Fox News Video: Corey Lewandowski Mocks Immigrant Girl With Down Syndrome, Sparks Instant Backlash

The war of words over President Trump’s immigrant crackdown just took a nasty turn: Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski dismissed reports about an immigrant girl with Down syndrome being separated from her mother with a mocking “womp-womp” during an appearance on Fox News.
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The heated exchange with Democratic strategist Zac Petkanas occurred Tuesday during The Story With Martha MacCallum, and quickly went viral on social media:

 

In the clip above, Petkanas mentions an account of a ten-year-old girl with Down syndrome who was separated from her mother due to President Trump’s recent crackdown on illegal immigration. When Lewandowski responds with a derisive “womp-womp,” Petkanas fires back in disbelief: “Did you just say ‘womp-womp’ to a ten-year-old with Down syndrome being taken from her mother? How dare you? How dare you? How absolutely dare you, sir?”

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Lewandowski didn’t apologize, shouting back that “when you cross the border illegally, you have given up the rights of this country. We are a country with borders. We are a country of laws.”

The backlash came quickly, with Megyn Kelly and Kumail Nanjiani among those criticizing Lewandowski for his “horrible” response:

 

 

 

Fox News is already under fire after host Laura Ingraham compared the detention centers holding immigrant children separated from the parents to “summer camps” on her show earlier this week.

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