Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, is quickly becoming a rising star.
She’s willing to push back at the media when their narratives don’t match reality, and today on CNN she proved it.
McLaughlin appeared on air with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown to discuss ICE operations in Minnesota.
As Brown and Blitzer repeated their network’s talking points, McLaughlin sat just feet away, ready to set the record straight.
She refused to bow down.
The entire appearance lasted less than twenty minutes and was filled with memorable moments, but three clashes stood out above the rest.
From the opening moments, tension was palpable.
The first clash came when CNN anchor Pamela Brown played a clip of ICE agents asking a woman for identification in Minneapolis.
Brown tried to frame Minnesota as a “police…