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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Pence Cites False Statistic On Terrorists At The Southwest Border
Vice President Mike Pence twisted a statistic on Tuesday on terrorists apprehended at the southwest border as the administration drums up fear over migrants headed toward the U.S.
Pence made the remarks at a Washington Post event while defending President Donald Trumps claim that Middle Easterners were part of a caravan of thousands traveling toward the southwest border.
The administration has offered no evidence that this is true. Even if it was, being from the Middle East doesnt mean someone is a terrorist, or even an illegitimate asylum-seeker.
But the White House isnt abandoning the bogeyman as it presses for more powers to turn away asylum-seekers it claims are illegitimate, lock up families long term and quickly deport children.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-migrant-caravan-terrorists-border_us_5bcf6d6ae4b0a8f17ef16b2e
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)walk through the desert for almost 2,000 miles when they can take a plane to NY?
spanone
(135,924 posts)Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Oh yes, I forgot, this is a conservative evangelical we are talking about here. Different rules for them!