“These aren’t people, these are animals. And we’re taking them out of the country at a rate that’s never happened before.” This quote was President Trump’s response to a question on MS-13 transnational gang members from a California sheriff who disagrees with her state’s recent so-called “sanctuary” protections for dangerous illegal immigrants.

Predictably, many in the mainstream media, including the New York Times and Andrea Mitchell of NBC reported that Trump called all illegal immigrants “animals,” even though it was exceedingly clear to any fair observer that his statement impugned specifically MS-13 criminals. But even once that point was clarified (Associated Press was forced to issue an official retraction on its first misbegotten reporting), some on the Left still protested. Most notably, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pushed back at the president. As an aside, Pelosi amazingly sees much value in the life of MS-13 cretins, but none in innocent babies in the womb.