CNN’s Maria Cardona lost patience with a conservative panelist’s efforts to justify the detention and deportations of U.S. citizens as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The panelists were discussing the case of Dulce Consuelo Díaz Morales, a Baltimore mother in ICE custody whose attorney says was born in the United States, but Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Nance argued that mistaken deportations were to be expected in a massive operation she deems necessary, citing two examples of women who were slain by undocumented migrants.
“Listen, that was a very sympathetic story, and I did feel for her parents who said there’s an empty place at their dinner table for Christmas,” Nance said. “But I also think about Jocelyn Nungaray’s family, who have an empty place forever, and also Laken Riley’s family, who have an empty place forever, and the people who died because of drunk drivers who weren’t supposed to be in this country…”
“Hold on, let me just finish,” Nance said, fending off Democratic strategist Cardona’s attempts at retort. “We need to make sure we get it right, and they need to do this. No, hold on, the overall story is the fact that 77 million people voted for Donald Trump, and they want us to close the borders and they want to clean up the mess because Venezuela sent in criminals into our country, and people that shouldn’t be here were allowed in, and we’ve got to clean it up, and it’s just messy.”
Cardona finally got a chance to say her piece.
“Penny, you know I love you and we have been friends for quite a while, but what you’re saying has absolutely nothing to do with this,” Cardona said. “This woman is a U.S. citizen, she was born here. If that’s true. Hang on, hang on, this makes – her lawyer was showing her birth certificate. What else do they need for this to be true?”
This makes my blood boil, and it makes everyone’s blood run cold who are not just U.S. citizens,” Cardona added. “I am a naturalized citizen – this terrifies me.”
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