Snapshot · The Megyn Kelly Show
Rep. Jayapal opened her remarks to grieving Angel Families by noting it was the committee's fourth sanctuary cities hearing, implying the subject was being over-covered.
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The most emotionally charged segment of the episode opens with Rep. Pramila Jayapal offering condolences to Sheridan Gorman's mother and Angel Family member Mr. Abraham — then immediately pivoting to note that the committee had now held four hearings on sanctuary cities and there were many other issues she'd rather be addressing. Rep. Jamie Raskin follows with a nearly identical pattern: sympathy, then complaint. [1] — Megyn Kelly "Sheridan Gorman's mother came to testify about her 18-year-old daughter, shot dead by an illegal alien in Chicago. Democrats Pramila Jayapa…" 44:00 Then Sheridan's mother speaks — and Kelly's team plays her full testimony. She was clearly not prepared for what the Democrats said, but her improvised response is devastating. She tells them that failed border policies and sanctuary city laws 'sent her to her grave,' asks when protecting Americans stopped being Congress's first priority, and then turns it personal: 'There's no but when your child is in the coffin.' [2] — Megyn Kelly "There's no but when your child is in the coffin." 49:54 She closes on the heartbreaking detail that Sheridan made it 40 feet running for her life before she fell. Taibbi reflects that Democrats seem to have lost the ability to sense how they sound to ordinary people — and that their disrespect for the grieving provided a massive political gift to their opponents.
Sheridan Gorman's mother came to testify about her 18-year-old daughter, shot dead by an illegal alien in Chicago. Democrats Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin greeted her with condolences — then immediately pivoted to complaining it was their fourth sanctuary cities hearing. Her ad-libbed rebuttal was devastating: 'There is no but when your child is in the coffin.'
Sheridan Gorman's mother testified before Congress days after her daughter was shot dead by an illegal alien in Chicago, calling out Democrats for prioritizing other issues.
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