'They didn't vote for this!': Panel slams MAGA defense of federal agents crashing LA event

The panel on CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" erupted after a self-proclaimed "MAGA lefty" defended federal agents patrolling outside of the California governor's press event on Thursday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, held a press conference where he announced the state legislature would enter a special session to adopt new election maps. The move came in response to Texas Republicans working to redraw their election maps ahead of the 2026 midterms. Border Patrol agents were seen conducting immigration checks outside of the event, according to media reports.

Batya Ungar-Sargon, a columnist for The Free Press and a "MAGA lefty," defended the agents being present at the event. She argued that they were doing what a majority of voters in America asked them to do.

Her comments sparked a heated debate.

"They didn't vote for this!" Aftyn Behn, a Democratic state lawmaker from Tennessee, shouted.

Behn and panelist Terry Moran, a journalist, argued that the process the Trump administration is using is illegal because it does not give people deported from the country due process, as federal law requires.

Ungar-Sargon then accused them of wanting to "erase the distinction between citizen and non-citizen" by providing legal protections for migrants who enter the U.S. illegally.

"The reason why you want to erase that distinction is because it is you who does not believe in the laws of this country!" she shouted.

"You just can't see what's in front of your face!" Moran countered.

Watch the entire exchange below or by clicking here.