of uncorroborated accounts linking Trump and Russia.

“What heat do we feel?” she asked. "That you’ve got this raw information, this complete ridiculous fake news? It’s not been backed up by credible news sources. Actually, it’s just fake, it’s not even news. I can’t even use ‘news’ for it.”

CNN reported late Tuesday that top intelligence officials presented Trump with a two-page synopsis of an unverified dossier about him last week.

The document alleges Russia’s government possesses compromising financial and personal information about Trump. It also claims people close to Trump kept in touch with Moscow during last year’s presidential race.

U.S. intelligence officials have not verified the dossier’s details, however, and it remains unclear how reliable they are.

Trump and his transition team have fiercely criticized both BuzzFeed and CNN for reporting on the unsubstantiated document.