Cokie Roberts trending on Twitter?

The veteran journalist for NPR got a social media boost Wednesday morning after asking presidential candidate Donald Trump the tough questions on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

Roberts asked Trump about his stance on immigration and the impact it is having on children -- specifically, white children taunting brown children at school and telling them they will be deported if Trump is elected president.

Trump said he had never heard of such a thing happening until Roberts said it and that he thought Roberts' question was nasty. He also said, what he is opposed to is illegal immigration.

The Twitterazzi came down on both sides of the debate:

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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