Who is Trump’s real opponent? Not Biden.

 Who can oppose this lady without being called a "racist"? It has to be time to fight back against that accusation. TD

Joe Herring - American Thinker

Remember, the Democrat party isn’t trying to run from its dismal track record as much as it’s trying to conceal the fact that it’s all intentional.  This is our task: to show the American public that the struggles and travails they have experienced for the last three years were not an accident.  They were the point. 

"The post-Iowa consensus appears to be coalescing around the idea that Trump ought to ignore his GOP challengers and turn his focus entirely on Joe Biden.  Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, of the Clay and Buck Show, suggested this would result in the “longest general election campaign in modern history.”

"While I accept the premise, I wholeheartedly disagree with the target.  Yes, Trump’s energies ought no longer be directed toward swatting flies on his rear, but pivoting toward Biden entirely is a strategic error.

"Biden is a symptom, not a cause of America’s illness.  The cause lies in the embrace by the Democrat party of a Marxist/fascist hybrid collectivism, to be elevated by any means necessary.

"Biden will almost certainly be replaced before the general election, and not with Kamala Harris.  This will likely be timed to happen very deep into the election cycle to ensure that Republicans have as little time as possible to expose the new nominee as the Marxist puppet he surely will be.

"Given the puppeteer role Barack Obama has played in the present administration, the theory that Biden will be supplanted by Michelle Obama at the eleventh hour is emerging as the most credible.

"The Democrat party will forcefully focus voters on the celebrity of their nominee to forestall meaningful scrutiny of her lackluster qualifications and the disturbing anti-white American animus evidenced throughout her life.

"Of course, the left will have no shortage of media figures from Hollywood and entertainment television to spend dramatic amounts of time and treasure casting Trump as a vindictive, dangerous despot determined to drag any American politically left of center into gulags." . . .

. . ."This is common knowledge among engaged conservatives, who need only the occasional reminder, but it is an essential lesson for those who are contemplating or intend to vote for a Democrat, forever stamping their souls with the stain of complicity. Teach them, and in doing so, save ourselves." . . .

Report: Michelle Obama Angling to Replace Joe Biden for President

 Then, just as one figures- now, means Barack will be the one running this nation. "Mr. Big", as Rush would have called Mr. "I, Me, Mine." Between Michelle and Joy Reid alone this nation will be so beaten down emotionally it may never recover. TD

“The Democrat kingmakers [will then] jettison Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle Obama,” he suggested, adding that “you don’t infuriate African American women, which is a critical part of the constituency that Democrats are relying on to win.”

The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor   "An article by New York Post legendary gossip columnist Cindy Adams reports Barack and Michelle Obama are angling to replace Joe Biden with former First Lady Michelle as the Democrats’ 2024 presidential nominee.

"Obama world was rocked when Donald Trump short-circuited the Obama revolution to remake America when he defeated would-be Obama successor Hillary Clinton in 2016 and has taken merciless revenge on President Trump ever since. Barack Obama is thought by many to be the behind the scenes power of the Biden presidency. But with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris having some of the worst polling numbers for incumbents seeking a second White House term and Trump leading Biden in most polls, it appears the Obamas are quietly laying the groundwork for Michelle to step in and save the Obama revolution.

"Adams reports Michelle Obama has surveyed “Dem biggies” about her potential candidacy and in 2022 reportedly told a gathering of CEOs in New York City she was running. Gossip? Rumor? Or trial balloon leaks to gauge public support and Democratic reaction?

"Late baby boomer Michelle, who turned 60 on Wednesday, is a generation younger than the pre-boomer, dementia-addled, 81-year-old Biden." . . .

Obama’s Leaked Confession Could Spell the End for Biden (breitbart.com)  "New evidence confirms there’s a storm brewing in the Democratic Party.

"A source from Barack Obama’s inner circle just leaked that the former president is worried that Biden “very well could lose.”

"Meanwhile, David Axelrod – a key political strategist for Obama – warned Biden that his campaign needed to ramp up ASAP or he should drop out of the race altogether.

“ 'I understand [Biden] was irritated because I raised concerns that many, many Democrats had,” said Axelrod. “And again, my feeling is either get out or get going.”

"But Obama and Axelrod are not alone in this assessment." . . .

