NBC News' Kasie Hunt lets Congress off the hook over immigration; Ben Shapiro schools

Kasie Hunt is NBC News’ Capitol Hill correspondent, and her timeline makes it clear where she stands on the separation of families and the detention of unaccompanied minors who cross the border illegally.

On Monday afternoon, she wanted to make it perfectly clear to her followers that Congress didn’t create this problem; the Trump administration did.

Congress did not create this problem.

Congress did NOT create this problem.

CONGRESS DID NOT CREATE THIS PROBLEM.

The Trump administration created this problem.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CREATED THIS PROBLEM.

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 18, 2018

This is not journalism.
This is NOT journalism.
This is cartoonishly partisan and ill-informed advocacy. https://t.co/KgiK6mgTSG

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) June 18, 2018

“journalism” https://t.co/aW9RVqbUav

— GayPatriot™️ (@GayPatriot) June 18, 2018

This is a reporter. https://t.co/UTbDe7dd4Y

— Amalia C. Halikias (@AmaliaHalikias) June 18, 2018

Some more objective reporting. https://t.co/g2F58LlHqB

— Sane Trump Advisor (@TrumpAdvisor) June 18, 2018

Repeatedly making this claim in caps does not make it true.

REPEATEDLY MAKING THIS CLAIM IN CAPS DOES NOT MAKE IT TRUE. https://t.co/WdPljHcLP5

— Aaron Bandler (@bandlersbanter) June 18, 2018

Again, if the Trump administration created this problem, why are there so many photos of children in cages during the Obama administration — some of which were passed along as though they were just taken.

Maybe Hunt can take some deep breaths and read some of these tweets.

Actually the Ninth Circuit did. https://t.co/qTTqF3d6N3

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 18, 2018

@NBCNews can we get your thoughts on one of your correspondents using her platform to openly mislead the public? The media is supposed to GUIDE and show the people the truth NOT abuse their platform for political gain. This started in 1997 by the 9th circuit. https://t.co/hC37cJcKJg

— Lucas Gleaves (@LGleaves) June 18, 2018

Bill Clinton signed the law in 1997. Take your #FakeNews & smoke it. https://t.co/xY4tprq39d

— David Morgan (@StarCoreOne02) June 18, 2018

Congress quite literally did create this problem by passing legislation in 1997 mandating that children be detained for no longer than 20 days. Now they can fix it, and they should. https://t.co/CAnEnIMh3T

— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) June 18, 2018

And here’s David French with the assist:

Congress can fix it. https://t.co/5WJoyGn0lm

— David French (@DavidAFrench) June 18, 2018

https://twitter.com/dvaughanCI/status/1008834061102649344

Congress created this prob by not addressing Immigration reform & then making it part of constitution https://t.co/97oUmM4HF8

— Air Force Pam (@airforcepam) June 18, 2018

Yeah, let’s not be so quick to give Congress a pass here. The Trump Administration is certainly responsible for the immediate crisis, but conditions have been pretty bad for adults and children for some time and human rights groups have complained previously about this. https://t.co/4KE7yveRTK

— Michael Flynn (@meflynnpolsci) June 18, 2018

She's panicking because Trump's numbers are up, the economy is booming, the #IGReport turned into a lemon for #MuellerTime, & Michael Avenatti vanished with Stormy Daniel's Truth. #DemMediaBorg are predictable. https://t.co/xY4tprq39d

— David Morgan (@StarCoreOne02) June 18, 2018

It's so weird that Trump was able to create this problem back during the Obama years and managed to build these detention centers right under his nose. Also weird you are just now noticing. https://t.co/ceLnvhhEnC

— Charlie (@CharlieJThomas) June 18, 2018

The media no longer cares or even tries to hide their liberal bias. This is not reporting. This is Kasie venting her liberal views. Our media is garbage. https://t.co/ZTdXec6vvb

— Connie Austin (@ConnieBAustin) June 18, 2018