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AOC Owes Border Patrol Agents an Apology
Townhall.com ^ | July 3, 2019 | Brandon Judd

Posted on 07/04/2019 6:48:35 AM PDT by Kaslin

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should apologize for her recent temper tantrum in Texas — her slander against our brave Border Patrol agents was utterly unjustified. 

Following a recent tour of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention facilities, the lawmaker has made several outrageous claims about conditions in the detention centers, blaming the officers for allegedly mistreating illegal immigrants and even accusing them of threatening her during her visit. 

“I see why CBP agents were being so physically &sexually threatening towards me,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets.”

First of all, there is absolutely no evidence to support these absurd allegations — Ocasio-Cortez is deliberately distorting the truth in order to advance her political agenda. In reality, every detained migrant has access to clean drinking water in CBP facilities, and absolutely no one is forced to drink out of toilets. 

In fact, according to the CBP agent on scene, one detained migrant voluntarily drank out of the toilet because she didn’t know how to use the faucet. The lawmaker, however, only had one objective — to deliberately exaggerate the details of the incident and baselessly attack the CBP.

Sadly, Ocasio-Cortez’s tantrum didn’t end with her unsubstantiated claim about drinking out of toilets. The representative also tweeted that CBP agents woke migrants up “at odd hours for no reason, calling them wh*res, etc.,” expressed indignation that the agents were allegedly “laughing in front of members Congress,” and criticized their supervisors for stating that CBP agents are “under stress.”

Who was laughing in front of the congressional delegation? What were they laughing about? Is there evidence to prove that migrants were woken up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason? Ocasio-Cortez didn’t offer any details to qualify her allegations. 

What we do know, however, is that the congresswoman was acting erratically throughout her visit, with witnesses confirming that she often behaved in a “threatening manner” toward CBP agents. Near the beginning of the tour, according to one witness, Ocasio-Cortez started “crying, screaming, and yelling” at the CBP agents, who stoically maintained their own composure in the face of her outburst

We also know that in her lengthy series of tweets disparaging the Border Patrol, Ocasio-Cortez made no mention of the fact that CBP officers frequently save illegal immigrants from certain death, rescuing entire families who get stranded along the most dangerous parts of the U.S.-Mexico border and rendering them life-saving aid regardless of their immigration status.

Ocasio-Cortez once said that she would rather be morally correct than factually accurate — but it’s impossible to hold the moral high ground while blatantly deceiving the American people.

There is simply no evidence to support any of the outlandish claims that she made about our Border Patrol agents during her trip to Texas, and she owes a sincere apology to the brave men and women of the CBP who risk their lives to protect this country. 

Brandon Judd is the president of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), the exclusive labor representative of approximately 16,000 Border Patrol agents.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; aoc; borderpatrol; searchworks; sowhat
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To: poconopundit

Describes almost every female I’ve ever met.


21 posted on 07/04/2019 7:27:51 AM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: poconopundit

Thanks


22 posted on 07/04/2019 7:30:00 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (KAG! Keep America Great! Vote for President Trump in 2020! KAG! Keep America Great, Again!)
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To: Kaslin

No Apologies.

No, Intelligent Conservatives would insist that she resign.

Immediately


23 posted on 07/04/2019 7:32:25 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: chris37

The best defense is a good offense :- )


24 posted on 07/04/2019 7:37:03 AM PDT by poconopundit
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To: 4Liberty

According to Citizen Free Press this young girl, “Mini AOC”, has been receiving death threats. This has caused her family to apparently delete all her accounts. Hope they are archived somewhere!


25 posted on 07/04/2019 7:37:49 AM PDT by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: Beagle8U

That just shows what low intelligence these people have. If I walk up to something and don’t know how to use it I can figure it out by looking at it and then trying it. Yeah, we need lots more like them.


26 posted on 07/04/2019 7:41:30 AM PDT by sheana
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To: Kaslin

I suspect she’s not one to apologize when she is wrong, because that’s all she would ever be doing.


27 posted on 07/04/2019 7:43:00 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has beco</me my worst enema.)
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To: Kaslin

Democrats NEVER apologize for ANYTHING.


28 posted on 07/04/2019 7:43:52 AM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Kaslin

This child like fool doesn’t understand she never grew up.


29 posted on 07/04/2019 7:46:33 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: Kaslin
In fact, according to the CBP agent on scene, one detained migrant voluntarily drank out of the toilet because she didn’t know how to use the faucet.

Wait....we are allowing such primitive peoples into our country ???

She comes from an area in whatever hell hole she is from without running water at all....???

30 posted on 07/04/2019 7:49:53 AM PDT by Popman
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To: poconopundit

31 posted on 07/04/2019 7:58:26 AM PDT by caww
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To: Kaslin

He had better be careful. He wouldn’t want to be called out for a Hatch Act violation for criticizing a democrat.

Now, if he criticized President Trump, he’d be a rock star in their eyes.


32 posted on 07/04/2019 8:03:23 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I trust President Trump.)
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To: Kaslin

AOC isn’t smart enough to realize she owes the Border Patrol an apology. She’s too busy doubling down.


33 posted on 07/04/2019 8:10:53 AM PDT by upchuck (No muzzy is fit to hold public office - their cult (religion) is incompatible with the Constitution.)
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To: Kaslin

She owes them and the rest of us a resignation.


34 posted on 07/04/2019 8:11:12 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent...)
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To: Kaslin

What’s an apology worth from a liar?


35 posted on 07/04/2019 8:11:48 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent...)
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To: poconopundit

he he, ha ha!
Angry red hen syndrome 33%
Most definitely correct:
ANGRY- check
RED- check
HEN-check


36 posted on 07/04/2019 8:15:16 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: Kaslin
AOC owes the Border Patrol an apology

AN APOLOGY?

She needs her a$$ kicked from Tombstone, AZ to Bangor, ME!

37 posted on 07/04/2019 8:21:50 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: vetvetdoug
....Assholes like her don't apologize and double down on their excuses to further their warped agenda....

my lay opinion, textbook narcissistic personality disorder either queen or victim projection deception they never do wrong its always someone else’s fault..lie like a rug.

38 posted on 07/04/2019 8:36:05 AM PDT by rolling_stone (Hang em slowly don't boil the rope make it a little short...)
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To: Kaslin

Boston University owes America an apology.


39 posted on 07/04/2019 8:51:47 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '20. Now, more than ever!)
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To: Kaslin

She’s not a representative, she’s a reprehensative.


40 posted on 07/04/2019 9:10:48 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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