Watch: MSNBC Interview Goes Bad When Border Couple Insists on Telling Truth

by **Ponee** Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:44 am

Watch: MSNBC Interview Goes Bad When Border Couple Insists on Telling Truth

During an interview with a husband and wife who own a ranch north of the Rio Grande, the left-leaning network repeatedly asked leading questions that were clearly meant to invoke sympathy and add spin to their report.

Presnall and Stephanie Cage, the married ranch owners being interviewed, saw right through MSNBC’s attempt to direct the narrative, and instead told the blunt truth.

“When you see parents and children separated, why do you support the policy that, to many people, appears to be heartless?” asked MSNBC’s Kerry Sanders.

Note to reporters: This is called a leading question and they used to teach why this is wrong in Journalism 101. Your job isn’t to tell people to their faces how they’re supposed to feel about a topic. That’s the difference between journalism and propaganda.

Presnall Cage, who lives within spitting distance of the U.S.-Mexico border, didn’t take the bait.

“It’s basically the laws of our land,” he replied to the reporter. “Trump, I believe is going in the right direction. I believe it’s going to be a deterrent to keep this from happening.”

That’s an important aspect that many people ignore: If we’re upset by the migrant situation on the border, we should look for ways to deter it from happening in the future, not blindly enact policies that only encourage more of the same immigration chaos.

MSNBC’s Sanders, apparently not listening to what was actually being said, tried to skew the discussion by appealing to maternal instincts and shame women into agreeing with the liberal stance.
This didn’t work, either.

“You’re a mother, you’re a grandmother of seven,” the reporter said to Stephanie Cage, setting her up to answer in the way he wanted. “How do you react when you see that the families are being split apart?”

The woman turned MSNBC’s question back on itself, and pointed out that dragging minors along a crime-filled route to illegally break into a country was hardly positive.

“Of course it is very upsetting, but I’m as equally upset with the parents for exposing their children to the dangers of smuggling their children across the border,” Cage replied.

Indeed, lost in the fog of this issue is one pesky fact: The entire problem with child separations could have been avoided by not trying to illegally enter the U.S. in the first place.

If immigrant families wanted to stay together above all else, they could have. Mexico offered at least short-term refuge to many of the Central American migrants, and there are no less than 23 American consulates and consulate agencies throughout Mexico.

Families fleeing Central America could have applied for U.S. asylum at any of the two-dozen American consulates or the embassy in Mexico City. This wouldn’t have required them to cross the border, which triggered their detention.

In the worst-case scenario, if their asylum requests were denied, they would be in Mexico, a country that shares their language and culture and has indicated an interest in helping downtrodden Hispanic refugees.

Mexico is no paradise, but it’s nice enough for around a million American expats who live there. Why would it not be good enough for Central American refugees just trying to escape oppression?

The answer, if we’re being honest, is that it was never about simply getting out of bad situations. In most cases, the trek across the U.S. border was always about illegally gaining entry into America, with asylum requests only as a backup option if they got caught.

That is exactly what Presnall Cage, who lives along the border, told MSNBC when they again tried to pressure him into siding with liberals.

The stories of Hispanic immigrants all fleeing violence are “very much exaggerated,” Cage said. “Very few cases are caused by that, I think most of them are coming over here to try to make a better life in this country and all this country has to offer.”
That, in and of itself, isn’t a bad thing — but it needs to be done honestly, and through legal paths.

Americans are not anti-immigration, they’re simply fed up with people breaking the law and pouring into a country without permission.

They’re also tired of being lied to and manipulated by the media. It’s time to ask serious questions about why the media cannot simply report facts without trying to use fake images and skew every detail.

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by **Terbo56** Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:53 am

Trump has been right, to a point, about immigration, but I don't agree with separating children from their parents-The left is just pissed because they lost, and a lot of them will eventually end up in prison for treason, and the media is 200% the blame, because they are told by the elite to lie to everyone- If the truth was ever told 100 years ago, this country and a lot of the world would be in a different place right now, and we'd all be better off for it-Just look at what is going on right now with FBI, DOJ, and the CIA- What is that telling you?

by **Sam I Am** Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:00 pm

It's nonsense that these people are coming into the US as refugees from war. If they're coming from El Salvador, Honduras, or Nicaragua they're passing through a large country called MEXICO!!! Why don't they seek asylum there? If they just want refuge from oppression and violence can't they find it in Mexico? .... They're coming here for economic opportunity that they won't find in Mexico, and they're using violence and politics as a cover. Meanwhile they're exposing their kids to unnecessary risk. It's sad to see kids put through this, just like it's sad to watch COPS and see some dad hauled off to jail in front of his kids, but it's not law enforcement's fault. It's the irresponsible parents' fault.

by **Terbo56** Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:36 pm

They should seek asylum in Mexico, how many of those little armadillo riders are we supposed to take? Most of them are illegal, they hop the fence, and then wonder why they are put in detention centers-Arrest and deport the bastards before it's too late, too many immigrants, and our country will lose it's border control status, and we WILL be a 3rd world country if allowed to continue- Ship 'em all back, and if they return, well, you know what should happen- After about 300-400 come back to Mexico with lead in their asses, maybe then, they will begin to understand- Soros, Clinton and the dems are responsible for all this shit, and its high time their charade ended- The dems are pissed because they lost the election, and now are doing everything they can to ruin Trump's Presidency- They can laugh now, but they won't be when they are facing a death sentence for treason and crimes against humanity, and be it known, personally, I can't wait-It might be harsh, but that's how I feel, as this shit has gone on for too gawd damn long-
Jeff Sessions told them they would be separated if the came in illegally, and the ones that came to the border, should have been told to return to where they came from, but everything is Trump's fault- Right-It is however, too bad that the kids suffer, but it is the parent's stupid decisions that this happens, and they were TOLD NOT TO DO IT, but they did it anyway- Reality sucks and life is a bitch, for them, but they reaped what they sewed- This is NOT our problem, it is a parent's stupidity problem when the parents think they are invincible to another countries laws, and have only them selves to blame-I don't agree with kids and parents being separated, and it never should have happened, but it did, and now, the President should rectify a bad situation and decision, I think it was wrong, but then again, WTF do I know, anyway-They never should have been allowed access to this country, as there are too many of them here as it is, and it will get worse, IF the dems have their way-

by **Kevind53** Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:24 pm

Terbo56 wrote:Trump has been right, to a point, about immigration, but I don't agree with separating children from their parents

He does not have a whole lot of choice. The court order known as the Flores Agreement does not leave him much choice. The agreement carries the weight of law, and mandates CBP turn minors over to licensed child service facilities within 20 days. Obama did the same thing though they tended to catch and release, but no one had a problem with it then, or when Bush did it, or Clinton did it ....

by **Kevind53** Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:33 pm

Mexico is violating international law by encouraging the "refugees" to continue on to the US.

by **Terbo56** Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:51 am

You are right, but, now that Trump is Pres, the dems make a big deal of it, like I said, and Mexico should accept all and every immigrant, to keep them out of our country, or, better yet, send them back to where they came from, or sentence them upon return, to a 'lead' { Live Rounds} welcoming committee- Twisted Evil

Watch: MSNBC Interview Goes Bad When Border Couple Insists on Telling Truth

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