In an epic televised beatdown, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) slammed a woke CNN anchor for defending Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an MS-13-affiliated illegal immigrant. Moreno said it was “insane” to bring back a convicted criminal even to face charges for human trafficking, arguing Garcia should not be in the U.S. and could have been deported elsewhere.
During the contentious interview, he brought up Garcia’s illegal entry and alleged crimes, including a 2022 incident involving illegally transporting seven people. However, despite the damning evidence, Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a rallying point for Democrats who seeek to use him as a pawn in their political games.
Starting his through demolition, the Ohio Republican said, “Look, this administration has followed every court ruling, by the way, even including the ridiculous one that we had to bring back an El Salvadorian citizen who is a criminal alien convicted of awful crimes shouldn’t have been in this country in the first place.”
Explaining his case in detail, he added, “And we literally had to bring him back to El Salvador to tie up our court system to prove what we already know, what he has already gone through, which is that he shouldn’t be in this country. Now look…he came into this country illegally, right?”
After Tapper was forced to agree, Moreno continued his all-out assault, saying, “And Jake, the judge heard the case, right? The judge said he came to this country illegally, right? But the judge said he couldn’t be deported back to El Salvador, right? And that, and so he could have been deported to any of the other 100 different countries, right?”
Still not done schooling the woke journalist, the senator continued, “So now think about how insane that is. We’re using taxpayer dollars to bring an El Salvadorian citizen back to the US, only to re-deport him to one of another 100 countries. This is insane.”
Using rhetoric to demolish Tapper, the Republican asked, “Can we please agree that we want to respect our laws and reward the people who patiently wait in line and stop advocating for people who skip the line, break our laws to come here? We want to be a country. We are a country of immigrants, but we can’t be a country of illegal immigrants.”
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Winding down his flurry of arguments, Moreno explained, “This isn’t complicated. This is very, very easy. Advocate for legal immigration and zero tolerance for illegal immigration. The American people voted on this. Jake, on November 5, it was overwhelming. And I hope my Democratic colleagues come to the table and say, Look, we agree with you.”
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Concluding his epic remarks, he declared, “If you’re in this country illegally, you can’t be here, maybe you go back temporarily, apply for a regular order to come in respect the people, millions, by the way, that are waiting in line. Let’s have a conversation about legal immigration and stop the nonsense about protecting criminal aliens in this country.”
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