"PHILLIP: Given that they are trying to rescind federal dollars for funding for school kids to eat in schools, for small business funding, for any number of things, health and human services funding, to an entire state based on the premise that they're going to go after fraud. Does it make any sense to you that they would then in the same month, pardon a fraudster who had already received a pardon and went back and did another offense?"
"SEAT: What sold out to me about this is the woman you mentioned who's now been pardoned twice, the argument they were making is that it was a political prosecution and President Trump feels a special kinship with people who claim to be politically prosecuted. And if you're making that argument to him (CROSSTALK) CROSS: Oh my God. Oh my God. Like, are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? (CROSSTALK) PHILLIP: Hold on. (CROSSTALK) CROSS: No, not analysis idiotic cult regurgitation"
Tiffany Cross angrily confronted Pete Seat on CNN NewsNight about President Trump's decision to pardon Adriana Camberos for a second time. Camberos had received a pardon during Trump's first term and was later convicted in another fraud scheme. Anchor Abby Phillip questioned the logic of rescinding federal funds over fraud while pardoning a repeat offender, calling the move an optics problem. Pete Seat argued the pardons reflected claims of political prosecution and Trump's sympathy for people who say they were politically targeted. Cross interrupted and labeled that rationale "idiotic cult regurgitation," while Phillip attempted to moderate the heated exchange.
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