Buck: Trump Loves Talking About Immigration, People Probably Don’t Care Much About Due Process But About Secure Borders

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WITT: “Yeah. And brendan, meanwhile, President Trump reacted to van hollen’s visit, calling him fake. I have no idea what he means by that. And saying, abrego, Garcia has a terrible record. the White House has also repeatedly tried to draw a parallel between abrego, Garcia and that young woman killed by an el Salvadoran immigrant who was charged and convicted. Her mother visited the White House this week. And we have to be clear that Abigail Garcia has not been accused of killing anyone, nor has he been charged with any other crime, for that matter. Despite our hearts going out to that mother who lost her daughter, I mean, that is unthinkable. It is horrific, and no one should have to go to that. But how is all this playing out in the court of public opinion?”

BUCK: “Yeah, the White House is obviously leaning into it because I think they think that this works for them, and there’s not a lot of evidence to. Suggest that it. That it doesn’t. I mean, we had a CNBC poll come out in the last couple days that shows the president still has a positive approval rating on his deportation policy. Now, look, we shouldn’t base all of this on on polls, but I think it just kind of shows you that the Trump White House has the upper hand on this as a as a political matter. Democrats fight here, I think, is righteous, but no one has ever won an election or won. Popular opinion on process, on due process, on things like that. We just do those things because they’re the right thing in this country. And you usually have people elected to office who understand that they’re the right thing. the White House loves the contrast that they have here, where van hollen is actually making it about this person, and they’re able to say, you care more about this person than you do about having a rule of law with with immigrants in the country. It’s the great contrast for them, and that’s why they’re not backing down from it. It may be a distraction, but this is an issue where Donald Trump wants the conversation to be. He loves talking about immigration and as a, you know, talking about just sort of base politics. I think people probably don’t care too much about due process in the way that they should. They care about immigration. They care about secure borders. And if he talks about that, particularly the people who follow him, all they’re hearing is that this is a bad guy. And Donald Trump got rid of him.”