WATCH: CNN Host Battles GOP’s Randy Fine Over Boatgate, Somalia
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WATCH: CNN Host Battles GOP’s Randy Fine Over Boatgate, Somalia

The left-wing media have shown no signs of ending their obsession with the U.S. military conducting a "second hit", ordered on a boat that was allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean back in September. That obsession, along with a new one focused on President Trump's remarks on Somalia, continued on Wednesday afternoon's CNN News Central, with co-host Boris Sanchez doing battle against Florida Republican Congressman Randy Fine, who was not having any of the usual lefirst talking points.  Fine politely tore apart so much of Sanchez's leftist propaganda, which started with the infamous video of that second strike: SANCHEZ: Shouldn't the American people be able to see this footage in order to draw their own conclusions about what happened? FINE: Well, I trust the President's judgment. If he doesn't think we need to see it, if he thinks it can be classified and should just be limited to intel briefings, then I support that. That's why they send us up here to look out for the interests of the American people. That's why we classify some information, and I support whatever decision gets made there. When Sanchez asked in a follow-up "why not just show it to the American people the way they have so many of these other strikes," Fine responded in part by stating the obvious that the incident has been "politicized," adding: "Democrats have chosen to stand with drug dealers. Make no mistake, they're not blowing up pleasure cruises or fishing boats. They're blowing up people whose goal is to addict and kill Americans by running drugs into this country. That's something that we used to all support, which is fighting the importation of fentanyl and cocaine into this country." But, wait, there was more! Sanchez took offense to this characterization: "There is a legal process for adjudicating drug traffickers, Congressman...One person was apparently left to die in the ocean. Two were actually picked up and sent back to their home countries. What do you think the protocol should be for handling the survivors of these strikes?" Sanchez probably wasn't expecting this forceful of an answer: "I've got to be honest with you. I don't really care what happens to drug dealers and drug runners. I'm worried about the American people whose families are being savaged by these drugs. Whatever happens to them happens to them. I don't care. They know what they're getting into, and I support the President in doing everything possible to stop it." Sanchez responded as you might expect: "But do they pose an imminent threat to the United States if their ship has been blown up? They're floating out in the ocean...How are they a threat to American people in that regard if they're just floating out there?" Still not willing to give an inch, Fine doubled down: "The fact of the matter is these are ships that are full of drugs who have one purpose, which is to addict and kill Americans. The President is doing the right thing. He's taking action that should have been taken long ago. And it's shocking to me that every member of Congress doesn't support it." The CNN co-host more or less conceded as he switched topics: SANCHEZ: On a separate issue, Congressman, last night, President Trump again described Somalia as filthy, also lamenting that the U.S. lets in migrants from shithole countries -- his words -- like Somalia, Afghanistan and Haiti, while not having people come from Norway, Sweden or Denmark...I wonder if you're comfortable with a hierarchy of which nationalities and races belong or do not belong in this country. FINE: Well, I'm not comfortable with a hierarchy of races and the President isn't either. But not all cultures are equal and not all countries are equal. There are some people who come to this country to add value and there are some that come to this country to take value...And the President speaks in language that Americans understand. He is blunt. (....) SANCHEZ: Wasn't the country founded on the premise that you could come here irrespective of what your beliefs are?...Do you not see how some of what you're saying offends those people? FINE: Absolutely. But immigration to this country was not supposed to be a free check to get all the welfare that you want, which is why I have filed a bill that would ban not only illegal immigrants, but legal immigrants from getting any form of government program... Same old, same old from Sanchez. Not so in the responses from Fine, who was totally unafraid in telling it like it is, to CNN.