Unbelievable!
We reported how during the photo op for the swearing-in of Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX), that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to shove Flores’ young daughter, giving her an elbow to the side. But the move was caught and widely shared on Twitter.
Then Mayra Flores responded and confirmed that indeed, her daughter had been pushed.
But the response from her spokesperson and deputy chief of staff, Drew Hamill was just so lame and unbelievable, it’s almost like he didn’t even bother to look at the video or he completely disregarded what Flores said. I thought Pelosi might deny it, but Hammill essentially admitted that Pelosi had pushed the child; he gave the explanation that she was trying to push her to make sure that the child got into the picture.
Drew Hammill
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It’s sad to see “news outlets” that know better misrepresent the Speaker’s effort to ensure Rep. Flores’ daughters wouldn’t be hidden behind her in all of the photos of such an important moment for their family.
Another lame answer!
My colleague Susie Moore wrote about a horrible tragedy that happened on Monday, with at least 46 people found dead in a tractor-trailer from the heat after being smuggled into the country. Up to 100 people had been packed into the truck. The media has tended to ignore the people dying while trying to illegally enter the country under Biden because it doesn’t make for good press. But this was a little hard to ignore.
Jean-Pierre was asked about the deaths while she was on Air Force One with Joe Biden en route to Madrid, Spain, and she came out with one heck of a whopper.
“The fact of the matter is the border is closed,” Jean-Pierre claimed.
How stupid do they think we are? The death toll is now up to 50. The people were in the vicinity of San Antonio.