I wrote earlier about Joe Biden opening up what the media described as a “migrant facility.”
So, I noted how the box trailers with bars on the windows looked mighty cage-y to me.
First migrant facility for children opens under Biden https://t.co/ADgQxIlMYU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 23, 2021
Apparently to reporters, too, who asked Jen Psaki about the facility. Jen Psaki sputtered and spun, claiming essentially that it was different now that they were doing it.
Peter Doocy just asked why Biden is opening up new "cages" for children at the border when he and Kamala referred to it as "human rights abuse" in 2019 when Trump was in office.@PressSec then repeatedly lied, blamed COVID-19, and claimed it is different when Biden does it. pic.twitter.com/IQuGRnwmi6
— Caleb Hull (I'm With the CCP Don't Ban Me) (@CalebJHull) February 23, 2021
Bottom line? They had to open it up to account for the huge surge at the border from Joe Biden’s own words encouraging illegal entry when he said he wouldn’t be deporting anyone in the first 100 days, as well as his other policies that make them think they’re going to be welcomed with open arms.
In my earlier story, I paged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and questioned what her response would be given her prior meltdowns on the issue.
Well, wait no longer, because her remarks are in. Check out the vastly different tenor between her prior screaming about “concentration camps” under President Donald Trump and how she talks now.
This is not okay, never has been okay, never will be okay – no matter the administration or party. https://t.co/AEV7s7QQnB
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 23, 2021
Our immigration system is built on a carceral framework. It’s no accident that challenging how we approach both these issues are considered “controversial” stances.
They require reimagining our relationship to each other and challenging common assumptions we take for granted.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 23, 2021
It’s only 2 mos into this admin & our fraught, unjust immigration system will not transform in that time.
That’s why bold reimagination is so impt.
DHS shouldn’t exist, agencies should be reorganized, ICE gotta go, ban for-profit detention, create climate refugee status & more.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 23, 2021
A strongly worded letter. Hardly the meltdown she had over Trump.
Little bit more subdued response than flying to the border to scream through a chainlink fence. https://t.co/eYmTNFKuF3
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 23, 2021
Not appearing in this thread: The phrase "concentration camps." https://t.co/HWrzxceTZj
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 24, 2021
Funny, no “cages,” no “concentration camps.”
Let’s check what she said and did at the time.
First, here’s her dramatic performance outside one of the centers ‘facility.’
Can we expect more photo ops like this in response to Biden caging kids? pic.twitter.com/l79DsTtaWp
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) February 23, 2021
Second, check out the much harsher terms when she’s describing the facilities under Trump.
Thread: AOC calling the housing facilities that are now being used by Biden “concentration camps”
Enjoy. pic.twitter.com/mdnk3T3Mhv
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) February 23, 2021
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) February 23, 2021
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) February 23, 2021
Funny, but she somehow hasn’t gotten around to calling them concentration camps under Biden, nor has she gotten around to making another crying jaunt at the fence. So excuse me if I don’t really take her claim to consistency seriously; “not ok” doesn’t at all match her prior meltdown mania.
Oh, and just a small note, since we now have been talking more about the “fighting” words and “inciting,” it would be wrong to leave the subject of AOC and the “concentration camps” without noting how a man tried to firebomb an ICE facility with people in it and was shot by law enforcement. In his manifesto, he used all those words newly ascribed by AOC and her leftist buddies to the situation, including “concentration camps” and “take action against the forces of evil.” But even though there was obviously a direct link to her language, she was never held accountable for that.
HT: Twitchy
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