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CNN was broadcasting Donald Trump’s Tuesday address at his Mar-a-Lago resort, but the network cut its feed right before the former president brought in a mother whose child was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant.
In the video clip, which Explain America host Carmine Sabia posted online, Trump criticizes Vice President Kamala Harris for her poor track record in resolving the border crisis after President Joe Biden gave her the assignment shortly after the two of them took office.
Trump made mention of Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old North Houston girl who was allegedly the victim of sexual assault and murder by two illegal Venezuelan immigrants, at one point. Trump also played a campaign video featuring Jocylyn’s mother, Alexis Nungaray, talking about the day she learned of her daughter’s death while going on to place the blame squarely on Harris.
Police have arrested Johan Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Peña in connection with the murder. Jocelyn’s hands and feet were bound and she was found in a creek strangled to death.
WATCH:
This is the video from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago press conference from the mom of Jocelyn Nungaray that CNN did not want you to see. pic.twitter.com/jcGyfWnf5v
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) October 29, 2024
Jocelyn joined Trump for a rally in Austin, Texas, following his appearance on podcast star Joe Rogan’s program on Friday, where she again laid the blame for her daughter’s death at Harris’ feet.
“I know everybody knows somebody that was like her (Jocelyn). She was 12, she was gonna be seventh-grader,” she said. “Pre-teens, they think they’re invincible and she was just being a child and due to the Biden-Harris policies we have here are why she’s not here anymore. She was taken from her vulnerability and they made her a target and ran with that.”
The grieving mother also said that Harris hasn’t even bothered to reach out to her.
“I think it’s very sad that she can’t even just give me an open apology, sincere apology,” she said. “She’s attempted to apologize to me just days before this election and I find it very inconvenient and convenient for her. I appreciate everything Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz [have] done for me.”
Trump also highlighted another American casualty, allegedly by a different migrant in the U.S. illegally.
“Today, we are going to talk about the REAL character of Kamala Harris—a person who has no remorse for the anguish she has inflicted on families across America. Here today is another American mom, Tammy Nobles… Tammy’s 20-year-old daughter, Kayla Hamilton—who had an autism diagnosis—was found raped, tied up, and strangled to death. Kayla’s murderer was released into the United States to k**l under Border Czar Harris,” Trump said.
“Her borders are the worst in the history of the world,” he said.
“What Kamala did to Jocelyn and her family is the most heartless and cold blooded betrayal imaginable. Thousands of cases just like that, thousands in throwing open the border,” Trump said. “Think of it, open borders. They come in from parts unknown. People have no idea who they are, where they’re from, anything about them. They know nothing.”
“Kamala violated her oath,” Trump added. “She desecrated our laws and she got innocent girls like Jocelyn tortured and killed. Anyone who knowingly sets loose these monsters into our country has absolutely no right to be running for office, let alone the office of president.”
Trump also declared “we’re leading, I believe, in all seven swing states” as Election Day is just a week away.
“There are some bad spots in Pennsylvania where, some serious things have been caught or in the process of being caught,” Trump said, without elaborating, before adding, “but, the election itself is going very well.”
