ICE Spokesman Resigns, Saying He Could No Longer Spread Lies for Trump Administration

[KelleyKramer]

ICE Spokesman Resigns, Saying He Could No Longer Spread Falsehoods for Trump Administration

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/california-ice-spokesman-resigns.html

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A spokesman for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has resigned, saying that he could no longer “bear the burden” of spreading falsehoods on behalf of the Trump administration. The spokesman, James Schwab, who had worked for the agency’s San Francisco Division, told news outlets Monday that his decision was prompted by false statements made by the agency on Feb. 27 and repeated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week.

The statements criticized the mayor of Oakland, Libby Schaaf, for her decision last month to warn city residents that a raid by federal immigration agents targeting roughly 1,000 people was imminent. The agency’s deputy director, Thomas D. Homan, said that Ms. Schaaf’s warning had helped “864 criminal aliens and public safety threats” to evade capture in the raid.

Mr. Sessions, in a visit to California last week, condemned Ms. Schaaf, a Democrat, and echoed the agency, asserting that her actions had allowed hundreds to escape. Mr. Schwab said in interviews, first with The San Francisco Chronicle and then with CNN, that he had been frustrated by the remarks, and had quit “because I didn’t want to perpetuate misleading facts.”

“I asked them to change the information,” he told The Chronicle, referring to the 864 people to whom the statement alluded. “I told them that the information was wrong, they asked me to deflect, and I didn’t agree with that. Then I took some time and I quit.”

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[Pachamama]

1. The lies are that bad? - Yes....they are that bad....

Anyone with any oz of moral integrity would quit this administration....

At least there are a few....

But that shows how many there are that have none....

[Crabby Appleton]

2. Check the date on the article

That happened 3 months ago.

[KelleyKramer]

3. It's relevant now because Trump repeated the lie in his presser yesterday

And this article makes it clear that Trump and his people KNEW it was a lie

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Simply state in the OP that "it's relevant now because Trump repeated the lie yesterday".

Otherwise you create confusion in your readers' minds and have to come back to explain it anyway.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. The real shame of these resignations in our government is...

they will promptly be replaced with a water-toting Repug willing to say anything for a dollar, just like Sarah Huckabuck. I fear it will take years to replace all these animals they're appointing and to undo the damage they're doing to good government structures every day.

The term public servant is totally alien to Republicans......

[Scarsdale]

5. Of course he is

a democrat! Repubs. stay, and lie through their teeth. I wonder if Maleria is the only one who broadcasts the repubs. true feelings, with her jacket message? Sessions LIED to the Mueller people about meeting the Russians, why is he still free?

[Achilleaze]

7. Telling resignation: shows how deceitful & corrupt the republicans are

Evil deceitful darkside republicans and russians have attacked America, and are temporarily in control

[ck4829]

8. Interesting... What did he know then vs what is happening now?

[raven mad]

9. There are still heroes out there.

They don't know they are until they know when to quit.

[panader0]

10. I'll bet he felt a lot better immediately after his resignation.