Anderson Cooper: “You told my producer pregnant women are coming here as tourists, having babies, and then going back home ‘with the nefarious purpose of turning them into little terrorists, who will then come back to the U.S. to do us harm.’ You said it’s part of an organized terrorist element and could cost us lives. Where did you hear that?”
Debbie Riddle†: “That is information that is coming to my office from former FBI officials.”
Cooper then asks what evidence she has this is happening, and, no surprise, she “doesn’t have the hard evidence” right in front of her. Then she launches into her talking points diatribe about “anchor babies.” Finally, he presses her again for any evidence she has of terrorist anchor babies:
Cooper: “Have they given your office actual facts … or proof?”
Riddle: “That information we are still gathering.”
It’s actually an interesting interview, if only because Cooper does keep trying to get her to show she has some kind of actual evidence for the somewhat crazy things she says, and Rafael Anchia††, state representative from the Dallas Area, appears to be pleasantly sane.
She never really answers any questions. Most of the people saying outrageous things and making crazy claims rarely do. She does seem to have a bee in her bonnet over illegal immigrants though, and she’s got her talking points down to a flawless performance … almost as flawless as her 61 year old wrinkle-free and apparently immovable facial skin.
I guess pregnant women are now the new enemy. Awesome! Someone else to be afraid of!
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