{"id":191465,"date":"2021-03-05T16:45:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191465"},"modified":"2021-03-05T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:45:13","slug":"cnn-under-fire-for-accusing-texas-gov-of-making-claims-about-illegal-immigrants-spreading-coronavirus-without-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-under-fire-for-accusing-texas-gov-of-making-claims-about-illegal-immigrants-spreading-coronavirus-without-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN under fire for accusing Texas gov. of making claims about illegal immigrants spreading coronavirus without evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fcnn-under-fire-for-accusing-texas-gov-of-making-claims-about-illegal-immigrants-spreading-coronavirus-without-evidence%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=191465&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 id=\"attachment_2382573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2382573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas Governor Greg Abbott. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:35 PM PT \u2013 Friday, March 5, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>CNN tried to call out Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) for stating that illegal immigrants could possibly expose Texans to COVID-19. During an interview with CNBC, Abbott said infected migrants have poured into the country due to Biden\u2019s relaxed restrictions. CNN claimed that Abbott did not have evidence to back his words up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis administration has been releasing, in south Texas, immigrants who came across the border that they refused to test,\u201d Abbott noted. \u201cIt turns out that more than 100 of them had COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/04\/politics\/abbott-migrants-covid-testing\/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&#038;utm_term=link&#038;utm_content=2021-03-05T02%3A01%3A03&#038;utm_medium=social\">CNN report<\/a> posted online, it reads: \u201cAfter relaxing state COVID restrictions this week, Abbott alleged, without evidence, that migrants coming into Texas are exposing the state\u2019s residents to the coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the mainstream media outlet\u2019s attempt to pigeonhole the Republican governor quickly crumbled. In the same report that blasted Abbott\u2019s claims as baseless, CNN itself cited the mayor of the border city of Brownsville, Texas who confirmed: \u201c108 migrants out of about 1,700 have tested positive in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although CNN tried to cry foul over the Texas governor, the media outlet debunked its own reporting. Abbott added Biden\u2019s relaxed restrictions caused the migrants to be released by ICE and transported elsewhere despite their positive tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re dealing with a world pandemic and we\u2019re bringing in people from across the entire world that the Biden Administration is not adequately testing, not quarantining, not doing anything\u2026to prevent the spread of a pandemic in Texas,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cBut also putting these people on buses and sending them places. This is a very irresponsible and reckless approach by the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House has peddled its own narrative. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki recently defended Biden when he said the Texas and Mississippi governors\u2019 moves to remove mask mandates were \u201cneanderthal thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Psaki defends Biden &#8220;Neanderthal thinking&#8221; comment re: TX. Asked how comparing some1 to Neanderthal will change minds, she says: &#8220;The behavior of a Neanderthal, just to be very clear. The behavior of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What everybody saw y&#8217;day was a reflection of his frustration &#038;exasperation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickSvitek\/status\/1367541797342371841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat everybody saw yesterday was a reflection of his frustration and exasperation\u2026.that for almost a year now people across the country\u2026haven\u2019t had information they need from the federal government,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cThey haven\u2019t had access to a greater understanding of what the public health guidelines should look like, and those include many, many people in Mississippi and Texas, in Ohio, Florida, in every state across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Biden &#039;neanderthal&#039; comment a reflection of frustration, says White House\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZzcXOjL4i44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>While the White House said the U.S. needs to follow public health guidelines, the administration has not listened to its own advice at the southern border, which gives renewed meaning to \u201cdo what I say, not as I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/ariz-man-arrested-for-death-of-74-year-old-grandfather-in-random-attack\/\">Ariz. 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