The Trump presidency has driven many leftists to expose their true beliefs — radical, loony, or both.

Cathy Areu was quite a bit of both in her appearance on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show Thursday evening, as she advocated non-citizen voting, "contributing" foreigners and foreign diplomats voting, and even cross-U.S. state voting.

It would be tempting to dismiss Areu as so incoherently far out on the leftist fringe that no one really pays any attention to her. That would be a mistake.

Areu "is CATALINA magazine's founding publisher, a long-time Washington Post Magazine contributing editor, and the author of Latino Wisdom," a self-help and inspiration book. She appears to have leveraged that positive veneer to book appearances on Fox News, CNN, HLN, MSNBC, and CNBC.

Areu has gained previous infamy at NewsBusters for comparing 2008 GOP Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin to "Larry the Cable Guy -- Minus the Class and Intelligence," and for seemingly being pleased that it's a "Tough Time to Be a White Man in America Where the Minorities Are Really Taking Over."

She currently calls herself a "Journalist (as seen on Fox News)" at her Twitter bio, and tweeted that she looked forward to talking about "undocumented people voting" with Carlson early Thursday evening.

Carlson began his related segment by reviewing the Democratic Party's illegal-immigration policy move from Bill Clinton's state pro-deportation posture to "block(ing) deportation for certain favored immigrant groups" during Barack Obama's presidency to today's position, apparently held by a sizable minority of leftists, that not only should no illegal immigrants be deported (even criminals), but they should also be allowed to vote.

Concerning non-citizen voting, Carlson then replayed portions of previous interviews with Cesar Vargas, New York's first undocumented attorney, a staunch advocate who shouted "No taxation without representation!" to defend his position, and Jennifer Palmieri, who wouldn't rule the idea out "if Congress never does anything to address immigration."

During Carlson's interview with Areu (video and transcript are at the end of this post; HT to a longtime tipster), he fed his guest progressively more ridiculous scenarios, and asked if people in the circumstances described should be allowed to vote. To Carlson's ever-increasing amazement, Areu was okay with every single one, and never lost her sunny but calculated disposition.

To summarize the interview, Areu is okay with:

Immigrants, legal and illegal, being allowed to vote.

Foreigners briefly visiting the country being allowed to vote.

Residents of one state being allowed to vote in another state if that's where they "happen to be."

Foreign diplomats, even Russian diplomats, being allowed to vote, as long as they "contribute and are great people."

Areu graduated from Florida State University in 1992. Carlson exposed this mid- to late-40s "journalist" who has somehow earned the respect of many on the left (and at Fox, of all places) as someone who clearly hasn't even begun to think through the implications of her beliefs — and appears to be not the least bit bothered by it.

Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.

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