So much for race relations improving. Democrats have to see Blacks turning to Trump. TD

Cases in point: LEAKED: Fani Willis Throws a Fit, Accuses Trump Defense of Racism – RedState

Florida Dem rep proposes tearing down Statue of Liberty to protest ‘bigoted’ GOP border policy | The Post Millennial

Josy Reid Blames Nikki Haley’s Third-Place Iowa Finish on Racism: She’s ‘Still a Brown Lady’ in a ‘Deeply Anti-Immigrant’ Party (msn.com)

Murder, she SMOKED! Quaint Maine fishing villages that inspired Jessica Fletcher's beloved Cabot Cove could end up like San Francisco and Portland thanks to progressive lawmaker's plans to legalize all drugs |

 Daily Mail Online

. . ."The bill, introduced by a Democrat from Newcastle, Lydia Crafts, would also increase funding for healthcare for addicts" . . .

Stonnington in Maine is one of the villages tourists now flock to in
 a bid to enjoy the Cabot Cove vibe - with plans to let people do
drugs openly likely to derail the atmosphere

 "The quaint Maine fishing villages that inspired Jessica Fletcher's beloved Cabot Cove in the TV show Murder She Wrote could become dystopian, crime-ridden hellholes like San Francisco or Portland if progressive Maine lawmakers get their way.

"Members of the state legislature on Wednesday spent four hours debating whether to decriminalize all drugs in the Pine Tree State.

"Under the scheme proposed by Democrat representative Lydia Crafts even possessing heroin and cocaine would not be considered a criminal offense. Money spent on enforcing drugs laws would instead be directed to healthcare as part of a so-called 'harm reduction' strategy. 

"Maine's Democrat Governor Janet Mills says she strongly opposes decriminalization measures.

"Crafts's plan ignores the troubled example of Oregon - which in 2020 became the first state to legalize all drugs. Portland, the largest city in Oregon, is now plagued by drug abuse and homelessness and there are moves to rescind the law.

"San Francisco, which thanks to its progressive political leaders largely does not prosecute public drug use, has seen a similar surge in abuse. San Francisco recorded 806 accidental drug overdose deaths last year, the highest level the city has ever seen.

"Crafts's scheme seems could jeopardize Maine's famous seaside villages -  including the fictional Cabot Cove - a cozy fishing town where Angela Lansbury's iconic teacher-turned crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote solved a slew of murders." . . .

John Kerry's ‘Climate Change’ Puts Biden’s EV Mandate On Thin Ice

 John Kerry says he has to use a private jet because it allows him to do more good as he chews out everyone else about their carbon footprint. Jack Hellner

So filled with fraud: The green agenda and the rich who benefit from it - Jack Hellner   "The federal government essentially has ordered electric car companies to commit fraud. 

"Here's the headline:

The Electric-Vehicle Cheating Scandal

A government rule makes them look nearly seven times as efficient as they are.

"Here's what's from the article:" . . . No! Joe would never lie to America!

Thinking Smartly About Climate Change - Imprimis (hillsdale.edu)

. . ."If you think the world is ending—that climate change is the equivalent of a giant meteor hurtling towards Earth—political rhetoric of that sort makes sense. But I think it can be easily demonstrated that climate change, however serious, is not an incoming giant meteor." . . .

 100% Of US Warming Is Due To NOAA Data Tampering | Real Climate Science

 NOAA has always known that the US is not warming.

‘Climate Change’ Puts Biden’s EV Mandate On Thin Ice – Issues & Insights

"The polar vortex gripping the nation has exposed a fatal flaw in President Joe Biden’s push to force Americans into electric cars. EVs don’t work well in the cold.

"Several news stories out of Chicago this week report how EV owners have been struggling to keep their cars charged as extreme cold saps their batteries of energy, extends charging times, and forces owners to wait for hours to get an open charger.

“ 'Several motorists told local news outlets that they had been stranded at charging stations in the cold with cars with dead batteries, while successful charging was taking far longer than usual. They also claimed that many of the charging stations were not functioning,” Newsweek reports.

"One motorist reported that he’d seen “at least 10 cars being towed away after their battery died, with too much energy being expended keeping the car warm while drivers waited.”

