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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: FlyingEagle

The truth at this point will not matter. At minimum the Agent will have to write memo explaining that it was not a whip and give a detailed account of the arrest and everything leading up to it. Then then patrol which never has the Agents backs will look for any possible policy violation no matter how small so that they can discipline the Agent. There are some many policies that an agent can unknowingly violate so I won’t be surprised if they find a violation. It is even against policy to buy a coffee on duty, of course everyone ignores that policy, but it is there if they want to find a reason to discipline an agent.


41 posted on 09/20/2021 3:27:13 PM PDT by 98charlie
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To: McGruff

Is it wrong that I am WAY more concerned about the horse and hope he got water and a cool down quickly??


42 posted on 09/20/2021 3:28:09 PM PDT by twyn1
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To: McGruff
Psaki,

You said they are being vaccinated because they don't intend to stay here,, so what is the problem? Answer the question!

43 posted on 09/20/2021 3:28:11 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Psaki,

You said they are NOT being vaccinated because they don't intend to stay here, so what is the problem? Answer the question!

44 posted on 09/20/2021 3:29:34 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: McGruff

Yup it’s just reins. Flat-braided leather, same as the horses bridle. Not hard to distinguish if one just looks closely at the picture.

Psaki and the media in general are simply too stupid and too biased to tell the truth or even try to determine the truth. Media is the enemy of the people.


45 posted on 09/20/2021 3:31:50 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yeah. I fell victim to swipe text and didn’t catch it before I hit “post.” Mea culpa.


46 posted on 09/20/2021 3:34:27 PM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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To: Mr Rogers

Great picture!

And who makes a long walk into a foreign country while wearing nothing on his feet? Real classy folks coming here. /s


47 posted on 09/20/2021 3:35:16 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; Courage is a decision." Winston Churchill)
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To: All

This can not be true, because.

Breaking911 @Breaking911

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas: “Our borders are not open.”

2:39 PM · Sep 20, 2021


48 posted on 09/20/2021 3:35:49 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: FlyingEagle

They should give the Border Control stun guns.We have no idea what diseases these people carry. Bag em and tag em


49 posted on 09/20/2021 3:35:55 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: McGruff
You need to read it....The cowboy was using the reins as a whip....and I believe that the whip thing is a totally perceived image and not what was going on. The reins are flailing in the wind....not hitting anyone.

Not just fake...outright lying.

50 posted on 09/20/2021 3:40:30 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Mr Rogers
There are consequences when you enter a country illegally...it appears the illegal has grabbed the reign of the Border Patrol's horse. Jen Psaki and Kamala Harris need to understand if a country has no borders, you have no country. These Haitians and others are breaking the law....Biden is the real crook here.


51 posted on 09/20/2021 3:41:49 PM PDT by yoe (Never in a million years would I have thought Amerca would become Marxist...careful who you vote fo)
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To: McGruff

Cowboys vs aliens. I like the movie better.


52 posted on 09/20/2021 3:47:57 PM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncmccRthym,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: McGruff

Reigns.

Fake news. Of course.


53 posted on 09/20/2021 3:49:33 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: McGruff

Of course it’s horrific. He should have had a gun.


54 posted on 09/20/2021 3:50:23 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: McGruff

The last thing this administration wants to do is draw attention to the border, in any context. It’s like the January 6 hearings; the “truth” they want exposed is very selective because the “whole” truth would prove to be extremely embarrassing.


55 posted on 09/20/2021 3:50:31 PM PDT by Spok (Those who can compel you to believe absurdities can compel you to commit atrocities.f)
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To: Mr Rogers; McGruff

All of the illegal Haitians are carrying prepared food and what looks like a lifewater or a gatorade.

Where did they get the money to buy that, or are the groceries provided on our dime?

And not a single reporter asked what those guys are doing barefoot in the scrub desert around Del Rio?

And I spent a childhood north of there and didn’t go out barefoot.


56 posted on 09/20/2021 3:50:51 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I didn’t see the photo but does this agent ride a horse when patrolling?


57 posted on 09/20/2021 3:51:56 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: McGruff

I thought leftists were into whips....


58 posted on 09/20/2021 3:51:56 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: McGruff

Works for me..........


59 posted on 09/20/2021 4:04:59 PM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: McGruff

A revolver is usually much more effective than a whip.


60 posted on 09/20/2021 4:08:32 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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