As you know, DHS Director Kirstjen Nielsen has submitted her resignation. Running parallel to that story is the anti-Trump Resistance (and some in the media) continuing to fail to provide full context to President Trump referring to MS-13 gang members as “animals” last year. Rep. Ilhan Omar took some big swings for the “fake news” fences with a serious of tweets today:
Kirstjen Nielsen was responsible for:
-Locking toddlers in cages
-The death of a 7 year-old on her agency’s watch
-Repeatedly lying about taking children from their mothersNow this President wants someone even "tougher." This should be a warning to all who believe in justice.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 8, 2019
The acting DHS Secretary commanded the CBP officers who physically separated over 2,800 children from their parents
He was in charge when CBP fired tear gas on a crowd of migrants seeking asylum
He failed to disclose details about the death of a child in CBP custody to Congress
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 8, 2019
Meanwhile, the President is calling asylum seekers “animals” and saying our country is “full.”
This is dehumanization, plain and simple. We cannot continue to ignore the echoes of some of the most violent moments in history.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 8, 2019
Forget that the angle many on the Left are pushing about Trump’s “animals” comment has been debunked. It fits the narrative so obviously Rep. Omar is among those who will continue to push it.
This is from an hour ago https://t.co/FgYNiLn1Qy
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 8, 2019
But there’s so much more wrong in Omar’s tweets. @AG_Conservative served up a fact-check-a-palooza:
Omar makes 8 specific claims in this thread. 6 of them are false or very misleading.
The problem isn't that she's consistently dishonest, but that the press takes no interest in correcting her dishonesty. https://t.co/d0H5VQeCrN
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
To go through them:
1) Toddler in cage image was from protest: https://t.co/FbYrKcM1JZ
Yes, kind are being kept in facilities with chain-linked fences, just as thousands were during the Obama admin (thus why many of the pics are from 2014).
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
2) Blaming DHS, and Nielsen specifically, for the death of that girl is beyond dishonest: https://t.co/2cHEsThuT3
& https://t.co/dAiSrQdd9g— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
3) "Repeatedly lying about taking children from their mothers"
This one is more of an opinion. She said several things that are definitely arguable as false so I am willing to give Omar this one.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
4) "He was in charge when CBP fired tear gas on a crowd of migrants seeking asylum"
Clearly misleading. The tear gas was used to break up a rush on the border: https://t.co/nAHeXl01X2
Was used in similar cases by previous admin: https://t.co/c8m1Lp6r6J
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
5) "He failed to disclose details about the death of a child in CBP custody to Congress"
This is a complain over him not disclosing it in testimony he had before Congress, but he wasn't asked about it and it wasn't relevant to his testimony at the time.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
6) "the President is calling asylum seekers 'animals''
This is indisputably false. Based on a viral tweet that has been repeatedly debunked and even source has withdrawn it. https://t.co/1IxYIpWpr0
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
7) Saying the country is "full"
You can argue over context and what exactly Trump meant, but this comment is mostly accurate. https://t.co/N29bJcEEIL
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
8) "The acting DHS Secretary commanded the CBP officers who physically separated over 2,800 children from their parents."
What does that mean? He followed the DHS policy and did his job? It was not his policy. Clearly misleading.
Like I said, 6/8 are false or misleading.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 8, 2019
But at least we know where the Minnesota Rep. stands.
Another Democrat comes out in favor of MS-13. https://t.co/9ejYrxcZz0
— Jay Tee Ell Oh Ell (@jtLOL) April 8, 2019
Simply amazing.
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