Emails Reveal: DHS Sec Mayorkas LIED, He Knew Whipping Allegation Was False BEFORE Spreading The Vile Lie

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas knew the narrative that Border Patrol agents whipped a group of Haitian migrants was false hours before he denounced the “horrifying” incident, newly released emails show.

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National Review: According to the newly released emails, Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was aware the popular narrative that Border Patrol agents whipped a group of Haitian migrants was false hours before he declared the incident “horrific” during a White House press conference. One of Mayorkas’s staffers sent him an email less than three hours before the press conference relaying the account of photographer Paul Ratje, who took the viral photos and said the salacious account of what happened was false. Rather than using the information he was provided to correct the narrative, Mayorkas perpetuated the media’s misleading account of the incident by suggesting that something requiring investigation had occurred (National Review). Bill Melugin: Email reveals DHS Secretary Mayorkas was alerted by DHS’ top public affairs official that the “whipping” narrative behind horseback BP photos wasn’t true, but at a WH press conference 2.5 hours later, he didn’t refute that narrative, instead calling the images “horrifying” (Twitter). Rep. Andy Biggs: Alejandro Mayorkas defamed his own employees in order to score political points.  He has violated his oath of office and lied to the American people with a straight face. His career should be over (Twitter). Ted Cruz: Disgraceful. Mayorkas knowingly sold out the honorable men a women of Border Patrol… all to curry favor with the Biden White House. I’m just a few months, Mayorkas will—rightly—be impeached (Twitter).

Biden’s lies and outright fabrications are constantly dismissed, downplayed and softened by mediaReporters look the other way when Biden ‘constantly lies with impunity’

Disgraceful. Mayorkas knowingly sold out the honorable men a women of Border Patrol… all to curry favor with the Biden White House.

I’m just a few months, Mayorkas will—rightly—be impeached. https://t.co/D5N0LVccfF

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 12, 2022

Mayorkas alerted that no Haitian migrants were ‘whipped’ hours before WH press conference
Mayorkas would go on to describe the incident as ‘horrifying’

By Bill Melugin, Adam Shaw | Fox News Octboer 13, 2022:

EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was told that the photographer who captured a clash between Border Patrol agents and Haitian migrants in Del Rio had said that the incident was being misconstrued – hours before Mayorkas joined a White House press conference where he didn’t challenge the false narrative.

The Sept. 24, 2021 email, obtained by the Heritage Foundation via a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA), shines light onto internal deliberations surrounding the controversy in Del Rio, Texas, where Democrats and the White House pushed a narrative that migrants had been “whipped” or “strapped” by Border Patrol agents despite it being quickly debunked.

In fact, agents were using split reins to control their horses as migrants rushed across the river. But a narrative, based on a misinterpretation of photographs, was running and on Sept. 24 was further fueled by President Biden.

“To see people treated like they did, horses barely running over, people being strapped — it’s outrageous,” Biden told reporters, making a whipping motion with his hand. “I promise you, those people will pay. There will be an investigation underway now, and there will be consequences. There will be consequences.”

CBP FINDS ‘NO EVIDENCE’ BORDER PATROL AGENTS WHIPPED HAITIAN MIGRANTS, STILL SEEKS TO DISCIPLINE THEM
Mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents watch Haitian immigrants on the bank of the Rio Grande in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 20, 2021, as seen from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico.

Mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents watch Haitian immigrants on the bank of the Rio Grande in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 20, 2021, as seen from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. (John Moore/Getty Images)

The investigation is still ongoing more than a year later, but findings by the Office of Professional Responsibility in July found that no whips were in their possession and no migrant was struck by the reins – although it did find other alleged infractions.

But just hours after Biden made his inflammatory remarks to cameras, Marsha Espinosa, assistant secretary of DHS public affairs, emailed Mayorkas and cc’d other DHS leadership, alerting them to a news article that showed that the photographer who took the images did not see any whipping. In the email, Espinosa highlighted the comments from the photographer where he directly says he did not witness any whipping.

Two and a half hours after receiving that email, Mayorkas joined White House press secretary Jen Psaki at a White House press conference, where he continued to push the narrative:

“Our nation saw horrifying images that do not reflect who we are. We know that those images painfully conjured up the worst elements of our nation’s ongoing battle against systemic racism,” Mayorkas said.

Mayorkas, earlier in the week, had spoken alongside Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, and had defended the agents – even pointing out that agents use long reins to control their horses, not as whips. But by the end of the week, that clarification was abandoned.

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ed

1 year ago

Send this bald-headed IMBECILE back to Cuba NOW !!!

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George

1 year ago

Criminal invaders are not “migrants”. That is the globalist term. They are changing the narrative by changing the language. Mayorkas needs to be whipped by a mob of Haitians.

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vinnynewyork

1 year ago

This dude IS dangerous. Wake up America.

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clara baraton

1 year ago

Mayorkas stands far away from the border, looking at the TV and sees thousands of people crossing over into our country and then tells us that the border is closed, he didn’t break anything.
He looks like a four-year-old standing in front of a dish he’s just broken telling mommy, “I didn’t do that. Honest I didn’t. What dish.”
We have a government full of lying, thieving, let’s-smash-America babies.

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John Smith

1 year ago

Mayorkas=walking,talking,scum

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Grendel

1 year ago

Mayorkas MUST HANG for his crimes.

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