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Chaos broke out live on CNN, forcing anchor Abby Phillip to cut to commercial after Ana Navarro and Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton exploded into a full-blown racial shouting match on live television.
What began as a heated debate quickly descended into a racialized free-for-all when Singleton dared to challenge Navarro’s virtue-signaling tirade about illegal immigrants.
The sparks began flying during a segment discussing deportations under Trump’s administration when Scott Jennings slammed the Biden administration for “ten years of neglect and letting people walk into here without any process at all.”
Ana Navarro, a notoriously unhinged leftist commentator known for her shrill appearances on The View, jumped in to defend illegal immigration, claiming many migrants “came in with parole” and pivoting to emotional anecdotes about GOP Senator Marco Rubio’s grandfather.
But the real fire ignited when Shermichael Singleton, one of the few honest voices occasionally allowed on CNN, pushed back hard.
“We are a sovereign nation,” Singleton said. “You cannot just come into our country illegally whenever the heck you want… we can’t do it to any other country on the face of this Earth.”
Things escalated when Navarro tried to compare today’s illegal immigrants to African Americans brought to the U.S. in chains — an outrageous and offensive equivalence that Singleton quickly dismantled.
Ana Navarro:
We have a hell of a lot of people, other than the Black people who were brought here as slaves, who came to this country illegally.
Shermichael Singleton:
They are not the same as Black people who were brought here against our will.
Ana Navarro:
That’s exactly what I just said.
Shermichael Singleton:
They decided to walk their butt across the border. There’s a big difference. There is a big difference.
Ana Navarro:
That’s exactly what I just said. That’s exactly what I just said.
Sure, Shermichael. Sure, Shermichael. Looking—act indignant. That’s exactly what I just said.
Shermichael Singleton:
That’s not about acting indignant.
Ana Navarro:
Yes, it is. You just heard me say that, other than Black people who came as slaves, there are a lot of people from many countries that came here illegally.
Abby Phillip:
Shermichael, I think you actually misheard what she said.
Ana Navarro:
No, he purposely misheard it.
Shermichael Singleton:
I purposely misheard? So now you’re in my brain? Is that where we’re going?
Ana Navarro:
You think I would say—I have advocated for Black people my entire life—to say something like that?
Shermichael Singleton:
Because you have advocated for Black people—great. Congratulations. Last time I checked, I’m Black. You’re not.
Ana Navarro:
That’s right. I’m Latino, and my people are being racially profiled.
Shermichael Singleton:
Do I have to remind you of the history of my people? Do you really want to go there? Do you really want to tread on more hallowed ground? Are you kidding me?
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