A CNN commentator and self-styled political candidate is facing intense scrutiny after he falsely claimed that President Donald Trump was part of a “sex-trafficking network” during a panel discussion.
The comment was made by Cameron Kasky, a Parkland shooting survivor who received national recognition as a gun control activist. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, he joined classmates like David Hogg and a handful of others in becoming a national spokesman for gun control.
In one infamous moment, Kasky bizarrely told then-Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) during a town hall discussion that it was impossible to look at him without seeing Rubio “shooting my classmates.”
After high school, Kasky attended Columbia University for several semesters but later dropped out. He primarily works as an activist and media personality who has identified as a democratic socialist and “queer.”
Most recently, Kasky jumped into a crowded Democratic Party primary field to replace the rating Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) in the Empire State’s 10th Congressional District.
On Tuesday evening, Kasky joined a panel discussion on CNN NewsNight to discuss current issues of the day. He repeatedly clashed with conservative commentator Scott Jennings, at one point telling him “you don’t get to say the word ‘illegals’ anymore,” during a discussion on illegal immigration.
“I don’t?” Jennings immediately shot back. “Who are you to tell me what I can and can’t say? I’ve never met you, brother. I can say whatever I want. They’re illegal aliens, and that’s what the law calls them. Illegal aliens, that’s what I’m gonna call them.”
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