Reporter breaks down in tears live on air over ICE killing of Minnesota mom
Former Washington Post analyst Philip Bump choked up and became tearful on MS NOW Thursday afternoon during a segment on the shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, while talking about the images he won’t be able to forget.
Speaking with host Chris Jansing, Bump, now an analyst for MS NOW, was asked about Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan at first saying he wanted to see how the investigation played out before commenting.
When Jansing brought up the family and small child that Good left behind, that was when Bump started having trouble answering her questions.
“All this can be very personal,” he remarked before pausing and sniffling.
Laughing with embarrassment, he continued, “Look what you did to me, Chris. I have a six-year-old and,” before pausing again, and struggling to speak before joking , “Live TV is great.”
"You know, seeing the image of those stuffed animals in the glove compartment of her car — really emotional for me,” he managed to get out. “And, you know, I take away from — this is great — you know, what I take away from this is, for me, that's the thing that stands out.”
“That this was a family that could have been like mine,” he added. “And there are a lot of situations, a lot of incidents that have involved ICE, have involved the government over the course of the past 13 months, in which there is resonance for other families in similar ways. And for me, it's hard to think about that family being affected in this way. And I know that there are lots of other people affected in that way. And I think it's important for us to remember the way in which we respond to these things, because that's the humanity, and that's, I think, fundamental to what America is; understanding that all of us can be in these situations, and all of us should be able to avoid them, particularly when they are so unnecessary, as the shooting yesterday was.”
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