"Another told CBS News Chicago that a charge that should take 45 minutes was taking two hours. “I’ve been here for over five hours at this point and I still have not gotten to charge my car,” he said." . . .

John Kerry Goes Full Davos Totalitarian: No Politician Can Reverse Climate Change Policy – PJ Media   

WEF acolyte and Harvard professor Naomi Oreskes at Davos issued similar fatwas against anyone standing in the way of the forced de-industrialization of society for the sake of, allegedly, the Earth. 

 Ian Macfarlane

The hysterical style in American politics

 Victor Davis Hanson (jewishworldreview.com)

"#MeToo jumped the shark with the left-wing effort to take down conservative Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Would-be accusers surfaced from his high school days, 35 years earlier, but without any supporting evidence or witnesses for their wild, lurid charges."

"The post-Joe McCarthy era and the candidacy of Barry Goldwater once prompted liberal political scientist Richard Hofstadter to chronicle a supposedly long-standing right-wing "paranoid style" of conspiracy-fed extremism.

"But far more common, especially in the 21st Century, has been a left-wing, hysterical style of inventing scandals and manipulating perceived tensions for political advantage.

"Or, in the immortal words of former President Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, "Never let a serious crisis go to waste."

"The 2008 economic emergency crested on September 7, with the near collapse of the home mortgage industry.

"Obama took office on January 20, 2009, more than four months after the meltdown. In that interim, the officials had finally restored financial confidence and plotted a course of economic recovery.

"No matter. The Obama administration never stopped hyping the financial meltdown as if it had just occurred. That way, it rammed through Obamacare, massive deficit spending, and the vast expansion of the federal government. All that stymied economic growth and recovery for years.

"In 2016, then-President Donald Trump was declared Hitler-like and an existential threat to democracy.

"Amid this derangement syndrome, any means necessary to stop him were justified: the Russian collusion hoax, impeachment over a phone call, or the Hunter laptop disinformation farce." . . .

. . ."Otherwise, the progressive movement cannot enact its unpopular agendas. So it must scare the people silly and gin up chaos to destroy its perceived enemies — any crisis it can.

The Next Million Fentanyl Deaths Are on You, New Hampshire

Haley's weird obsession with blaming China for what Mexico is doing is like Democrats blaming violent crime on carmakers who don't install anti-theft devices. Kind of makes you wonder, why not mention, you know, the criminals? 

Dick Wright

Ann Coulter (townhall.com)  "Do you care about fentanyl, New Hampshire? Every year, more than 400 of your fellow Granite Staters die from drug overdoses, mostly from fentanyl.

"Nikki Haley promises to keep the fentanyl pipeline open. 

"You can't have missed it -- she says it at every speech, debate, town hall, roundtable, meet-and-greet, TV interview and casual conversation: -- 

" 'We have to kick this where it starts. And that means you go to China and say, 'We will end all normal trade relations with you until you stop killing Americans.' We have to be that firm, we have to be that tough." 

 " 'As president, I will push Congress to revoke permanent normal trade relations until the flow of fentanyl ends. Do you care about fentanyl, New Hampshire? Every year, more than 400 of your fellow Granite Staters die from drug overdoses, mostly from fentanyl. Nikki Haley promises to keep the fentanyl pipeline open. You can't have missed it -- she says it at every speech, debate, town hall, roundtable, meet-and-greet, TV interview and casual conversation: -- "We have to kick this where it starts. And that means you go to China and say, 'We will end all normal trade relations with you until you stop killing Americans.' We have to be that firm, we have to be that tough." Ann Coulter Jan 17, 2024 -- "As president, I will push Congress to revoke permanent normal trade relations until the flow of fentanyl ends. If China wants to start  normal trade again, it has to stop killing Americans."-

 "And we will go to China and say, 'We're going to end all normal trade relations with you until you stop murdering Americans with fentanyl.' You watch how fast they fix that."

"Literally none of our fentanyl comes from China. One hundred percent of the fentanyl in this country is made in Mexico and brought in from Mexico. A border wall would end the flow of fentanyl (and opioids and meth) to our country tomorrow. In fact, a wall is the only thing that will end the fentanyl crisis.

"But Haley will be damned if she'll mention Mexico within 50 miles of the word "fentanyl." Might remind Americans of our wide-open border (which she intends to keep wide open). Fentanyl could walk in wearing a sombrero, trailed by a mariachi band, and Haley would still say it's from China. 

