{"id":2527467,"date":"2025-12-31T15:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-on-cnn-accuses-scott-jennings-of-using-slur-after-he-asks-her-if-shes-an-illegal\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:35:30","slug":"leftist-on-cnn-accuses-scott-jennings-of-using-slur-after-he-asks-her-if-shes-an-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-on-cnn-accuses-scott-jennings-of-using-slur-after-he-asks-her-if-shes-an-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist on CNN Accuses Scott Jennings of Using &#8216;Slur&#8217; After He Asks Her if She&#8217;s an Illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fleftist-on-cnn-accuses-scott-jennings-of-using-slur-after-he-asks-her-if-shes-an-illegal%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=2527467&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>Tiffany cross,the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex...WH doctor explains\">host<\/a> of MS NOW,criticized Salem Radio Network host Scott jennings on CNN after he asked whether she was an &#8220;illegal alien,&#8221; calling the term a slur. The exchange arose while discussing a Dec. 11 order by U.S. District Judge Paula xinis to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an adjudicated MS-13 member whom Cross said ICE had held without a removal order and argued could have happened to &#8220;any of us.&#8221; Jennings pressed for clarification about Garcia&#8217;s status and asked Cross directly if she was an illegal alien; Cross replied that she does not use the term because &#8220;peopel aren&#8217;t illegal.&#8221; The article notes that &#8220;alien&#8221; is a legal term defined in federal law and that the phrase &#8220;illegal aliens&#8221; appears in several U.S. Code sections. It also summarizes Garcia&#8217;s legal background-indictment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pastor-high-school-coach-among-nearly-80-people-arrested-in-sex-trafficking-sting-operation\/\" title=\"Pastor, High School Coach Among Nearly 80 People Arrested In Sex Trafficking Sting Operation\">human trafficking charges<\/a>, prior deportation to El Salvador, and evidence the Trump administration released tying him to MS-13-and recalls past controversy around Cross&#8217;s MS NOW program, including criticism from Tucker Carlson.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>Former MS NOW host Tiffany Cross accused Salem Radio Network host Scott Jennings of using a &ldquo;slur&rdquo; on CNN Tuesday after he asked whether she was an &ldquo;illegal alien.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>United States District Judge Paula Xinis of the District of Maryland, an Obama appointee, ordered the Trump administration to release adjudicated MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Dec. 11. Cross claimed that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement could detain &ldquo;any of us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Abby [Phillip]. If we make this about Abrego Garcia, then it seems like, oh, that&rsquo;s something that happens over there to this person that doesn&rsquo;t involve me. The key point here is ICE illegally held Abrego Garcia without a removal order, the basic legal document needed. And so when you look at that, it could happen to any of us. Moreover, ICE just recently signed a contract &mdash; yes, it can happen to any of us,&rdquo; Cross claimed, prompting Jennings to ask, &ldquo;Are you an illegal alien?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just recently &mdash; I don&rsquo;t know what &mdash; I don&rsquo;t &mdash; People aren&rsquo;t illegal. So, undocumented &ndash;&rdquo; Cross sputtered, with Jennings pointing out, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re not, you&rsquo;re a citizen of the United States, he&rsquo;s not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After further-back-and-forth, Cross then claimed Jennings used a slur.<\/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<p>&ldquo;Well, if you don&rsquo;t have the opportunity &mdash; if you don&rsquo;t have the opportunity to fight, to have due process, then how can anybody say that?&rdquo; Cross asked, with Jennings asking, &ldquo;Is he an illegal alien or not?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t call people illegal aliens. I think that&rsquo;s a slur,&rdquo; Cross claimed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tiffany Cross: &ldquo;ICE illegally held Abrego Garcia without a removal order, the basic legal document needed. And so when you look at that, it could happen to any of us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Scott Jennings: &ldquo;Are you an illegal alien? You&rsquo;re not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tiffany Cross: &ldquo;People aren&rsquo;t illegal. So,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M6wLpMCNzV\">pic.twitter.com\/M6wLpMCNzV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedWave_Press\/status\/2006351450767593857?\">December 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The term &ldquo;alien&rdquo; is a legal term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/8\/1101\">defined<\/a> in 8 USC 1101 as &ldquo;any person not a citizen or national of the United States.&rdquo; The term &ldquo;illegal aliens&rdquo; is used in multiple parts of the United States Code, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/8\/1182\">8 USC 1182<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/8\/1252c\">8 USC 1252c<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/8\/1366\">8 USC 1366<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia was indicted on human trafficking charges in Tennessee and had initially been deported to El Salvador and was held in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-security prison<\/a>, leading Democrats to demand his return to the United States. The Trump administration released a dossier detailing the evidence against Abrego Garcia in April, which included findings from immigration judges that he was a member of MS-13, an El Salvadoran prison gang President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists\/\">designated<\/a> a foreign terrorist organization on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Cross, whose MS NOW show featured racially charged attacks&nbsp;on conservatives, particularly&nbsp;black conservatives, was called out by Tucker Carlson during an October 2022 episode of his Fox News show. 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