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Liberal Media Outlet Gets Brutally Fact-Checked By Its Own Reporting

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Mainstream media outlets are rushing to defend the record of Vice President Kamala Harris as she gears up for her presidential run, whitewashing previous roles given to her by President Joe Biden just as her critics prepare to hold her accountable for multiple failures of the administration, including along the southern border.

CNN’s Dana Bash got the brunt of it after claiming on Tuesday that Harris was never appointed as “border czar” by the White House, a claim directly at odds with reports from 2021 which the Biden administration welcomed as it sought to roll out the red carpet for hordes of new migrants. Speaking with a roundtable on Tuesday evening, the anchor and presidential debate moderator paused the discussion to remind voters that Harris “was not and is not the border czar.” That take was repeated by Axios on Wednesday when the outlet released a report calling out the Trump campaign for holding Harris responsible for border failures under the “border czar” title, “which she never actually had,” reporters wrote.

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It didn’t take more than a few hours for X users to pile on both outlets, pointing out that Axios in fact ascribed the same informal title to Harris in its previous reporting.

“Harris was appointed ‘border czar’ in March of 2021, and since that time, millions and millions of illegal aliens have invaded our country and countless Americans have been killed by migrant crime because of her willful demolition of American borders and laws,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday. He was joined by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) who introduced a resolution condemning the vice president for her role in letting upward of 12 million migrants cross illegally into the country during Biden’s time in office.

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Surrogates of the Harris campaign rushed to defend her from the attacks. “She assumed the role that Vice President Biden had during the Obama administration, which is diplomacy with Central America,” former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told Fox News on Tuesday. “She is not the border czar.”

Popular X influencer Collin Rugg shared a clip of Bash’s claim along with multiple media outlets repeating the phrase “border czar” to describe Harris and including a statement from President Biden where he called Harris “the most qualified person” to lead the administration’s efforts around border reforms with Mexico and countries that “need help in stemming the movement of so many voters” entering the southern border. In a sit-down with USA Today, Harris repeatedly stated, “We’ve been to the border” as she defended her efforts. The reporter was quick to call her out. “You haven’t been to the border.”

“And I haven’t been to Europe,” she said, laughing. “I don’t understand the point that you’re making.”

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Harris’s exposure on the issue of immigration is front and center for Democrats looking to retool the ticket since President Biden stepped down. For the first time, a majority of Americans believe there should be less immigration, according to Gallup, and illegal immigration remains a top concern of voters asked about the November elections. Vice President Harris trailed President Trump by several points in the first poll conducted since Biden stepped aside.



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