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White House says images of Border Patrol with whip are 'obviously horrific'
NBC News ^ | Sept. 20, 2021 | Dareh Gregorian

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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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: delrio; delriohaitian; psaki
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To: McGruff

I’m pretty sure I’m OK with it. 😐


61 posted on 09/20/2021 4:14:52 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: McGruff

Bwahahaha! It is obvious neither Pstupid Psaki or anyone at NBC has been doing much riding-looks like reins to me-since the BP guy is outfitted for riding in rough country, it could be a short lariat, but it looks like reins-I saw some video of that online earlier at work-and the way the rider held that supposed “whip” with his hand-the contractor I work with said “reins”, too-but if it is a lariat and he’s gonna rope a mojado to get him back over the river, that’s okay...


62 posted on 09/20/2021 4:21:49 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: McGruff

I realize that the snowflakes in the White House are more used to unicorns that don’t need halters and bits and headstalls and reins, but, in the real world, those are called reins and they are used to both guide and signal to the horse, which is not a unicorn.


63 posted on 09/20/2021 4:23:17 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: McGruff

idiots the white house is full of ignorant idiots...I guess they never rode a horse or watched cowboy movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC8pSFg1Vw&t=45s


64 posted on 09/20/2021 4:26:58 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: Mr. K

quick video of the mounted BP:
Border Patrol calling in the cavalry, literally, at the international bridge here in Del Rio. Mounted units heading to the river’s edge
https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1439983794052808704


65 posted on 09/20/2021 4:28:44 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Billthedrill

LOL good one!


66 posted on 09/20/2021 4:28:49 PM PDT by JCM
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To: rolling_stone

Not ignorant idiots ... propagandists ...


67 posted on 09/20/2021 4:31:34 PM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink kills ...)
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To: rockrr

Jen kinda looks like the kind of girl who might have some whips stored away at home.


68 posted on 09/20/2021 4:54:06 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Already been disproven... All that bitch needed to do is watch the videos.


69 posted on 09/20/2021 5:08:24 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Billthedrill

In this case, wouldn’t it be plainly on the mane?


70 posted on 09/20/2021 5:26:44 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
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To: McGruff
The "whip" looks like a rope to me. Maybe the rope will be used to hog-tie those illegal border jumpers. Now this is a whip:


71 posted on 09/20/2021 5:26:55 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

Glad you’re a good sport!

Go ahead, you gave my permission to call me grammar police.


72 posted on 09/20/2021 5:27:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
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To: McGruff

Unpleasant, but non-lethal...Would she have prefered a gun?


73 posted on 09/20/2021 5:30:32 PM PDT by left that other site (Never lie to someone who trusts you; and never trust someone who has ever lied to you.(NCIS Gibbs))
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To: twyn1

You know the answer to that.


74 posted on 09/20/2021 5:32:32 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: HollyB

How the HELL did 20,000 Haitians and Cubans wind up on our border? They probably have an annual income of $500. There is NO WAY they can afford an airplane ticket and they weren’t brought here on a flotilla of small boats. Did Soros & Co. buy them all tickets? Did Biden send them tickets?

There’s a backstory here that is not being investigate and it cries out for investigation.

That image doesn’t bother me in the least. They should reactivate the cavalry.


75 posted on 09/20/2021 5:33:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
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To: McGruff

I don’t remember playing cowboys and Haitians as a kid.


76 posted on 09/20/2021 5:34:52 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

This is worth a read

https://cis.org/Bensman/Why-Huge-Illegal-Alien-Camp-Formed-Del-Rio


77 posted on 09/20/2021 5:40:20 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Tijeras_Slim

HAHA! After I saw the video of the mounted Border Patrol vs mojados, that tune “Rawhide” was stuck in my head for a few hours...


78 posted on 09/20/2021 5:45:59 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: HollyB

Thanks for the link to that article. It also does not say how tens of thousands of Haitians and Cubans managed to find their way to Central America and Southern Mexico. It discusses how the Mexican government moved them north to the US border.

So just how did they get to Central America and Mexico?

Trump had such a good working relationship with Andrés Manuel López Obrador and now the US / Mexico relationship has turned to sh!t, just like everything else Biden touches.


79 posted on 09/20/2021 5:46:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
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To: thegagline

“Oh, whip me again, you big mean cowboy! Oh, that hurts so good!”


80 posted on 09/20/2021 5:52:12 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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