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Raw Story: 'Trying to make a moment': Heated exchange erupts between CNN anchor and GOP lawmaker
Raw Story - 'Trying to make a moment': Heated exchange erupts between CNN anchor and GOP lawmaker
Krystina Alarcon Carroll
April 16, 2025 12:08PM ET
In a heated exchange, CNN anchor Pamela Brown and Congressman Rich McCormack (R-GA) accused each other of trying to 'make a moment' while speaking about the deportation of Maryland man Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
“Are we supposed to blindly trust the government when it alleges gang ties without providing the evidence to back it up? Again no, we don't know. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't but the administration hasn't provided that evidence,” Brown pressed.
“So realize that he was deported because he's here illegally,” Rep. McCormack replied, “He said I don't want to be deported because I'm afraid of going back to my country of origin. He was given that due process. The question is, can he be sent to El Salvador because of life threats, which has nothing to do with being part of MS-13 in and of itself; the MS-13 issue is another issue. And there is evidence, from what I understand, that will be presented. He may come back for a day for habeas, but he's not going to stay in the United States. He's here illegally. End of story.”
“And you're right. He was given a protected status,” Brown noted.
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Krystina Alarcon Carroll
April 16, 2025 12:08PM ET
In a heated exchange, CNN anchor Pamela Brown and Congressman Rich McCormack (R-GA) accused each other of trying to 'make a moment' while speaking about the deportation of Maryland man Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
“Are we supposed to blindly trust the government when it alleges gang ties without providing the evidence to back it up? Again no, we don't know. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't but the administration hasn't provided that evidence,” Brown pressed.
“So realize that he was deported because he's here illegally,” Rep. McCormack replied, “He said I don't want to be deported because I'm afraid of going back to my country of origin. He was given that due process. The question is, can he be sent to El Salvador because of life threats, which has nothing to do with being part of MS-13 in and of itself; the MS-13 issue is another issue. And there is evidence, from what I understand, that will be presented. He may come back for a day for habeas, but he's not going to stay in the United States. He's here illegally. End of story.”
“And you're right. He was given a protected status,” Brown noted.
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