video posted to instagram earlier this week, the actress pointed the camera at her face and let the waterworks flow as she struggled to eke out words.Women-crying-on-camera has become its own pathetic genre of social media — a transparent and performative plea for attention or sympathy.
But this one, aimed at President Trump’s immigration raids, was a doozy.“I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something, but I can’t,” said Gomez, whose paternal grandparents are originally from Mexico. “I don’t know what to do.
I’ll try everything, I promise.“My people are getting attacked.”But just who is Gomez crying for? Who are her “people”?Was she weeping for the members of Tren de Aragua or MS-13?
Maybe it was for Edgar De La Cruz-Manzo, a convicted child rapist and Mexican national, who was arrested by ICE in Seattle? Or Ethiopian national Yared Geremew Mekonnen, a convicted sex offender nabbed by ICE in New Orleans?The purpose of these initial raids is to apprehend criminal illegal immigrants who have been protected by sanctuary laws.
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