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House Dems use Obama-era photos to promote ‘kids in cages’ hearing
nypost.com ^ | July 10, 2019 | Ben Feuerherd

Posted on 07/10/2019 8:21:53 PM PDT by lowbridge

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sent out a pair of tweets Wednesday and earlier this month with photos of migrants sleeping on a detention center floor to publicize an immigration hearing in Capitol Hill.

Just one problem — the pics were snapped in 2014, during the Obama Administration.

The Dems deleted the two messages, and claimed it was an “error.”

Democrats on the panel sent one of the tweets soon after 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Fox News reported, citing a screenshot of the tweet captured by the Trump 2020 campaign.

“Last week, members of our committee visited a detention center at the souther border and discovered grotesque treatment of children,” they wrote in the message. “This week, we are examining the inhumane treatment of the children in these detention centers.”

The tweet included a photo taken by an Associated Press photographer of detained migrants sleeping on the floor of a detention center in Arizona.

The Trump campaign, tweeting from the handle @TrumpWarRoom, highlighted the gaffe in their own tweet.

“House Democrats are promoting their ‘civil rights’ hearing on ‘kids in cages’ and ‘inhumane treatment’ with a photo from 2014, when Joe Biden was Vice President,” the tweet read. “So dishonest!”

Republicans on the panel also slammed their Democratic counterparts, writing in a tweet: “You all know that’s a picture from 2014, right? Remind us who was President.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: again; aliens; illegalimmigration; immigration

1 posted on 07/10/2019 8:21:53 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
First time these Mojados experienced A/C.

They slept like a baby.

2 posted on 07/10/2019 8:28:01 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: lowbridge

Those pics aren’t going away. Neither are the ones of Jeh Johnson walking past the “cages”.


3 posted on 07/10/2019 8:49:45 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: lowbridge

House dems are lucky the press whores for them...


4 posted on 07/10/2019 8:50:56 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrat Party: a group that "makes Americans feel like strangers in their own country. NYT)
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To: lowbridge

Liars got to lie.


5 posted on 07/11/2019 5:36:22 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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