As Twitchy told you on Sunday, migrants attempting to storm the closed US border were turned back with tear gas and pepper spray. Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, seconding Chris Cuomo’s take, put it this way:
It’s wrong to gas women and children and the elderly. That shouldn’t be a partisan view nor should that be uncomfortable to “the men and women in duty” https://t.co/PBHRE5utCT
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) November 26, 2018
Oh really? Who wants to tell him?
Ben's drawing a red line, guys. https://t.co/XHhlRlbgUk
— Mo Mo (@molratty) November 26, 2018
Ask your former boss. He can fill you in on the specifics.https://t.co/6TEyhZyZqM
— M Beto (@bunchesoffive) November 26, 2018
Like many former Obama staffers, Rhodes seems to have completely forgotten what happened during the previous administration.
Irony so thick you could scoop it right out of the air https://t.co/agAV4pfyIU
— Dr. Shadow (@megadave5000) November 26, 2018
Dude, you really really REALLY need to sit this one out.
— Helen Wheels (@txtiger1) November 26, 2018
He sure should, because Rhodes’ tweet is a multi-leveled self-awareness fail.
Do you mean now or back in 2013? Asking for a friend
— Clara (@claramanoucheka) November 26, 2018
Then why did you do it in 2013, Ben? https://t.co/M3C9XFn9Jn pic.twitter.com/PNv0SunyX2
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 26, 2018
Ben Rhodes was part of an administration that did the very same exact thing. Ben Rhodes thinks you’re stupid. Don’t be a Ben Rhodes. https://t.co/M3C9XFn9Jn pic.twitter.com/v2P3BwyZuE
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 26, 2018
https://t.co/Lp4xNf3lCv Where were you then Ben?
— Dave Perry (@Flintcoin) November 26, 2018
But wait, there’s more!
tear gassing people trying to bust through your border isn’t quite the same as dropping sarin gas on a whole neighborhood that is sleeping. an illegal rushing our border is more important than a sleeping syrian citizen to you and @BarackObama i guess.
— time will tell (@mwgfdn) November 26, 2018
Mr. Rhodes published an oped in the NYT today with advice "to repair America's image abroad." Like this tweet the oped did not mention how Team Obama stood down after Assad's chemical weapons use to preserve Iran diplomacy, though it seems relevant to his judgment on such issues. https://t.co/91QKeO5P57
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) November 26, 2018
Funny, from someone who's actions actually led to ppl being gassed and killed, all for the sake of a nuke deal with Iran. https://t.co/gFVSJISRQh
— Jonathan Thiebaud (@Jtbaud249) November 26, 2018
You mean like in Syria?
— greenbeancasseroledreg (@HarveyBarker5) November 26, 2018
He— he can't be serious https://t.co/hVLy4rLzMc
— Rebeccah Heinrichs (@RLHeinrichs) November 26, 2018
And yet he is.
Tweets like this make me question why he's an MSNBC contributor. People were rushing the border and throwing rocks/bottles at border patrol agents. They didn't just indiscriminiately "gas" people. https://t.co/QPQHEtIfvp
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 26, 2018
Liberals claiming tear gas violates the Geneva Conventions is my new favorite Twitter. https://t.co/6txSxpHbEF
— Regs (@r3gulations) November 26, 2018
A swarm of people rushed a hole in the fence. They are to blame. https://t.co/iA97rognnt
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) November 26, 2018
I really don't think Ben Rhodes has any legitimacy in saying what shouldn't be a partisan view.
— E.B. Garrett (@EBGarrett1975) November 26, 2018
Amazing.
This shouldn't be a partisan view, but you shouldn't describe firing tear gas – that has 0 lasting effects and is a lawful riot control tactic – as "gassing." That's the same term used to describe how Nazis killed Jews in gas chambers. But you know that and don't care.
— Leo Nayfeld (@LeoNayfeld) November 26, 2018
No he doesn’t, apparently.
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