The deportation of illegal alien and alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego García continues to trigger the Acela Media to the point of derangement. Case in point: the panel at CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (A.K.A. the “Thunderdome”), who appear terminally opposed to the idea that the United States should enforce her own borders.
This particular segment was built upon President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele visiting The White House, and subsequent discussion of the Supreme Court opinion holding that President Donald Trump should “facilitate” the release of Abrego Garcia back into the United States. Much of the early panel discussion centered on the plight of “Maryland Dad”, until it was Scott Jennings’ turn to speak. His breakdown of the alleged MS-13 affiliation of the deportee met with a familiar fate:
Another classic Abby Phillip cutoff, as @ScottJenningsKY begins to lay out the immigration court findings f MS-13 affiliation against Kilmar Abrego Garcia pic.twitter.com/J0lGIX2kyR
– Jorge Bonilla (@Bonillajl) April 15, 2025
SCOTT JENNINGS: I think you guys need to understand: for the Trump administration, there is no version of this man’s life that ends up with him living in the United States. Here’s the way they view it. He’s an illegal alien from El Salvador who came to the country illegally, who has a deportation order, who in their view, and in the view of some immigration courts, has an affiliation with MS-13. They also believe on the Supreme…
ABBY PHILLIP: Just to be. That’s not quite what it is. I think the issue of the MS-13 thing is probably the most unclear of this whole thing. The administration has not provided that concrete evidence that they say they have that he’s part of MS-13…
JENNINGS: Well, their view is that immigration courts…
PHILLIP: …and he strongly disputes in court, right? So this is not me saying it. He is disputed in court that he is a member of MS-13… (CROSS TALK)
Per custom, host Abby Phillip jumps in and cuts Jennings off before he can fully flesh out an idea. In this case, the evidence of Abrego-García’s MS-13 affiliation. Phillip complains about the evidence but this is easily remedied by…doing journalism.
After another go-around of the panel, Jennings takes direct aim and lands the most brutal line of the night:
.@ScottJennings triggers the panel: “And, you know, we keep calling this guy Maryland Man in the press. Nobody seems to worry about the Maryland mother, Rachel Morin, who was murdered by someone that the previous administration let out of jail. So this is a visceral political-… pic.twitter.com/aT2C2MEG3o
– Jorge Bonilla (@Bonillajl) April 15, 2025
Speaking of the “Maryland Mother”, her killer was just found guilty of first-degree murder. But you never heard about the process of this trial in the news. Unlike, say, the Idaho college murders which we hear about all the time.
The biggest and most obvious takeaway from this segment: there is an entire media infrastructure devoted to the idea that a certified MS-13 gang banger should be made to re-enter the United States and remain freely. Let that sink in.
