{"id":1444769,"date":"2022-04-18T18:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T22:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444769"},"modified":"2022-04-18T18:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T22:14:42","slug":"dhs-investigation-debunks-claim-that-border-agents-whipped-migrants-but-jen-psaki-president-biden-still-wont-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-investigation-debunks-claim-that-border-agents-whipped-migrants-but-jen-psaki-president-biden-still-wont-apologize\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Investigation Debunks Claim That Border Agents \u2018Whipped\u2019 Migrants \u2014 But Jen Psaki, President Biden Still Won\u2019t Apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdhs-investigation-debunks-claim-that-border-agents-whipped-migrants-but-jen-psaki-president-biden-still-wont-apologize%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444769&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240074622.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to apologize \u2014 either on her own or on behalf of President Joe Biden \u2014 for claiming that U.S. Border Patrol Agents on horseback had \u201cwhipped\u201d migrants in order to drive them back.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy posed the question, beginning by noting that the Department of Homeland Security had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/npr-debunked-claim-msnbc-nyt-border-patrol-whipping-haitian-migrants\">debunked<\/a> the claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: &#8220;We&#8217;ve been told that the mounted Border Patrol officers [Biden] accused of whipping migrants had been notified they will not face criminal charges. So when is [he] going to apologize to them? <\/p>\n<p>Psaki says she doesn&#8217;t have an &#8220;update on that.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yKsEw99evn\">pic.twitter.com\/yKsEw99evn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1516155207780126725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne additional question about something that happened a few months ago down at the border,\u201d Doocy began. \u201cWe\u2019ve been told that the mounted Border Patrol officers the president accused of \u2018whipping migrants\u2019 have been notified they will not face criminal charges. So when is the president going to apologize to them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a process and an investigation that has gone through the Department of Homeland Security,\u201d Psaki replied, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t have any update on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doocy pressed again, noting that what President Biden had accused the Border Patrol agents of doing was a criminal offense \u2014 and the fact that they were not going to be charged suggested that the investigation had cleared them of any wrongful action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: Biden &#8220;said that they were whipping people, which would be a criminal offense and they&#8217;ve been told they&#8217;re not going to be criminally charged.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Psaki: &#8220;And there was an investigation into that, and I&#8217;ll let [DHS] announce any conclusion of that investigation.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s3BKzm2xH3\">pic.twitter.com\/s3BKzm2xH3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1516155609720176645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe president said that they were whipping people, which would be a criminal offense and they\u2019ve been told they\u2019re not going to be criminally charged, so \u2014\u201d Doocy tried again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there was an investigation into that, and I\u2019ll let the Department of Homeland Security announce any conclusion of that investigation\u201d Psaki interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>A viral photo started the whole controversy \u2014 but even Paul Ratje, the photographer who took the photo in question, said that he had never witnessed Customs and Border Patrol agents whipping anyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photographer Who Took Horseback Border Patrol Photos: \u2018I\u2019ve Never Seen Them Whip Anyone\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PdmBR4tMZY\">https:\/\/t.co\/PdmBR4tMZY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOHsxlnCnT\">pic.twitter.com\/HOHsxlnCnT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1441426461768884229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite his comments \u2013 and the hundreds who flooded social media to explain that the agents were riding with split reins and were not whipping anyone \u2014 many in the media and in the Biden administration were quick to vilify the agents and ask questions later.<\/p>\n<p>DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/mayorkas-says-border-agents-caught-whipping-haitian-migrants-have-shifted-to-desk-duty\/\">called the images<\/a> \u201chorrifying\u201d and claimed that they \u201cconjured up the worst elements of our nation\u2019s ongoing battle against systemic racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sec. Mayorkas says &#8220;we saw horrifying images&#8221; of Border Patrol horse patrol. He says the images &#8220;conjured up the worst elements of our nation&#8217;s ongoing battle against systemic racism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipWegmann\/status\/1441471994558550017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Biden responded to the situation with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/watch-reporters-grill-psaki-about-biden-promising-border-patrol-agents-in-photos-will-pay\/\">condemnation<\/a> as well, saying, \u201cI take responsibility. It was horrible to see, to see people treated like they did, with horses nearly running them over. People being strapped. It\u2019s outrageous \u2026 I promise you those people will pay. They will be investigated. There will be consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the president wanted to make clear to people who watched those photos, who had understandably emotional responses, that that\u2019s not acceptable to him, even while the investigation is being \u2014 is being \u2014 is happening and moving forward,\u201d Psaki added at the time. \u201cThat will determine what the consequences will look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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