Posted on 04/20/2025 8:00:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Yesterday, Karoline Leavitt brought in a mother whose daughter was brutally murdered at the hands of a migrant who crossed the border under the Biden administration It was a dare to the press corps to see if they would cover the case of the grieving mother.
Here was her appearance: [video at link]
It worked. The press was forced to cover her story:
So great, right? Well, not so fast. Here is how David Sanger at the New York Times covered the story — mostly as a publicity stunt or a way to deflect from the Trump admin potentially being held in contempt:
Just hours after a federal judge threatened a contempt-of-court investigation over the Trump administration’s deportation flights, the White House sought to freeze the legal debate by reminding Americans of a heartbreaking case of a mother killed by an unauthorized immigrant
Sanger goes on with what looks more like an op-ed than a news story:
White House officials called a special briefing on Wednesday in the press room to bring Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, who was killed while jogging on a trail in Maryland in 2023, to the podium. She recounted in detail how her daughter, a 37-year-old mother of five, was seized, raped and bashed in the head with rocks and ultimately strangled. Members of her family also appeared at the Republican National Convention last July.
An immigrant from El Salvador, Victor Martinez-Hernandez, was convicted in the case this week.
The story was a tragic one, and it has fueled Mr. Trump’s arguments about dangers posed by migrants and a debate about capital punishment. Nonetheless, the invitation of Ms. Morin seemed a somewhat transparent effort to suspend the arguments about whether the administration could lawfully send migrants to El Salvador with no due process, and whether it can defy the orders of district judges who order the flights halted.
And then we get the typical blather, “Statistics show…”:
Statistics show that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes on American soil than American citizens, and Mr. Trump’s claims of a wave of violent crime committed by immigrants have not been supported by police or court data. But it is a popular talking point among Mr. Trump’s base of supporters, and he often brought out family members of victims during his presidential campaign.
If even one woman, one child, one girl is brutally murdered or assaulted by migrants who crossed the border illegally (aka, already broke the law, which makes them criminals already), under the watch of the United States government who did NOTHING to protect them, or even warn them, with the media pretending there is no problem, you bet the public has a right to be upset.
On the Left, they need constant fuel to drive their ideology, their religion. Kilmar Abrego Garcia gives them that. He can be accused of beating his wife, even, and it won’t matter to them, just as whatever George Floyd was guilty of didn’t matter. Just as transgender sex offenders don’t matter. Identity is all.
But it does go against the general public’s opinions, as this poll proves: [video at link]
Chris Cillizza understands and is begging the Democrats not to make this their biggest story:
Sorry, Chris. This story is here to stay. It fills up the Left with everything they need to keep fighting for what they believe in. They believe in open borders AND universal healthcare. They believe in no biological difference between men and women. They believe in abortion as easy and common as getting your ears pierced. They believe in sending every last dollar to Ukraine. It is what it is.
Maryland’s Senator Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador himself to try to talk to Garcia and bring him “home.”...SNIP
Even some democRATs realize that the “Maryland Man” story makes them look really bad.
Wonder how much money was given to his wife to say she wanted him returned. She has not recinded the order of protection.
She just could be really afraid.
Can be put simply.
They advocate for criminals not victims of criminals.
But lest we forget that’s nothing new.
The Clintons had a body count and Monica’s mother said that Monica kept the semen stained dress because she did not want to end up like Mary Mahoney.
Gotta love this phrase. Did the author think that one up all by himself, or was it spoon fed to him by his paymasters?
Did they choose poorly?
The Democrats have lost all common sense if not become insane . They insist on championing biological males competing against women in athletics and sharing showers with them and now making an illegal alien clearly connected to a violent terrorist gang a poster child. These issues were clearly rejected by a substantial majority of voters in the last election. Their poling numbers are the lowest ever recorded and Trump’s numbers continue to rise. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that they are on the wrong side of these issues. They also don’t realize that Trump is Hitler, Musk is a Nazi and burning Teslas are also not gaining traction with anyone other than the kooks and Soros paid rental mobs. It will be interesting to see in the next elections what Democrats will run on.
facts dont matter to the left
the lies are flying
videos of garcia supporters claim he is a US citizen
Review
We're not talking about immigrants. We're talking about ILLEGAL immigrants. By being here illegally, their crime rate is 100%.
We need to stop letting the MSM push this angle. Of course, we really need to stop funding them with our TV subscriptions altogether.
He was and that's not good enough for the democrats. They don't want him back where he came from.
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