{"id":2455230,"date":"2025-07-03T12:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-bakari-sellers-attempts-to-take-down-barron-trump-but-he-ends-up-humiliating-himself\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:12:58","slug":"cnns-bakari-sellers-attempts-to-take-down-barron-trump-but-he-ends-up-humiliating-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-bakari-sellers-attempts-to-take-down-barron-trump-but-he-ends-up-humiliating-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN&#8217;s Bakari Sellers Attempts to Take Down Barron Trump, But He Ends Up Humiliating Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnns-bakari-sellers-attempts-to-take-down-barron-trump-but-he-ends-up-humiliating-himself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2455230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN commentator Bakari Sellers recently sparked controversy by questioning the citizenship of President Donald Trump&#8217;s children, suggesting that they might not be American citizens due to their mothers being legal immigrants without citizenship at the time of their births. This comment came during a discussion about a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >newly constructed immigration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-opening-detention-center-for-migrant-children\/\" title=\"Biden admin. opening detention center for migrant ...\">detention facility<\/a><\/a> in Florida, nicknamed &#8220;Alligator Alcatraz,&#8221; where Sellers criticized the conditions for detainees, which he deemed anti-American. He stated that the issue of citizenship should be discussed more broadly, mentioning Trump&#8217;s offspring specifically.<\/p>\n<p>Sellers&#8217;s remarks received pushback, especially because factual inaccuracies about Trump&#8217;s children and their citizenship status have been highlighted in past fact-checks.Similar claims were previously debunked by reputable sources,explaining that Trump&#8217;s children were citizens at birth,regardless of their mothers&#8217; status. Sellers&#8217;s comments,perceived as politically charged,prompted critics to question the selective outrage and accuracy of his statements regarding immigration policy and citizenship.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN commentator Bakari Sellers earlier this week, foolishly tried to argue that President Donald Trump&rsquo;s family might lose their status as American citizens, because their mothers were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-promoted-fundraisers-by-abolish-ice-activists-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris promoted fundraisers by abolish ICE activists - Washington Examiner\">legal immigrants &#038;mdash<\/a>; but not citizens &mdash; at the time of their birth.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion was initially centered on the new detention facility being built in Florida, dubbed &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-alligator-alcatraz-jail-illegals-will-guarded-alligators-pythons-florida-opening-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alligator Alcatraz&rdquo;<\/a> due to it&rsquo;s location in the Everglades and it&rsquo;s proximity to alligators and pythons, which would serve as a deterrent against escape.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think you can avoid what &lsquo;Alligator Alcatraz&rsquo; is. I don&rsquo;t think you can just turn a blind eye to it. I think it&rsquo;s anti-American,&rdquo; Sellers began. &ldquo;I think the fact that you&rsquo;re going to have individuals and populations in there that are stacked on top of each other. Many of whom, without due process. And let me just also say this &hellip;&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s going to be any Democrat in this country including myself &hellip; who says that if you have committed a violent crime &mdash; or any crime whatsoever &mdash; you shouldn&rsquo;t be deported. We&rsquo;re not saying that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sellers then bashed the president for his handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ice-chief-calls-cnn-willfully-endangering-officers-sickening-segment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a>&nbsp;and began questioning the citizenship status of Trump&rsquo;s children, despite the fact that their father is an American.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I also think that, look, if we want to have a conversation about who belongs where, when, how &mdash; and whether or not their citizenship status &mdash; and we want to look at everything, I mean, I would look at Donald Trump Jr.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I mean I would look at, uh, all of Melania&rsquo;s kids. All of Ivana&rsquo;s kids. I mean lets just have a full conversation over who belongs here. How did they get here. Their citizenship status. Let&rsquo;s just have a full discussion about all of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bakari Sellers took to CNN to blast Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;Alligator Alcatraz&rdquo; migrant detentions as &ldquo;anti-American.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yet his outrage seems selective&mdash;his only recorded comments on this issue, in 2018 and 2019, also targeted Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Why no word on Democrats&rsquo; own troubling record on migrant&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZdamEglRnp\">pic.twitter.com\/ZdamEglRnp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Media Lies (@MediasLies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MediasLies\/status\/1940241366748918033?\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why is that not on the table right now?&rdquo; Sellers concluded. &ldquo;I mean, the only person here should be Tiffany Trump, if we gonna have this discussion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The host completely ignored Sellers&rsquo; claims, by asking another guest to reply to his points on the &ldquo;humanity&rdquo; of &ldquo;Alligator Alcatraz,&rdquo; in hopes of dodging how ignorant his statement really was.<\/p>\n<p>Tiffany Trump is the daughter of Marla Maples who was born in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Sellers&rsquo; claim, however, that Trump&rsquo;s children somehow benefited from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/__trashed-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birthright citizenship<\/a> has already been debunked. And for the record, Melania Trump only has one child. Not &ldquo;children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press had to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/archive-fact-checking-2449102499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">correct<\/a> a story from 2018 that made the exact same claim, and the falsehood was later highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/119\/meeting\/house\/118277\/documents\/HHRG-119-JU13-20250520-SD001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The correction stated: &ldquo;The headline on this story has been corrected to show that Trump&rsquo;s first three children did not receive birthright citizenship. The Associated Press reviewed this story after it was surfaced to third-party fact checkers as part of an initiative with to assess the accuracy of news content.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;AP&rsquo;S ASSESSMENT: Mixture. It&rsquo;s true that Ivana Trump was not a citizen until 1988, but the father of her children was a U.S. citizen, and there would have been no special status needed to make them citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even in error, the AP had to write that it was a &ldquo;mixture&rdquo; of truth and lies.<\/p>\n<p>This would apply to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/barron-trump-likely-already-made-40-million-profit-off-smart-investment\/ar-AA1Hf5tK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barron Trump<\/a> as well, son of Melania Trump, who was also mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>If that wasn&rsquo;t enough, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/fact-check\/trumps-birthright-citizenship-ban-will-not-affect-his-children-2024-12-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> ran a report following Trump&rsquo;s election win in 2024, covering all of his children and how birthright citizenship wouldn&rsquo;t apply to them.<\/p>\n<p>So Sellers looks like an uneducated fool who will spout liberal talking points &mdash; pushing them over and over &mdash; until people begin believing it.<\/p>\n<p>He certainly belongs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-issues-correction-karoline-leavitt-shoots-fake-news-report-iran-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The conversation began with the announcement of a new detention center in Florida, referred to as &#8220;Alligator Alcatraz&#8221; due to its location in the Everglades and proximity to alligators and pythons, which are intended to deter escapes. Sellers expressed his disapproval of this facility, calling it &#8220;anti-American&#8221; and highlighting concerns about individuals being held without due process. He stated that while he supports deportation for those who commit crimes, he questioned the citizenship status of Trump&#8217;s children despite their father being an American citizen. He suggested examining the citizenship status of all Trump&#8217;s children during this discussion. However, his claims have been debunked; Tiffany Trump is a U.S.-born citizen and Melania Trump has only one child. 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