{"id":1554991,"date":"2022-07-14T17:06:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554991"},"modified":"2022-07-14T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:19:47","slug":"corporate-media-and-dems-lips-are-sealed-after-peddling-bogus-horse-whipping-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corporate-media-and-dems-lips-are-sealed-after-peddling-bogus-horse-whipping-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Media And Dems\u2019 Lips Are Sealed After Peddling Bogus Horse Whipping Claims"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcorporate-media-and-dems-lips-are-sealed-after-peddling-bogus-horse-whipping-claims%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=1554991&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-08T175718Z_373428595_RC265R9UTW9Q_RTRMADP_3_USA-IMMIGRATION-BORDER-scaled-e1657554553287.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Democratic lawmakers and media figures are silent on their past claims that Border Patrol agents whipped migrants, despite a <\/strong><strong>U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u2019s (CBP) investigation finding that there was no such action.<\/strong> <\/li>\n<li><strong>The Daily Caller News Foundation asked over a dozen figures, media outlets, including President Joe Biden, about their previous claims and only received one response that doubled down.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>\u201cNo. I have eyes. I saw what everyone else saw,\u201d Futuro Media President and Founder Maria Hinojosa told the Daily Caller News Foundation when asked if she\u2019d recant her earlier statement. \u201cAlso if Tucker Carlson is going to use me in his newsletter the least he should do is to be prepared to speak with me directly.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Democratic politicians and media personalities who peddled the now debunked claim that mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents \u201cwhipped\u201d illegal immigrants were silent when asked by the Daily Caller News Foundation if they\u2019d like to correct the record. Out of the over a dozen Democrats and media members contacted by the DCNF, just one responded.<\/p>\n<p>After nearly a year, CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/08\/border-patrol-biden-administration-agents-whipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> Friday that the investigation found no evidence of whipping. The probe involved looking into the Sept. 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/08\/border-migrants-whipping-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incident<\/a>, where horseback border agents were seen attempting to control thousands of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/08\/border-whipping-magnus-cbp-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: CBP Chief Tries To Reassure The Rank-And-File As Agency Levels Charges Against \u2018Whipgate\u2019 Agents)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Futuro Media President and Founder Maria Hinojosa, who previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/mark-finkelstein\/2022\/04\/17\/msnbc-nprs-hinojosa-falsely-accuses-border-agents-whipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> that \u201cHaitian Black people\u201d were \u201cwhipped\u201d during an MSNBC appearance, told the DCNF she wouldn\u2019t recant her statement. She was the only one out of dozens to respond to the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I have eyes. I saw what everyone else saw,\u201d Hinojosa told the DCNF. \u201cAlso if Tucker Carlson is going to use me in his newsletter the least he should do is to be prepared to speak with me directly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several Democratic politicians, including Reps. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Maxine Waters of California and Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley made the claim early on.<\/p>\n<p>Days after the incident, Waters <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/22\/maxine-waters-accusations-border-patrol-whipping-haitian-migrants-worse-witnessed-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stated<\/a> that \u201cWhat we witnessed was worse than what we witnessed in slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCowboys with their reins in hand whipping black people, Haitians, into the water where they\u2019re scrambling and falling down and all they\u2019re trying to do is escape the violence in their country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Use of whips on refugees? Disturbing and unacceptable. This must end immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C28fk2QFqL\">https:\/\/t.co\/C28fk2QFqL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJeffMerkley\/status\/1440054698531168259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The claims were also peddled by top figures in the Biden administration, including the president, who said that migrants were \u201cstrapped,\u201d promising that \u201cpeople will pay,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccarthy-says-biden-should-apologize-border-patrol-agents-cbp-finds-didnt-whip-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Fox News. Vice President Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/kamala-harris-images-border-haitians-officers-horses-times-of-slavery-2021-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> the images were a reminder of the \u201ctimes of slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the images of the horseback agents evoked America\u2019s past of \u201csystemic racism,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mayorkas-doubles-down-border-patrol-criticism-whip-narrative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/pressley.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/pressley-fleurissaint-bay-state-banner-op-ed-haitians-deserve-chance-determine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that Border agents \u201cchased\u201d migrants with whips. MSNBC host Joy Reid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/curtis-houck\/2021\/09\/21\/no-holds-barred-joy-reid-latches-lies-about-border-agents-using\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elevated<\/a> the claim during a segment with Omar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould we be looking at the budget of Department of Homeland Security? Because I was not aware that whips which come from the slave era, slavery era, were part of the package that we issue to any sort of law enforcement or government sanction personnel,\u201d Reid stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere you aware that was being issued to people, that people had that kind of equipment on them that they could use on humans?\u201d Reid questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/curtis-houck\/2021\/09\/21\/no-holds-barred-joy-reid-latches-lies-about-border-agents-using\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">responded<\/a> that she was \u201cquite appalled\u201d and claimed that the incident involved \u201csystematic racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vice News tweeted on Sept. 20 that \u201cBorder Patrol agents are whipping Haitian migrants at the US-Mexico border in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Border Patrol agents are whipping Haitian migrants at the US-Mexico border in Texas.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9sFNCds7Ur\">https:\/\/t.co\/9sFNCds7Ur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VICE News (@VICENews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VICENews\/status\/1439991909603282947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBorder Patrol is mounted on horseback rounding up Haitian refugees with whips,\u201d Sawyer Hackett, who is the senior adviser to Julian Castro previously <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SawyerHackett\/status\/1439976012188692496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CNN Political Commentator Bakari Sellers applauded Harris on air for being outspoken about the \u201cwhipping\u201d event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also, former CNN host Chris Cuomo previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/opinion\/watch-chris-cuomo-compares-whipping-border-images-to-slavery-era-then-defends-agents-as-doing-their-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> the images reminded him of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does smack of a bygone era, of slavery, aided by reports of people being beaten, whether with a riding crop, or the reins, most likely,\u201d Cuomo said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, The Atlantic\u2019s Adam Serwer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSerwer\/status\/1439972587770163200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> the \u201chorrifying\u201d incident was \u201clike something out of the 19th century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Omar, Waters, Merkley, Pressley, Cuomo, Serwer, Hackett, Sellers, Vice News and Amnesty International didn\u2019t respond to the DCNF\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Whipping black people&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":577,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}