{"id":1546577,"date":"2022-07-10T07:35:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T11:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546577"},"modified":"2022-07-10T07:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T11:35:15","slug":"republicans-demand-biden-administration-apologize-to-border-patrol-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-demand-biden-administration-apologize-to-border-patrol-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Demand Biden Administration Apologize to Border Patrol Agents"},"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\">18<\/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%2Frepublicans-demand-biden-administration-apologize-to-border-patrol-agents%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=1546577&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--><p>Republican lawmakers and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are calling on the Biden administration to apologize to Border Patrol agents, after a federal investigation said they were falsely accused of \u201cwhipping\u201d illegal immigrants in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>In September last year, the Biden administration was quick to criticize Border Patrol agents on horseback, after some media outlets showed photographs and videos alleging the agents had \u201cwhipped\u201d Haitians, who were seeking asylum at the border in Del Rio, Texas. At the time, the administration incorrectly called the agents\u2019 reins \u201cwhips,\u201d with President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/09\/24\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-covid-19-response-and-the-vaccination-program-8\/\">offering<\/a> a promise saying the agents \u201cwill pay\u201d for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>However, after a nine-month investigation, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u2019s (CBP) Office of Personal Responsibility <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-border-patrol-agents-didnt-whip-anyone-at-border-despite-reports-internal-review_4585795.html?utm_source=ai&#038;utm_medium=search\">concluded<\/a> that there was \u201cno evidence\u201d that the agents \u201cstruck, intentionally or otherwise, any migrant with their reins,\u201d according to its 511-page report (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/assets\/documents\/2022-Jul\/202112280-cbp-closing-report-public-redacted-final.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) released on July 8. Additionally, the agents were not carrying whips at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the CBP findings, House GOP leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kevin-mccarthy\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> (R-Calif.) called on Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to issue an apology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden, Harris, &#038; their allies in the media should all apologize to our brave Border Patrol agents for smearing their reputation,\u201d McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1545535220677582851\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter on July 8.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy added, \u201cRather than disparage the men and women tasked with protecting our border, President Biden should give them the tools they need to secure our border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/01\/13\/rep-mccarthy-1200x771.jpg\"><\/a> House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 13, 2022. (Saul Loeb\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>At the time, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=71lOzx6mWqE&#038;t=170s\">said<\/a> there should be \u201cconsequences and accountability\u201d for what the agents had done, while comparing their actions to \u201ctimes of slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-marsha-blackburn\">Marsha Blackburn<\/a> (R-Tenn.) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1545469110112473096\">Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)<\/a> also called on the Biden administration to apologize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican lawmakers and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are calling on the Biden administration to apologize to Border Patrol agents, after a federal investigation said they were falsely accused of \u201cwhipping\u201d illegal immigrants in Texas. 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