CNBC’s Joe Kernan schools Senator Mark Warner after Warner whines about ICE. Credit: CNBC screenshot
A Senate Democrat opened up his week by getting burned on national television after failing to answer a basic question and acting like he had his pulse on the American voter.
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning to discuss last week’s ICE self-defense shooting and the Trump Administration’s approach to immigration. Warner represents just about every Democrat outside of perhaps John Fetterman with his whimpering about ICE rounding up dangerous illegal alien criminals.
Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernan, though, would not let his garbage slide during their interview.
Kernan opened up his questioning of Warner by pointing out that Barack Obama deported far more people during his presidency than Trump has so far.
Biden, though, let in 12 million illegals during his four years in power, but now Warner is whining about Trump. Kernan then asked him what had changed and if it was all politics.
Warner could not answer directly. He simply played the pundit by stating that the border under Biden was one of the reasons Trump won in 2024.
Then, he started complaining about ICE supposedly “randomly” snatching up ‘innocent’ illegals, saying, “This is not what Americans voted for.”
After some back-and-forth with Warner continuing to smear Trump’s immigration approach, Kernan finally buried the senator by giving him this brutal reminder: Democrats had no clue what people were voting for because they got absolutely destroyed in 2024.
Talk about bringing back a bad memory.
WATCH:
HOLY CRAP! Sen. Mark Warner EMBARRASSED over Democrats’ rabid opposition to deportations by President Trump, but they said NOTHING under Obama
WARNER: “The American people didn’t sign up for this!”
KERNEN: Obviously Dems didn’t have an idea of what people voted for or you… pic.twitter.com/f1OaDZ9UIC
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 12, 2026
KERNAN: I know Trump has sent back 350,000 to 400,000 people. Barack Obama, your guy, it was 5 million over eight years?
What changed? I know Biden let in 12 million. Was it about votes?
WARNER: The border being as open as it was under Biden is one of the reasons Trump got elected. But the idea…
KERNAN: So, you’re glad it’s closed now?
WARNER: Do I think we ought not to have a fully open border? Absolutely!
The question I have is closing the border versus sending out ICE agents across the country to randomly pick people up based on quotas; people who have committed no crime?
KERNAN: How did Obama deport 5 million people?
WARNER: A lot was done at the border. The point is: I don’t think the American people signed up for this.
You see people who are working; there ought to be a path toward legality…By the way, Joe, ICE used to take five to six months ot get trained. They’ve now lowered the training period for ICE agents to 47 days.
Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump is the 47th President! Tell me that’s not a rational approach.
KERNAN: Obviously, I’m not going to take the bait.
WARNER: Joe, you can’t pick your facts!
KERNAN: Senator, at this point, there are 12 million people who are not supposed to be here. Why was the broder open?
You said, ‘obviously it shouldn’t have been…’ What was the rationale for that?
I’ve seen a lot of your comments, people didn’t vote for this.’ Obviously, Democrats didn’t have an idea of what people voted for, or you wouldn’t have lost the presidency, the seven swing states, the Senate, and the House.
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