Yahoo News
By Itay Hod
August 28, 2015
Two
days after he was booted from a Donald Trump press conference by
security for asking questions about immigration out of turn, Univision
anchor Jorge Ramos defended
himself on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.”
Asked if he was grandstanding when he got into a confrontation with the GOP presidential frontrunner, Ramos said absolutely not.
“I’m
just a reporter asking questions,” Ramos explained. “But I also
believe, Anderson, that you have to go the extra mile to be tough on
those who are in power.”
Ramos said he specifically went to Iowa because Trump wouldn’t agree to an interview.
“What
he’s saying about immigration is full of empty promises,” Ramos told
Cooper. “He can’t deport 11 million people from the United States, he
can’t build a 1,900 mile
wall between Mexico and the U.S. and he can’t deny citizenship to
children born in this country.”
The
latest round in the Trump vs. Ramos war began Tuesday when the popular
anchor of the Spanish-language network attempted to ask Trump a
question, to which he responded,
“You haven’t been called.” Trump then told Ramos, “Go back to
Univision!”
Cooper
asked Ramos what he thought Trump meant by that, to which Ramos
answered, “the same kind of language that we hear from people who are
against immigrants… I’m a
U.S. citizen. This is not Donald Trump’s country, this is our country.”
After
Ramos was kicked out of Trump’s press event, the business mogul told
reporters Ramos was “out of order” but that he had no problem if the
newscaster wanted to return.
The journalist was soon seen back in the room and began a heated on-camera exchange with Trump over immigration.
Ramos said Trump’s rhetoric is creating a dangerous environment.
“What
many Americans say in their homes, with their friends, in their
kitchens, now many of them feel that it is OK to say that to minorities,
to Latinos and this is really
creating a terrible backlash.”
Ramos also answered a question about whether it was true that his daughter works for the Clinton campaign.
“Does it affect your coverage of Trump?” Anderson asked.
“I
can be tough on any candidate it doesn’t matter their party,” Ramos
said. “It is true my daughter works for the Clinton campaign and
disclosed that many many weeks
ago,” he explained, adding, “she made that decision on her own and as a
reporter I have a completely different profession.”
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