Batya Ungar-Sargon Battles Dem CNN Panel: ‘You’re Using the Word Shipwreck to Hide the Distinction’

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UNGAR-SARGON: "It's not the existence of the survivors. It‘s whether the boat is still a legitimate military target. Is that not accurate?"
PHILLIP: "I want Margaret to weigh in on it."
DONOVAN: "It's not true."
UNGAR-SARGON: "Why?"
DONOVAN: "Because you cannot shoot survivors of a shipwreck that are clinging on for dear life in the middle of the ocean."
UNGAR-SARGON: "That's not — you‘re using the word 'shipwreck' to hide the distinction that I am pointing out."
DONOVAN: "It's Secretary Hegseth's word."
PHILLIP: "The word 'shipwreck' is in the [inaudible]."
UNGAR-SARGON: "Yes, but I‘m saying the whole point here is, is it still a legitimate target or not? If they can get on that debris and call for the rest of the narco terrorists to show up and save them, it is still a legitimate military target."