Correspondent Natalie Brand theorized on CBS Saturday Morning that immigration will be a key issue in November’s election, but that was about the only thing in her report that made any sense. While Brand portrayed former President Donald Trump as an out-of-touch extremist, she worried that Vice President Kamala Harris may not be far enough to the left to appeal to Latino voters.

In her report, Brand cited, “The former president has proposed what he says would be the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.”

 

 

That was followed by a clip of Mesa Mayor John Giles claiming, “That's not a solution. That's not what's in the best interests of our country. I can tell you, immigrants are an essential part of the economy in our country, particularly in Arizona.”

Brand then tried to hype Giles’ supposed credibility, “Mesa Mayor John Giles has thrown his support behind Vice President Harris. He’s among the Republicans in the state and nationally who say they can't support Trump.”

Giles added, “Most of my party and most of the country continues to be politically in the middle and we're -- less and less are we hearing voices from the middle.”

Harris-Walz may be the most liberal ticket ever, but CBS found one Republican elected official to tell them what they want to hear. As for Brand, Harris’s alleged moderate side could have a negative effect in that some may view her as insufficiently left-wing:

With an eye on appealing to moderate Republicans and independents, the Harris campaign is stepping up its ground game in Arizona. Harris and Walz visited one of the dozen campaign offices. Arizona narrowly went for President Biden in 2020, helped in part by Latino voices. While Vice President Harris received an endorsement from LULAC, the country’s largest civil rights organization, DACA recipient Jose Patino says he wants to hear more specifics on immigration reform.

Brand then played a clip of her interviewing Patino, “Do you think that the Harris-Walz ticket has the support of the Latino community right now, or is it still, kind of, divided?”

Patino, whose chyron biography simply described him as an “immigrant advocate,” replied, “It’s a little divided. It’s—the Democratic Party, at least, has failed a lot of promises that they didn't meet in the last four years.”

Only the media could take two of the most liberal politicians in the country and worry they aren’t liberal enough.

CBS Saturday Morning

8/10/2024

8:08 AM ET

NATALIE BRAND: The issue of immigration and the Southern border top of mind for both campaigns.

DONALD TRUMP: She wants to allow millions of people to pour into our border through an invasion using -- using an invasion process.

BRAND: The former president has proposed what he says would be the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.

JOHN GILES: That's not a solution. That's not what's in the best interests of our country. I can tell you, immigrants are an essential part of the economy in our country, particularly in Arizona.

BRAND: Mesa Mayor John Giles has thrown his support behind Vice President Harris. He’s among the Republicans in the state and nationally who say they can't support Trump.

GILES: Most of my party and most of the country continues to be politically in the middle and we're -- less and less are we hearing voices from the middle.

BRAND: With an eye on appealing to moderate Republicans and independents, the Harris campaign is stepping up its ground game in Arizona. Harris and Walz visited one of the dozen campaign offices. Arizona narrowly went for President Biden in 2020, helped in part by Latino voices. While Vice President Harris received an endorsement from LULAC, the country’s largest civil rights organization, DACA recipient Jose Patino says he wants to hear more specifics on immigration reform.

Do you think that the Harris-Walz ticket has the support of the Latino community right now, or is it still, kind of, divided?

JOSE PATINO: It’s a little divided. It’s—the Democratic Party, at least, has failed a lot of promises that they didn't meet in the last four years.