Jose Diaz-Balart’s new program on MSNBC debuted Monday to a harsh review from a certain conservative firebrand.
Not that anyone should have expected Ann Coulter to appreciate the work of the Cuban-American journalist who’s shown a passion for immigration reform.
Coulter fired off several derisive tweets directed at Diaz-Balart throughout the premiere of his eponymous program.
When he conducted an emotional interview with a Honduran teenager who arrived in the United States a few months ago, which Diaz-Balart translated in realtime, Coulter implied that the young girl was faking her tears.
And the Oscar goes to … THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WEEPING ON MSNBC!
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 14, 2014
She was sponsored by a group called, “The Race,” suggesting that more than humanitarian concerns is at issue.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 14, 2014
Coulter later suggested that the surge in Latino immigrants to the U.S. is a boon for Diaz-Balart’s career.
This was on Jose Diaz-Balart’s new MSNBC show. I wonder if Diaz Balart’s media career is helped by massive Latin Amer. immigration?
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 14, 2014
Does anyone who supports mass immigration not have a personal financial motive?
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 14, 2014
It’s just the type of review Diaz-Balart could have expected from a woman who authored a xenophobic diatribe about the growth of soccer in America.
