CBS’ Tuesday night coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention unsurprisingly included a ridiculous distraction from the prominent issue of illegal immigration and the threat it poses to the United States. Washington correspondent Major Garrett filled the time leading up to a speech by Michael Morrin, whose sister was murdered by an illegal immigrant, to spew a long-winded fact-check about apparent Republican inflation of immigration numbers.
Garrett began with a falsely sympathetic acknowledgment of families involved in crimes committed by illegal immigrants, including the rape and murder of children which the “big three” networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) completely disregarded, before pointing out three different numbers used by speakers over the course of the night.
One of those was actually correct, but he triumphantly crowed, “It’s actual[ly] 8 million, not the inflated numbers you’ve heard from the podium tonight.”
. MRC Latino
