A video of a screaming woman in Florida being hauled out of her car by officers representing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while she protested she is an American citizen led to an attack on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Friday morning.
The video, captured by Miami Herald reporter David Goodhue, quickly led to a wave of outrage that only grew when it was reported the woman was released later and she was nabbed because she refused to lower her window for the Border Patrol officers.
After an interview with Goodhue on MS NOW, Kavanaugh’s name came up over a legal opinion he wrote where he maintained Americans should be willing to put up with inconvenience.
Specifically, he wrote, “Importantly, reasonable suspicion means only that immigration officers may briefly stop the individual and inquire about immigration status. If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter. Only if the person is illegally in the United States may the stop lead to further immigration proceedings.”
Those words came back to haunt him on Friday morning.
With Goodhue pointing out that DHS agents were focusing their efforts of a stretch of road where people were just trying to get to their jobs, “Morning Joe” co-host Jonathan Lemire interjected, “We should also keep in mind what Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said, where he’s like, well, if a US citizen is detained, it would be a minor inconvenience. Well, let’s be clear, even if that wasn’t.“
“That was traumatic!“ co-host Mika Brzezinski interrupted.
“Even if she wasn’t held all that long in terms of hours or days, unlike some have been, that was clearly traumatic. She was clearly very, very upset. That’s clearly a very hard moment, contrary to what the Justice has sort of put forth,” Lemire added.
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