Ex-MSNBC Host Back-Pedals When Confronted With Reality

Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross quickly backpedaled when presented with the
latest details about deported Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego-Garcia,
claiming that the real issue was not his individual case, but the larger
picture.

Cross made the comments during a panel discussion on CNN, responding to
Shermichael Singleton�s point regarding Abrego-Garcia and whether or not the
federal government should have deported him to El Salvador.

WATCH:

This is hysterical. After @MrShermichael rattles off the newly
revealed Kilmar Abrego-Garcia MS-13 and serial domestic abuse
evidence to CNN panel �

� woke Tiffany Cross declares �we can�t make it about Kilmar.
That�s just one person."

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� Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 17, 2025

Singleton laid out a series of reasons that he believed Abrego-Garcia�s
deportation was not only justifiable, but a �national security issue,� noting
among other things that Maryland gang units had determined that he was a
member of the violent Salvadoran street gang MS-13. In addition, more recent
reports showed a history of allegations of domestic violence against his
wife.

Noting that due process was obviously a concern, Singleton added, �I think
there�s absolutely enough here to send this guy somewhere else. One, he�s
already broken the law. We�ve already established that. Now you do have
evidence that suggests he was a member or is a member of MS-13, he�s also a
serial abuser. This is not the type of individual I don�t think any one of us
would want in our country: he should be deported.�

Despite the fact that many Democrats have seized on Abrego-Garcia�s case �
including Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who has tried unsuccessfully to
persuade Salvadoran authorities to either release Abrego-Garcia from custody
or at least allow him visitation � Cross jumped in then to claim that it was
not really about him.

�We can�t make it about Kilmar,� she complained. �That�s just one person.�

�But that�s the case we�re talking about,� Singleton pushed back.

�It is,� Cross agreed, but then complained that the discussion should be
about �the macro, not the micro.�

Cross went on to claim that President Donald Trump�s administration has been
�indiscriminately� rounding people up for deportation.

�They are randomly deporting people without due process,� she claimed.