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Former Democrat Rep Downplays Child Being Seriously Injured By Illegal Immigrant Truck Driver

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A former congresswoman who prosecuted an impeachment of President Donald Trump dismissed the severe injuries suffered by Dalilah Coleman during a Wednesday panel discussion on CNN.

Trump called for passage of “Dalilah’s Law,” legislation that would prohibit states from granting commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to illegal immigrants named after Coleman, during Tuesday’s State of the Union address. Former Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida dismissed Coleman’s injuries from a 2024 accident caused by an illegal immigrant driving a tractor-trailer on “CNN NewsNight” after bringing up the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good during “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis.

“How do you not mention — mention that two people died and that — in that environment?” Demings, who was one of seven House Democrats who prosecuted Trump during his first impeachment, asked. “And the president was one of the most unifying speeches, the president who said, ‘Look at the Democrats. Aren’t they crazy?’ He obviously does not understand that when he won election, he is supposed to represent all people.”

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“When you go through some of the moments he went through, right, he pointed to a little girl Dalilah, who was almost killed by an illegal alien, miraculously came back,” New York Post reporter Lydia Moynihan responded. “She was there with her dad. When you have Democrats who won’t stand and applaud her recovery, yeah, I think that’s crazy.”

Democrats remained seated during a moment in Trump’s speech when the president asked if they could agree to put American citizens ahead of illegal immigrants.

“Sadly, people are killed in America every day, sadly, and the majority of them are killed by U.S. citizens. So whether an undocumented — undocumented immigrant —” Demings said, with Moynihan cutting in with, “I’m saying, think about —”

“Whether it’s an undocumented immigrant or a U.S. citizen who is the perpetrator, bottom line is, somebody has died or someone has been seriously injured,” Demings said.

The illegal immigrant responsible for the crash was arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September. Republican Sen. Jim Banks of Indiana sponsored the legislation to bar states from giving CDLs to illegal immigrants Wednesday.

The Trump administrated started cracking down on illegal immigrants with CDLs after a deadly August accident allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant who attempted to make an illegal U-turn on a Florida highway that left three people dead. The illegal immigrant reportedly failed an English proficiency test given by investigators and was unable to identify three out of four traffic signs.