MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend accused a conservative visitor of utilizing the rape and homicide of a Texas woman by two unlawful migrants to ‘smear 11 million folks.’
Sanders-Townsend was talking with Heritage Basis President Kevin Roberts on Saturday alongside co-anchors Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele in regards to the killing of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray.
Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, and his roommate, Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, who each got here to the U.S illegally from Venezuela, are accused of raping and killing the preteen, and disposing of her physique in a Houston bayou.
Roberts was talking in regards to the crime anecdotally amid a bigger dialogue of what a Trump presidency would seem like ought to he beat Joe Biden in November, which would come with deporting thousands and thousands of migrants.
Steele – a former RNC chair who has discovered a long-term house at MSNBC – took exception and requested: ‘So what do these folks do, what are they doing now? The oldsters, the 11 million, 20 million, no matter you wish to deport?’
MSNBC host Symone Sanders accused a conservative visitor of utilizing the rape and homicide of a Texas woman by two unlawful migrants to ‘smear 11 million folks’
Roberts answered: ‘A whole lot of them are committing crimes like murdering the 12-year-old woman in Houston.’
‘In order that’s one, that is one, out of 11 million,’ Steele retorted.
‘We may take the remaining time of this phase and I may provide you with lots of examples,’ Roberts replied.
Sanders-Townsend, a former press secretary for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential marketing campaign, butted in and mentioned unlawful immigrants have been much less prone to be convicted of crimes.
Roberts requested: ‘Inform that to the survivors of those folks… What do you inform the dad and mom of these folks, these younger ladies that have been killed?
‘What you are saying is as a result of you’ve gotten this occasion of people behaving badly that that is a mirrored image of each particular person in that group and that is simply not the case,’ mentioned Steele, unhappy with Roberts’ query.
Ultimately, Sanders-Townsend interjected: ‘You might be weaponizing a horrific homicide to smear 11 million folks.’
Roberts was offended by the suggestion and responded that the actual fault got here by the hands of the present president.
Heritage Basis President Kevin Roberts was talking in regards to the crime anecdotally amid a bigger dialogue of what a Trump presidency would seem like ought to he beat Joe Biden in November, which would come with deporting thousands and thousands of migrants
Franklin Jose Pena Ramos (pictured proper), 26, and his roommate, Johan Jose Rangel Martinez (pictured left), 21, who each got here illegally from Venezuela, are accused of raping and killing the preteen , and disposing of her physique in a Houston bayou
‘That may be a laughable assertion. What Joe Biden is doing is weaponizing the whole authorities in opposition to each American.’
Ramos was the primary of the 2 accused to look in court docket Monday, as horrific new particulars about her loss of life emerged.
Prosecutors say that the 2 males, who lived in the identical residence advanced as Nungaray, adopted her to a close-by 7/11 shortly after she snuck out of her home on June 16, and requested her for instructions.
Whereas on the comfort retailer, Nungaray known as her 13-year-old boyfriend – who later reported he heard her speaking to 2 adults.
The suspects then allegedly lured Nungaray beneath a bridge, the place they stripped her bare to the waist and sexually assaulted her for 2 hours, in line with court docket paperwork obtained by Fox 26.
Ramos and Martinez additionally allegedly certain Nungaray’s arms behind her again in the course of the assault, then strangled her and dumped her physique within the bayou.
She can be discovered by a passerby hours later, along with her ft additionally certain and her again coated in cuts, Click on 2 Houston studies.
Ramos later confessed to police that he had kissed Jocelyn that evening, however blamed different elements of the assault and her loss of life on his roommate, Harris County Assistant District Lawyer Megan Lengthy mentioned in court docket.
Michael Steele – a former RNC chair and anti-Trump Republican who has discovered a long-term house at liberal pleasant MSNBC – took exception and requested: ‘So what do these folks do, what are they doing now? The oldsters, the 11 million, 20 million, no matter you wish to deport?’
Ramos and Martinez allegedly assaulted Nungaray (pictured) for 2 hours earlier than strangling her and disposing of her physique
She and different prosecutors now declare Rangel grabbed Jocelyn across the neck, obtained on prime of her and put his arms over her mouth in an obvious effort to cease her from screaming.
Martinez allegedly shaved his beard to keep away from detection within the aftermath, and simply two days after Nungaray’s physique was discovered, police say Ramos lower off an ankle monitor he was fitted with when he crossed the border illegally at El Paso on Might 28.
The discarded ankle monitor was discovered final Wednesday NewsNation reported.
He additionally allegedly requested his employer at a building website for additional money so he may skip city.
However the boss as a substitute contacted police, and Ramos was arrested, in line with the Houston Chronicle.
In court docket on Monday, Choose Josh Hill set Ramos’ bond at $10 million – double what prosecutors really useful and 10 instances the quantity sought by the protection
The choose declared that Ramos was an ‘astronomical’ flight danger, and the possibilities of him returning to court docket with a decrease bond can be ‘close to zero.’
He famous that, as a brand new migrant to the realm, Ramos had no ties to Houston.
Ramos was the primary of the 2 accused to look in court docket Monday, as horrific new particulars about Nungaray’s loss of life emerged
Martinez, one other Venezuelan migrant, is because of face his personal bond listening to on Tuesday
He was launched into the nation after telling border patrol officers he feared for his life if he was to be despatched again to Venezuela, and claimed he was going to stay with a cousin in Houston, sources informed The Publish.
As an alternative, Ramos grew to become roommates with Martinez – who additionally entered the nation illegally on March 14 and was fitted with an ankle monitor. His was eliminated in Might, after Border Patrol decided he had no identified legal historical past.
Each males at the moment are going through capital homicide costs, and may very well be sentenced to the loss of life penalty if the continued investigation reveals proof that Nungaray was sexually assaulted or kidnapped, District Lawyer Kim Ogg mentioned.
Martinez is because of face his personal bond listening to on Tuesday, and prosecutors are as soon as once more urging the choose to set his bail at $10 million as effectively, in line with Native 21.
Nungaray’s mom, Alexis, has blasted the accused killers as ‘monsters’ who took away her daughter’s future.
‘She was wonderful, I nonetheless see her face behind my head on a regular basis, all day,’ Alexis mentioned of her baby at a information convention following the bond listening to on Monday.
‘I hold getting little indicators about her all through the day, and it has been a really, very onerous time for me and my household.
‘She had such a vivid future forward of her, and I knew she was gonna go very far, and people monsters took that chance from her, from our household,’ she mentioned.
Alexis Nungaray, Jocelyn’s mom, slammed the suspects as ‘monsters’
The Nungaray household is pictured comforting each other on the listening to on Monday
Shockingly, each males have been launched into the nation regardless of being intercepted by border brokers.
Ramos was fitted with a GPS ankle monitor by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent after he crossed at El Paso in Texas on Might 28, however he had lower it off by the point the pair have been arrested for killing Jocelyn Nungaray.
Martinez was additionally launched after being intercepted by border brokers on March 14, little greater than three months earlier than Jocelyn’s physique was discovered floating in a creek close to her Houston house.
Ramos informed brokers he deliberate to stay along with his cousin in Houston, however the tracker was solely set to observe his actions for 21 days, and he was sharing an residence with Martinez when he was arrested.