"If you care about fentanyl deaths, this is worse than forgetting slavery when talking about the Civil War. Back in 2015, China did supply fentanyl to the U.S., selling it on the dark web and sending it through the mail. That ended in April 2019, when the Chinese government agreed to ban all forms of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances." . . .

MUST-SEE VIDEO: A pro-Israel public service announcement that will be seen across the U.S. (Repost)

 MUST-SEE VIDEO: A pro-Israel public service announcement that will be seen across the U.S. - Andrea Widburg

"This bit of news actually surprises me. It doesn’t surprise me that the Hostages and Missing Families Forum would create a powerful and published public service announcement (“PSA”) highlighting what happened in Israel on October 7 and the ensuing hostage crisis. What does surprise me is that movie theaters across America, as well as Hulu (a Disney-owned company) will be showing it in the coming days as part of the trailers they routinely screen before running a picture or TV show.

"The PSA is filmed to look like the trailer for an upcoming thriller or horror movie. It ends by reminding viewers that this is the real horror that Israel faced on October 7 and has faced daily since then. It’s well done and powerful:

Starting tomorrow in movie theaters all over the U. S. & on "Hulu", this trailer will be planted between trailers for the featured movies that are now running. This is to help the hostage families to show the horror movie that they have been living for the last 100 days! pic.twitter.com/fI5Q5b9YAm

— Jeff R (@Jrr614) January 13, 2024

"Kudos to the theater owners and to Hulu management for accepting this video. I’m sure that, very soon, we’ll be hearing shrieks of outrage and threats about boycotts and violence from the Hamas lovers (whom I often think of as Death Eaters). In today’s political climate, it takes courage to show a video like this."

Image: X screen grab.

Gazan 'Civilians' Involved in Every Stage of Hamas Hostage Scheme, Freed Israelis Say

 "[The man's] wife hated the fact that he and I were in the same room. She hated it. So she'd taunt me," Schem said, recounting how the woman would insult her appearance and bring the man food "but nothing for me."

Washington Free Beacon (freebeacon.com)   "TEL AVIV, Israel—Israeli women and children have in recent weeks begun speaking publicly about what they experienced during nearly two months in Hamas captivity late last year.

"In primetime Hebrew TV interviews, the released hostages have confirmed that ordinary Gazans were deeply complicit in every stage of the hostage scheme. Unarmed teens helped to abduct Jews from their homes on Oct. 7, while Gazan women and children held some of the Israelis captive. In other cases, Gazan doctors collaborated with Hamas terrorists to covertly treat kidnapped Israelis and imprison them in hospitals.

"When the Israelis encountered Gazans on the streets, the results were often terrifying.

"The revelations underscore the urgency of Israel's 100-plus-day war to destroy Hamas and bring home the 132 hostages who, officials believe, remain captive in Gaza. At the same time, though, the released hostages' accounts indicate how difficult it could be to extricate either the remaining hostages or Hamas from a radicalized population.

" 'The main issue is that the organization is very much melted into the social structure of Gaza," Michael Milshtein, a former senior Israeli military intelligence officer and a leading expert on Hamas, told the Washington Free Beacon. "There is no way you can really know who is Hamas. Someone might have a grocery store where he sells tomatoes and water, but he might also have storehouse of weapons and give religious lessons there."

"And his wife and kids might be keeping an Israeli hostage at home.

" 'Hamas is not only a political matter in Gaza. It's a way of life," Milshtein said. "We can and should ruin Hamas militarily and change the political arena in Gaza. But ultimately the Gazan people will have to do some soul searching. And here in the Arab world, not only the Palestinians, soul searching is very rare.' " . . .

"We will never forgive and we will never show any kind of empathy towards these people," Agam said. "If we previously believed that there was a chance for peace, we've lost all faith in these people, especially after we were there and among the population."

 Top Israeli figure says Hamas spending on tunnel system deprived Gazans of much needed aid   "Oren said that civilians in Gaza are not allowed to go into the tunnels for protection, all while Hamas uses them during the war."

