Tucson lawmaker Alma Hernandez was on CNN this week following a days-long social media dogfight that followed her Valentine's Day slam on "wannabe journalists" who have converged on the city following the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
"As someone who lives & represents Tucson/ Pima County, I am so sick of watching the “reporting” grifting, insane speculation, lies, and BS by random wannabe journalists and YouTubers who have now caused more harm than good to this entire situation and put this serious case in jeopardy. Please GO HOME," Hernandez, a Democratic state representative, wrote in a post on X.
"Let law enforcement do their jobs. Stop following them during swat operations and playing detectives. I am sick of the constant LIES from those who can't even spell Tucson and clearly have never been to our city."
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"This home is not near downtown or midtown, so posting random videos of people walking in yards ain't it y'all, no, Mexicans don't all look the same, yes, our sheriff should probably stay off social media and not speak to the press anymore. Yes, this is sad, and we all want Nancy home. But seriously, PLEASE STOP."
An often heated back-and-forth of X, formerly Twitter, has continued.
Rep. Alma Hernandez, a Tucson Democrat, was on CNN this week to defend her comments on social media calling on "wannabe journalists" to leave the city because their speculation is damaging the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" host Savannah Guthrie.
Even the Pima County Republican Party chimed in with this post: "One of the good things to come out of the #GuthrieCase is that world is seeing the consequences of electing far left Marxists and fools."
Some posts on the social media site were supportive of the stance taken by Hernandez. Other commenters, however, said Hernandez should be deported (she was raised in Tucson), lose her political office or butt out of case.
Hernandez has said she will not back down from her statements.
"Let’s be very clear: the circus of so-called “journalists” flooding into our city right now is not helpful, and they know it. Nothing about what they’re doing is assisting the Guthrie family," she said in a separate post.
The screenshot from an interview on CNN of state Rep. Alma Hernandez, a Tucson Democrat, shows a post she made on X critical of media coverage of the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
"I can guarantee you the family is not asking these individuals to take matters into their own hands, speculate publicly, or turn this into online entertainment. What they are asking for is simple: send in legitimate tips. That’s it."
Nancy Guthrie
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" host Savannah Guthrie was reported missing from her home in the Catalina Foothills on Feb. 1.
