A very aggressive Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) cut off CNN's Dana Bash as she attempted to fact check her by pointing out that Republicans have continually derailed much-needed immigration reform during an interview at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
After letting the GOP lawmaker ramble on about the support Trump has been receiving at the convention, things went sideways when Salazar bashed the Biden administration on border policy and the CNN host corrected her.
"The Dems had, during [Barack] Obama and during Biden, the possibility to pass immigration reform law and give dignity to our people and they didn't" Salazar asserted.
"Well, I mean, I was there, I was in the hallways. This was blown up in large part because the Republican base didn't want it," Bash replied. "They were so close so many times."
Leaning in, Salazar interrupted, "During Obama, we were at this interview when he told us in 2008, that in the first 100 days of his presidency, he was going to sign an immigration reform law. And he invested that political capital in Obamacare. That was a lie! Now let's move forward: 2020, President Biden, he said, I'm going to give an immigration reform law to everyone who votes for me in our community within the first 100 days."
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"And it was blown up by Donald Trump, who told —," Bash countered only to have Salazar speak over her and claim, "Not really," as Bash was talked over.
"The Dems had, under Nancy Pelosi, the Dems had Congress and they had Senate and they had, ah — everything passed," Salazar insisted. "BBB was considered and the infrastructure, the $1.9 trillion immigration. Unfortunately, immigration is not a top priority, even though they say it, it's also, I mean, it is impossible when it comes to these issues in Congress right now, which is Dems could have done."
"Again I was covering Congress then they tried and it fell apart for lots of reasons primarily because —," Bash attempted as Salazar interrupted again and blamed it on Nancy Pelosi.
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