GOPer cut off by CNN host for anti-immigrant rant when asked about Gaza refugees
During an appearance on CNN on Sunday morning, host Victor Blackwell was forced to shut down a House Republican who took advantage of a question about what to do with Palestinian refugees to attack President Joe Biden over immigration in the U.S.
Discussing the evacuation of Gaza due to the assault on Israel by Hamas militants, Blackwell asked Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) how America can help.
Good immediately segued into criticizing Democrats and Biden.
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"Two questions here," the CNN host prompted. "Do you agree with the decision that there should be no Palestinians from Gaza coming to the U.S. and do you agree that every man, woman, and child, civilian there is an anti-semite?"
"Obviously, I couldn't possibly know the latter part of that question," Good replied. "I do agree with Governor [Ron] DeSantis. When you have 300,000 illegal aliens coming across our border from all countries around the world on a monthly basis right now, because of the Biden open border policies, when he let 7 million illegals in the country over the last two and a half years, a million and a half of those are criminal got-aways."
He later added, "We have done irreparable harm to the country. When they brought, what, 100,000 plus Afghanis evacuated in a week, with little-to-no vetting. I went and met with those at Fort Pickett [now known as Fort Barfoot] in my district, with thousands of them, most of whom were military-age men who did not speak English, and they were supposedly our translators ---."
"Congressman, I want to get some clarity on some points," host Blackwell interjected. "Hold on there, congressman."
"We should not be bringing more illegal immigrants, we should not be bringing more individuals from, --," the GOP lawmaker persisted.
"Well, they would not be illegal immigrants and they're Afghans," the CNN host interrupted. "But I want some clarity, because I don't know that this is a question on which you want to leave some ambiguity. When I asked you if every man, woman, and child, every civilian Palestinian in Gaza is anti-semitic, you said, essentially, 'How could I know that? Who knows if they're all anti-semites?' Is that what your final answer is on that? Maybe they could be."
"Well, I couldn't propose that they are, and I certainly would not say that they are not. I obviously could not know that," the Virginia Republican admitted.
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