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What a CNN Host Just Said About Trump and Illegal Immigration Shows That Hell Might Be Freezing Over
Townhall ^ | 05/11/2024 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 05/11/2024 9:02:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Is Joe Biden becoming the grim reaper for liberal media figures? I only say that because it feels that one by one, he’s making such prominent figures turn against him, even claiming that Trump-era policies were the correct ones on issues like illegal immigration. Of course, these folks will probably vote for Biden in November. Still, it’s saying something about the president where even CNN’s Fareed Zakaria says Biden must re-adopt Trump-era immigration policies.

Zakaria was on PBS’ Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, where the GPS host said millions are especially gaming the asylum process. Ryan Saavedra of Daily Wire clipped and transcribed the segment:

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ZAKARIA: "The whole system is broken," he said. "And Biden needs to confront that and say, you know, ‘We are going to have to reform the whole system.’ I would wish he'd do something much more extreme, like, say ‘the old asylum system is dead. No one is coming in through that process. You have to apply from your home country’. 

MARGARET HOOVER: "Which was, which was a Trump policy." 

ZAKARIA: "Which was a Trump– and also the Mexico, let– you know, you have to be in Mexico to apply. I think that's all correct." 

HOOVER: "So strategically, you think [cross] if Biden would tack towards Trump policies he would have a better political chance?" 

ZAKARIA: "Yeah. And by the way, it's the right policy because the old asylum system is being gamed by millions of people." 

So, is hell freezing over? 

Biden is so wrong that CNN hosts are saying Trump’s immigration agenda was not just better but correct. We all knew when Biden issued those infamous executive orders reversing the border policies at the border. We now have millions pouring in, receiving better treatment than American citizens in some cases. New York City gives them pre-paid credit cards, while other blue states offer them driver’s licenses and voting rights. 

In Denver, the influx of illegals has placed the hospital system on the brink of collapse, along with unnecessary stress on the city’s financial health. They’ve also been carriers of disease—measles outbreaks are rampant. 

These people will never admit it, but when you go through Biden's agenda and what he’s done, you will see he’s not a good president. You know this, but what has he done well for the CNN and MSNBC crowd that continues to carry water for this guy? Biden has been a disaster at home and abroad, but only someone with dementia can see a storied record of accomplishment.

(H/T Steve Guest)



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bordercrisis; cnn; illegals; immigration; trump
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1 posted on 05/11/2024 9:02:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The people that proclaim dinosaur legacy media is done... are done themselves. You never hear that anymore. The reason legacy media still exists is that they get paid by big pharma and Wall Street to keep the democrats in power. They don’t ever have to worry about standards, ratings, and a budget. Everybody gets paid, even if they are losing people hand over fist (CNN).


2 posted on 05/11/2024 9:15:01 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: SeekAndFind

The media is slowly turning against Biden, because they know he will lose the election and perhaps Congress. They want a new candidate that might win. With Newsom’s record in California he is not viable despite his good hair. He is a loser. I do not know whom the will give the nomination for president at the Democrat Convention. I do not think it will be Biden.

Oddly Biden could win at the convention and then pull out and then the new selection would be up to the DNC. That is what I predict. But they have a problem with his wife, she likes being The President of the United States.


3 posted on 05/11/2024 9:20:27 PM PDT by cpdiii
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To: SeekAndFind
So, is hell freezing over?

No, they're still unintelligent people who think they know it all.

4 posted on 05/11/2024 9:22:06 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: SeekAndFind
ZAKARIA: "Yeah. And by the way, it's the right policy because the old current asylum system is being gamed by millions of people."

Fixed it. Sorry that Hoover missed it.

-PJ

5 posted on 05/11/2024 9:29:06 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: SeekAndFind

I see where they’re headed, it’s either “This is a problem that only Biden can solve”, or they’re throwing a bone to try to siphon off some of Trump’s supporters for whom this is their BIGGEST issue.


6 posted on 05/11/2024 9:44:29 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: cpdiii
> Oddly Biden could win at the convention and then pull out and then the new selection would be up to the DNC. That is what I predict. But they have a problem with his wife, she likes being The President of the United States.

Yes, but.... there's also this current VP named Kamala who is standing in line for that selection. Is the DNC so insane that they would run Harris? Conversely are they so foolhardy that they would piss off a boatload of black (and white) women voters who are looking for the First Female President?

Nah, they pretty much have to stick with Biden.

7 posted on 05/11/2024 9:57:22 PM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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8 posted on 05/11/2024 10:10:02 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: SeekAndFind

The patriots are in control.