Meanwhile, here in America: Senators call for action against ‘pro-Hamas vandals’ who defaced veteran cemetery

Earlier this month, a group of pro-Palestinian protesters allegedly vandalized the Los Angeles National Cemetery, where nearly 90,000 veterans are buried, spray painting symbols and phrases, including “FREE GAZA” and “INTIFADA,” a word commonly associated with Palestinian actions against Israel.

As we first saw in the George Floyd riots and in the actions of Antifa, there is a great evil in the hearts of so many Americans that permeates our society. TD 

Biden and Israel

As the saying goes, "With friends like the US, who needs enemies" TD

 Surrender: Blinken Tells Netanyahu Israel Can't Defeat Hamas (breitbart.com)

. . ."Netanyahu reportedly rejected the idea.

"NBC News reported Wednesday that Blinken, and Biden, are therefore trying to work around Netanyahu — the democratically-elected leader of Israel — in a departure from the Biden administration’s posture as the supposed defender of democratic ideals:" . . .

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that Israel cannot defeat Hamas — that there is no “military solution,” and that Israel will have to accept a Palestinian state. Netanyahu reportedly rejected the idea. NBC News reported Wednesday that Blinken, and Biden, are therefore trying to work around Netanyahu — the democratically-elected leader of Israel — in a departure from the Biden administration’s posture as the supposed defender of democratic ideals: Blinken told Netanyahu that ultimately there is no military solution to Hamas, according to the officials, and that the Israeli leader needs to recognize that or history will repeat itself and violence will continue."  Lucianne

Biden Administration's 'Pathway' to a Palestinian Terror State: Gatestone Institute  "By continuing to obsessively stick to the creation of a Palestinian state, the Biden administration is actually sending a message to Iran and its terror proxies that terrorism pays - that if they inflict more pain and casualties on Israel, the Americans will reward them with a state of their own next to Israel to facilitate their mission of continuing their Jihadist murder spree against Jews and finally obliterate Israel.

"The poll further showed that if presidential elections were held today, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh would receive 78% of the vote, as opposed to only 16% for Abbas.

"The poll found that 64% of the Palestinians oppose the idea of a two-state solution, while 53% support a return to the "armed struggle" against Israel.

"All polls conducted by the same center have consistently shown that a majority of the Palestinians believe that Hamas is more deserving of representing them than the PA. This means that if and when a Palestinian state is established, as the Biden administration is hoping, it will be ruled by Hamas and its masters in Iran... overlooking the few miles from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport." . . .

Trump Is Benefiting From His Incoherent Israel-Hamas Stance (nymag.com)

"A new national poll from the New York Times–Siena College reinforces a development that’s getting clearer every day: Joe Biden’s strength among Democrats and other past supporters is being steadily sapped by deep unhappiness with his staunch support of Israel in its war with Hamas. The phenomenon is particularly evident among young (under-30) voters, a left-leaning group that astonishingly favors Donald Trump over Biden by a 49 percent to 43 percent margin in the Times–Siena poll. While there are a variety of contributing factors to Biden’s poor standing with young voters — including his age, cost-of-living concerns, and unfulfilled promises on student loans and climate change — Times data wizard Nate Cohn sees a lot of evidence that the war is pivotal. . ."

Have these people not seen what these monsters did in the villages of Israel? Are they not disgusted with seeing the murders of families and the cheers of Gazans as they watched the videos of other Gazans murdering whole families? How could Hitler have allied with these same murderous people over families?

 

“The Last Republican President”

Obama’s Leaked Confession Could Spell the End for Biden   "New evidence confirms there’s a storm brewing in the Democratic Party.

"A source from Barack Obama’s inner circle just leaked that the former president is worried that Biden “very well could lose.”

"Meanwhile, David Axelrod – a key political strategist for Obama – warned Biden that his campaign needed to ramp up ASAP or he should drop out of the race altogether." . . .

A Wall Street insider and frequent guest at Mar-a-Lago recently went public with a new election prediction that points to Biden getting removed from the ballot as soon as August 19.  In his place, a controversial “shadow candidate” will emerge who stands to usher in a wave of liberal policies and regulations not seen since FDR. (View the full analysis here.)

But keep in mind that at the same time, this is from an investment newsletter; a business promotion. Be wise.TD

 Freeport Society (thefreeportsociety.com)  

"Anyone can see that America is barreling toward a major turning point in the 2024 presidential election.

