A former Trump campaign official triggered a CNN commentator this week over the subject of mass deportations and Latinos realigning with the Republican Party during last week’s elections.
Giancarlo Sopo, who led Trump’s 2020 campaign efforts for Spanish language media, said Monday on “CNN News Central” that polls found that illegal immigration was one of the top reasons that Latinos voted against Vice President Kamala Harris during the election.
“We simply cannot have millions of people rolling around this country who have been unvetted, many of whom have criminal backgrounds,” he said. “I agree, most of them do just come here to work and they want a better life, but we don’t know that because we don’t know who they are.”
He added that he does not anticipate any kind of major backlash to border enforcement and removal proceedings.
CNN’s Maria Cardona lashed out,…
