On Twitter today, several shocking photos have been making the rounds and stirring up emotions and outrage over President Trump’s immigration policies. The only problem is, that’s not what the photos show.
You see, it turns out the photos are from an old article that was recirculated on Twitter today. A very old article. 2014 old. Obama administration old. And some Obama officials didn’t realize it.
Here are some of the angry tweets mistaking the story for a current one, all by screenshot in case of deletion.
Of course, those are just concerned voters and people in media, so who can demand that they know when something happened? Much worse is this one, spotted by Stephen Miller on Twitter, that comes from an Obama advisor, who obviously didn’t realize this was happening under his watch. (Or didn’t care until now.)
Twitter user @AG_Conservative unpacks all this in detail, Twitchy notes, and points out that regardless of which president was in office, these photos are no laughing matter.
Time for some facts. There are 3 separate immigration stories that are seemingly being conflated by the media & pundits.
Story 1: ACLU report on migrants children being abused.
Story 2: Feds lost track of ~1500 minor immigrants.
Story 3: Separations of families at the border.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) May 28, 2018
Story 1: This story is based on an ACLU report that covers 2009-2014. It has nothing to do with the Trump admin or separating families as it mostly relates to unaccompanied minors at the border. However, the abuses were serious and systematic. Very possible many still occurring.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) May 28, 2018
It’s very much worthwhile to read the full thread.
Dan McLaughlin of National Review sums up the general trend of former Obama officials suddenly outraged about policies that began under their own former boss’s term.
Hilarious how many of these Obama Administration guys didn't know or care what their own Administration was doing, and are now fauxtraged about it. https://t.co/iH84urEFS0
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 28, 2018
Indeed.
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