"Trust in our political institutions are at an all-time low…

"High inflation is ravaging retirees savings…

"The globe is teetering on the brink of World War…

"The national debt is over $33 trillion and we’re adding a trillion on top every few months now.

"High interest rates are making it harder to get credit and pay for housing…

"Hundreds of thousands of workers are striking across the country…

"And unemployment is starting to rise for the first time in years.

"If you’re in your 50’s or older… you might wonder “what the heck is happening to my country?”

"Are we living in a banana republic?

"And you’d be right for asking that question.

"But sadly, I’m here to tell you haven’t seen anything yet.

"Because, I’m expecting a massive twist in the presidential election as early as August 19th." . . .

Russell Brand Roasts Rachel Maddow for Her Hysterical Censoring of Donald Trump

 Russell Brand Roasts Rachel Maddow for Her Hysterical Censoring of Donald Trump – RedState  

How silly do these networks look bothering to censor a presidential candidate because he mentions there's an "invasion" at the border or that he thinks the 2020 election is rigged? Who cares? Aren't voters adults? Shouldn't they have the mental fortitude to handle hearing things they may disagree with? If not, should they even be voting?  

 . . ."The setup is the Iowa caucus being called early in the night for Donald Trump. There was a bit of justified controversy surrounding the decision of essentially every network to make that call before most people had even voted, but what's done is done, and I don't think it affected the outcome. Regardless, the panel over at MSNBC, which included Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, Chris Hayes, Joy Reid, and nearly every other lunatic from their primetime line-up, didn't waste any time before melting down. 

"Enter actor and podcaster Russell Brand, who took the clips of Maddow explaining why her network censored Trump's victory speech and turned them into comedy gold. It's like watching a car wreck in slow motion. You can't look away." . . .

. . ."BRAND: Look, it's Donald Trump. Can you not say his name? "The projected winner, he that can not be named." He's not Voldemort. He's not a lord of darkness. But just the utterance of the word "Trump" on MSNBC, suddenly liberals are putting down their coffee cups and they're putting down their comfortable view. They're embracing the idea of emergent populism.

Let's have a look at the rest of Rachel Maddow's analysis of misinformation and disinformation, and they're peculiar refusal to show Trump's speech. It was the sweetest thing I've ever seen. 

MSNBC and CNN REFUSE to air Trump's victory speech in Iowa🇺🇸 We took a closer look and unpicked their HYSTERIA🚨 pic.twitter.com/5oFQVC5w5r

— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) January 16, 2024

Speaking of MSNBC, there's also Joy Reid, the "race lady": MSNBC's Reid: Trump Voters Have 'Racial Anxiety' -- They 'Want Revenge'

. . ."And I go to the 1930s, when The New York Times was doing style pieces on Adolf Hitler, and saying, oh, he is going to moderate himself when he gets into office, and actual power is in his hands. I feel like that is happening again because people don’t want to come at the voters. But these voters are actively saying yes, we want a dictatorship. Yes, we want him to be a dictator." . . . 

Karine Jean-Pierre Gets Fact-Checked Into Next Week During Falsehood-Filled Briefing

 Bonchie– RedState

No one has less respect for voters than the current president of the United States. We are talking about a guy who gave a speech flanked by Marines lambasting half the country as extremist threats to "democracy." Jean-Pierre suggesting otherwise is spit-your-coffee-out hilarious. I mean, come on.  

"Jean-Pierre hasn't gotten any better at her job, but she's certainly gotten more comfortable in it. When you're part of the Biden administration, you start to feel invincible. After all, nearly everyone in the briefing room is on "your side." Jean-Pierre doesn't lie effortlessly. She lies like a drunk trying to balance a piece of china on their head. Typically, it doesn't matter because there's so much sycophancy, but on Wednesday, it mattered. 

" 'Biden doesn't insult voters or the American people. You know, except when he's calling them a "damn liar" or accusing them of being "full of ****," among other obscenities."

" 'That wasn't the only tall tale the press secretary shared, though. She was confronted by a reporter over the administration's false framing that Texas had caused three migrants to drown because they blocked access to a part of Eagle Pass. In reality, the migrants died on the Mexican side of the border before illegally entering the United States and had already been deceased for an hour by the time the Border Patrol arrived." . . .