The White Home press room was left speechless on Thursday after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt invited Maryland angel mother Patty Morin to discuss her daughter Rachel, who was raped and murdered by an unlawful immigrant (a narrative largely ignored by the liberal media till the briefing). However throughout Friday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish scoffed and chuckled at Morin as she chided the White Home for his or her “use of the victims’ households.”
Earlier than writing off Morin’s story from discussions of unlawful immigration, Cornish did play a soundbite of the grieving mom’s response to her Democratic Senator, Chris Van Hollen flying to El Salvador to be with an alleged MS-13 gang member as a substitute of assembly along with her:
And to have a senator from Maryland who did not even acknowledge or barely acknowledged my daughter and the brutal loss of life that she endured. [Transition] To fly to El Salvador to deliver again somebody that is not even an American citizen. Why does that individual have extra proper than I do? Or my daughter?
However as she was noting that the circumstances weren’t instantly associated, Cornish couldn’t appear to assist herself as she brazenly scoffed and chuckled.
“So, simply to be clear, she was not raped or murdered by Kilmar Abrego Garcia. So, two utterly completely different crimes [scoff and chuckle] completely different occasions,” she argued. “And Garcia doesn’t even have a legal file.”
Trying to former Washington Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley (R), Cornish took difficulty with Morin’s story even being shared on this second, suggesting that she was being “use[d]” by the White Home. “And likewise, Tiffany, I wish to hear from you about the usage of the victims’ households on this manner, on the forefront. What do you make of getting her on the market within the response?” she requested.
However as Smiley was explaining how this was all concerning the White Home’s response to unlawful immigration, Cornish interrupted to query if Morin’s story must be included:
SMILEY: Nicely, I feel it is necessary to listen to Patty and Rachel’s story. I imply, let’s not —
CORNISH: However on this story?!
SMILEY: I imply, so — so, I feel this all goes again to nearly all of Individuals voted for President Trump, as a result of there was an open Southern border the place illegals had been coming in and making our communities unsafe, killing Americans with no plan in sight. And no — no — you realize, folks had been feeling much less and fewer protected with each waking day.
“And President Trump got here in on a dedication — guarantees made and guarantees stored — that he was going to safe the border, deport illegals, deport criminals who don’t belong on this nation,” Smiley famous.
Cornish additionally took difficulty with Smiley speaking about Garcia’s alleged legal historical past, teaming up with former Obama official Nayyera Haq to push again (Click on “broaden”):
SMILEY: So, I feel it is simply making this stark distinction that, you realize, this Maryland man, he is part of MS-13. There’s intelligence reviews that present that he was concerned in human trafficking. He’s a spouse beater. There are data that his spouse —
HAQ: None of that has really been confirmed or proven in court docket. And that is a part of the issue, is there isn’t any due course of.
[Crosstalk]
CORNISH: I do know. I do need — I am glad you are introducing this. I additionally do not wish to get sued, so I am going to say the federal government has not launched any documented data round intelligence reviews, particularly. And proper now, the paperwork they did launch this week didn’t present he had a legal file.
SMILEY: I feel it’s an fascinating — from a messaging —
CORNISH: Sure, I simply wish to say, “Truth.”
“That is the dialog that I hear on a regular basis, proper? You are both for criminals, in opposition to victims; or you might be for this bullying authorities that’s simply utterly pillaging due course of,” Cornish huffed, gesturing to her political company.
The transcript is under. Click on “broaden” to learn:
CNN This Morning
April 18, 2025
6:04:43 a.m. Jap(…)
AUDIE CORNISH: I wish to play a sound chew, nevertheless, from Patty Morin. She’s the mom of Rachel Morin, who was — who was raped and murdered by an undocumented immigrant again in 2023. And here is how she reacted to Hollen’s journey.
[Cuts to video]
PATTY MORIN (mom of Rachel Morin): And to have a senator from Maryland who did not even acknowledge or barely acknowledged my daughter and the brutal loss of life that she endured. [Transition] To fly to El Salvador to deliver again somebody that is not even an American citizen. Why does that individual have extra proper than I do? Or my daughter?
[Cuts back to live]
CORNISH: So, simply to be clear, she was not raped or murdered by Kilmar Abrego Garcia. So, two utterly completely different crimes [scoffs and chuckles] completely different occasions. And Garcia doesn’t even have a legal file.
However, Sara, I wish to discuss to you about messaging. And likewise, Tiffany, I wish to hear from you about the usage of the victims’ households on this manner, on the forefront. What do you make of getting her on the market within the response?
TIFFANY SMILEY (R, Washington Senate candidate): Nicely, I feel it is necessary to listen to Patty and Rachel’s story. I imply, let’s not —
CORNISH: However on this story?!
SMILEY: I imply, so — so, I feel this all goes again to nearly all of Individuals voted for President Trump, as a result of there was an open Southern border the place illegals had been coming in and making our communities unsafe, killing Americans with no plan in sight. And no — no — you realize, folks had been feeling much less and fewer protected with each waking day.
And President Trump got here in on a dedication — guarantees made and guarantees stored — that he was going to safe the border, deport illegals, deport criminals who don’t belong on this nation.
So, I feel it is simply making this stark distinction that, you realize, this Maryland man, he is part of MS-13. There’s intelligence reviews that present that he was concerned in human trafficking. He’s a spouse beater. There are data that his spouse —
NAYYERA HAQ (former Obama White Home official): None of that has really been confirmed or proven in court docket. And that is a part of the issue, is there isn’t any due course of.
[Crosstalk]
CORNISH: I do know. I do need — I am glad you are introducing this. I additionally do not wish to get sued, so I am going to say the federal government has not launched any documented data round intelligence reviews, particularly. And proper now, the paperwork they did launch this week didn’t present he had a legal file.
SMILEY: I feel it’s an fascinating — from a messaging —
CORNISH: Sure, I simply wish to say, “Truth.”
SMILEY: From a messaging standpoint, it is fascinating that Democrats are actually going to bat for this unlawful immigrant, which we do know he’s. And that he —
HAQ (interrupting): He’s right here legally. He had authorized standing right here in america!
SMILEY: This senator is —
HAQ: If we will have the messaging dialog, let’s at the least make sure that it’s grounded within the info of people, as a result of that is about folks and human lives.
CORNISH: All proper. Maintain on, you guys. Let me usher in Sara for a minute.
SMILEY: Can I simply say one thing actual fast?
CORNISH: Maintain on one second. This shall be very quick. That is the dialog that I hear on a regular basis, proper? You are both for criminals, in opposition to victims; or you might be for this bullying authorities that’s simply utterly pillaging due course of –
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