Border Patrol Agents Accused of Whipping Migrants Are Exonerated, Despite The Democrats Lies
"Even after the Border Patrol agents have been fully exonerated, the Biden administration refuses to apologize to the agents for falsely accusing them of heinous crimes..."
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In September 2021, Border Patrol agents at the United States-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas, were accused by the mainstream media and Democrats of whipping migrants. Members of the Biden administration, including Jen Psaki, Alejandro Mayorkas, and Joe Biden himself, ran with the story and condemned the Border Patrol agents. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki accused the agents of engaging in "brutal and inappropriate behavior." President Joe Biden proclaimed that "there will be consequences" for the agent's alleged actions. Biden went on to say that "[the Border Patrol agents] will pay." Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the "horrifying" images "conjured up the worst elements of our nation's ongoing battle against systemic racism."
Congressional Democrats and media figures joined the Biden administration in making outrageous claims about the purported "whipping" incident. MSNBC's Joy Reid compared the alleged whipping of migrants to slavery. Representative Rashida Talib tweeted,
"This is so sick and @CBP will continue to commit human rights abuses if we don't stop it now. Cracking a fucking whip on Haitians fleeing hardship shows you that this system simply can't be reformed. @OversightDems + @HouseJudiciary should hold hearings immediately + act."
Ultimately, there were never any migrants whipped by Border Patrol agents, despite the Democrat's accusations. In September 2021, it was immediately evident that the Democrats made up the story out of whole cloth. We learned that Border Patrol agents are not issued whips to use as weapons. Furthermore, the Border Patrol agents pictured with the supposed "whips" were actually holding the reigns to their horses. Even the photographer who took the pictures at the border, Paul Ratje, stated that Border Patrol agents never whipped the migrants. Regardless, a lengthy investigation into the conduct of the Border Patrol agents ensued.
On April 14, 2022, the New York Post reported that after an investigation conducted by the Customs and Border Protection's Office of Personal Responsibility (OPR), the agents accused of whipping migrants had "been cleared of criminal wrongdoing and won't face charges."
In light of this finding, Peter Doocy of Fox News asked Jen Psaki when President Biden would apologize to the Border Patrol agents since Biden falsely accused them of criminal acts. Psaki dodged the question, referring Doocy to the Department of Homeland Security, stating that she does not have any updates.
The Biden administration and Democrats, broadly, were once again caught selling a false narrative to help them achieve their political goals. President Biden has faced an unprecedented border crisis since he took office. Last September, the Haitian migrants in Del Rio gained significant media attention. The Biden administration wanted to deflect from their ineptitude. Therefore, the administration promulgated a lie about Border Patrol agents to shift the public's attention. Additionally, many congressional Democrats and the media seized on the story, seeing it as an opportunity to further their goal of tearing down the American system.
After the Democrats were caught lying, nobody was called to account for the lie. Even after the Border Patrol agents have been fully exonerated, the Biden administration refuses to apologize to the agents for falsely accusing them of heinous crimes without any substantive basis. Additionally, congressional Democrats and the media refuse to apologize for spewing nasty, divisive rhetoric based on a farcical claim.
There are three important lessons to take away from the Democrat's actions throughout this entire ordeal:
Before commenting on alleged crimes by law enforcement officers, individuals should wait until a sufficient amount of evidence to convict the officer is made public. As we have seen numerous times, politicians, especially Democrats, have a nasty tendency to falsely accuse innocent law enforcement officers of committing crimes based on scanty or non-existent evidence.
The Democrats will continue to promulgate overt lies on any issue, to benefit themselves politically.
The Democrats believe that the American people will never hold them accountable for their lies. Hence why, Democrats fabricate stories regularly and remain unapologetic for those lies.
Garrett Gillespie graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
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