9 posted on 05/11/2024 10:17:26 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith
Paraphrasing G. Gordon Liddy here, but the secret (re: what Fareed Zakaria thinks about anything) is in not caring.
10 posted on 05/11/2024 10:23:48 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: SeekAndFind

>>Biden has been a disaster at home and abroad, but only someone with dementia can see a storied record of accomplishment.<<

Will this sink in with the American voter?


11 posted on 05/11/2024 11:15:32 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: reasonisfaith

Where were the Patriots in 2020 to say the election from being stolen?


12 posted on 05/12/2024 12:13:45 AM PDT by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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To: cpdiii
Democrats are realizing that they are not going to be able to prevent Trump from winning.

That said, Biden is going to be hard to dislodge - he and his crew do t want to give up power and they are hard to dislodge. A lot of the Hamas uprising is from Obama Wing Democrats who are hoping to get Biden to step down.

Problem is, no Democrat who has serious Presidential ambitions wants to lose to Trump and destroy their chances.

So it is going to be hard to find a serious candidate with national name recognition who will step up to the plate at the last minute and still be able to win.

One person is Michele Obama and there are simply not that many others. And nobody seems to be floating their name .

Gavin Newsome has screwed up California so bad it's hard to see how can run this time . Hillary Clinton is obviously trying to figure how work her way in but that is not going to happen.

13 posted on 05/12/2024 12:46:23 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: SeekAndFind

<< ZAKARIA: “The whole system is broken,” he said. “And Biden needs to confront that and say, you know, ‘We are going to have to reform the whole system.’ >>

The current system is working perfectly from the viewpoint of Biden and handlers. Replacing working class voters lost to the GOP with welfare class voters is the goal.


14 posted on 05/12/2024 4:41:04 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: SeekAndFind

cnn is late when it comes to saying things that are common sense.


15 posted on 05/12/2024 5:03:46 AM PDT by FreedBird
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“That said, Biden is going to be hard to dislodge - he and his crew do t want to give up power and they are hard to dislodge. “

True statement. Remember 2016. Trump won in November and had no appointments ready to nominate and send to the Senate. In addition nothing had been done to identify and hire the thousands of executive appointments in the executive branch that did not require Senate confirmation. As a result Obama holdovers staffed many jobs well into 2017.

When Biden was elected, the Dems had the entire administration ready to go. On Inauguration Day 2021, the Trump people left their appointed positions and the Biden people assumed power. Within hours Biden was issuing executive orders erasing Trumps and the new administration was enforcing its will on the American people.

The Democrats have tied Trump up in legal battles and will keep him tied up through Election Day, and if he wins to the inauguration. Trump has no time to assemble an administration and get it ready to be in place on Inauguration Day. Every day after taking office the Biden team remains sitting in key positions, is a day the Trump agenda will be stonewalled by the bureaucracy.


16 posted on 05/12/2024 5:14:40 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: rdcbn1

“That said, Biden is going to be hard to dislodge - he and his crew do t want to give up power and they are hard to dislodge. “

True statement. Remember 2016. Trump won in November and had no appointments ready to nominate and send to the Senate. In addition nothing had been done to identify and hire the thousands of executive appointments in the executive branch that did not require Senate confirmation. As a result Obama holdovers staffed many jobs well into 2017.

When Biden was elected, the Dems had the entire administration ready to go. On Inauguration Day 2021, the Trump people left their appointed positions and the Biden people assumed power. Within hours Biden was issuing executive orders erasing Trumps and the new administration was enforcing its will on the American people.

The Democrats have tied Trump up in legal battles and will keep him tied up through Election Day, and if he wins to the inauguration. Trump has no time to assemble an administration and get it ready to be in place on Inauguration Day. Every day after taking office the Biden team remains sitting in key positions, is a day the Trump agenda will be stonewalled by the bureaucracy.


17 posted on 05/12/2024 5:14:52 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I do not trust the media. Limited hangout


18 posted on 05/12/2024 5:20:44 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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To: SeekAndFind

If Denver Hospitals collapse , that is good for America.

Does NPR have more listeners than CNN has viewers?


19 posted on 05/12/2024 5:30:01 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: rdcbn1
Hillary Clinton is obviously trying to figure how work her way in but that is not going to happen.

++++++++++

I loathe the Hilda-Beast. But I would not count her out just yet. Being 100% honest, She looks like more of a human being now than back in 2016.

No, do not count her out.

20 posted on 05/12/2024 5:49:28 AM PDT by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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