Posted on 09/20/2021 2:56:23 PM PDT by McGruff
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday called pictures that appeared to show a U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback with a whip to deter migrants "horrific," but declined to say what consequences there should be for the agent's actions.
"I have seen some of the footage. I don't have the full context. I can't imagine what context would make that appropriate, but I don't have additional details," she told reporters at the daily White House briefing. "I don't think anyone seeing that footage would think it's acceptable or appropriate."
A picture by photographer Paul Ratje showed the agent on horseback grabbing one of the migrants as the man tried to cross into the United States from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, on Sunday. The El Paso Times reported the agent had swung his whip and charged his horse at people trying to cross, shouting, "Let's go! Get out now! Back to Mexico!"
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Fake news, just reins.
Though, I wouldn’t give a damn if it was a whip.
In fairness to the border agent, “they” is a member of the LGBTS&M
Yep. It’s not a whip. It’s the reigns. Those are probably seven foot plus split reigns.
Fake News? Really? Too bad.
Just when I was beginning to have some semblance of hope for some sanity regarding Biden’s latest border FUBAR.
Looks like reins to me.
Been shown to be fake news; it’s the horses reins.
Thank you! Anyone who can’t tell the difference between a whip and reins should be...whipped!
What about Nancy and her whip and huge hammer?
I love the Scanners gif...
Idiots.....
Trump would have been eviscerated for this. Biden won’t be linked to it at all.
Exactly. Doubt ANY person of the MSM has ever ridden.
That twern’t no whip! That be a Texas rattler with the business end latched on homey’s butt!
The ABC Radio News break on my friendly local talk radio station just said that Border Patrol was using whips on Haitians as it was an undisputed fact, not even an qualifying “appears to” or “what looks to be”. Why does every talk radio station have to air this crap at the top of the hour?
See, here is the problem. You have the rider with one hand on the saddle and one hand on homey. So, in which hand is the whip?
Where can I get a Bronze Sculpture of that picture?
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