{"id":371857,"date":"2021-04-01T21:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=371857"},"modified":"2021-04-01T21:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T01:00:43","slug":"watch-psaki-dodges-question-about-smugglers-throwing-small-children-over-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-psaki-dodges-question-about-smugglers-throwing-small-children-over-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Psaki Dodges Question About Smugglers Throwing Small Children Over Border Wall"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwatch-psaki-dodges-question-about-smugglers-throwing-small-children-over-border-wall%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=371857&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:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-239.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki dodged a question on Thursday about smugglers throwing small children over the southern border wall, and instead shifted attention to the reporter\u2019s motivation for asking the question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then, on immigration, has the White House considered beefing up border security now that there is video of a three-year-old and a five-year-old being thrown over the wall in New Mexico?\u201d Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki said that the administration has \u201cspoken out about our concerns\u201d regarding what the smugglers are doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, but they still got close enough \u2014 as you guys are talking about addressing root causes in the region \u2014 for a smuggler to throw them over a wall into the desert,\u201d Doocy said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m just curious what the White House is doing to stop that from happening?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd are you concerned more about the kids\u2019 safety or are you concerned about kids getting in?\u201d Psaki asked. \u201cOr tell me more about your concern here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids\u2019 safety is, as you just mentioned, the main concern,\u201d Doocy responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, of course it is, which is why I\u2019m often surprised by some of the line of questioning here,\u201d Psaki responded. \u201cBut I will say that our concern and our focus is on sending a clear message to smuggler \u2014 to the region that this is not the time to come. You should not send your kids on this treacherous journey. That these smugglers are preying on vulnerabilities in these communities, there\u2019s a lot of issues and steps we need to take to address root causes. So, of course, our concern is for the safety of these kids. These Border Patrol agents who save these kids deserve our thanks and our gratitude for ensuring their safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.526162790698\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox&#8217;s Peter Doocy repeatedly presses Jen Psaki about what the administration will do on border security in light of the horrifying video of toddlers being tossed over a wall and left in the desert by smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki declines to say they&#8217;ll do more, just smugglers are bad. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VpfZ3bQQmW\">pic.twitter.com\/VpfZ3bQQmW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1377685143645741063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"48\">\n<p><em>PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS REPORTER: And then, on immigration, has the White House considered beefing up border security now that there is video of a three-year-old and a five-year-old being thrown over the wall in New Mexico?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEN PSAKI, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Beefing up border security?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DOOCY: Well, there are \u2014 there\u2019s video now of a three-year-old and a five-year-old \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: I\u2019ve seen the video, and I think any of us who saw the video were incredibly alarmed by the steps of smugglers \u2014 ones that we have been quite familiar with, that we\u2019ve spoken out about our concerns about. As Secretary Mayorkas said, \u201cThe inhumane way smugglers abuse children while profiting off parents\u2019 desperation is criminal and morally reprehensible.\u201d The President certainly agrees with that.&nbsp; And these kids, I believe, were rescued from \u2014 by individuals who are working at the border.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DOOCY: Yes, but they still got close enough \u2014 as you guys are talking about addressing root causes in the region \u2014 for a smuggler to throw them over a wall into the desert. And I\u2019m just curious what the White House is doing to stop that from happening.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: And are you concerned more about the kids\u2019 safety or are you concerned about kids getting in? Or tell me more about your concern here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DOOCY: Kids\u2019 safety is, as you just mentioned, the main concern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Well, of course it is, which is why I\u2019m often surprised by some of the line of questioning here. But I will say that our concern and our focus is on sending a clear message to smuggler \u2014 to the region that this is not the time to come. You should not send your kids on this treacherous journey. That these smugglers are preying on vulnerabilities in these communities, there\u2019s a lot of issues and steps we need to take to address root causes. So, of course, our concern is for the safety of these kids. These Border Patrol agents who save these kids deserve our thanks and our gratitude for ensuring their safety.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki dodged a question on Thursday about smugglers throwing small children over the southern border wall, and instead shifted attention to the reporter\u2019s motivation for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311554,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-239.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Psaki Dodges Question About Smugglers Throwing Small Children Over Border Wall","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-371857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-239.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Psaki Dodges Question About Smugglers Throwing Small Children Over Border Wall","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371857","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}