Customs & Border Chief Knocks Down Trump's 'Minor' Tear Gas Claim: There's Only One Kind

[DonViejo]

by Ken Meyer | Nov 26th, 2018, 11:02 pm

Kevin McAleenan, appointed by President Donald Trump to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, threw a bit of cold water on the assertion from his boss that a “minor” form of teargas was used on migrants at the U.S. southern border.

Trump, speaking with reporters on Monday night in Mississippi, defended his administration’s tactics at the border by saying agents used a “minor form” of tear gas and it was “very safe.”

But McAleenan did not back up Trump’s assertion. Appearing on Cuomo Prime Time Monday, McAleenan was asked by host Chris Cuomo, “Is there such a thing as the good kind of tear gas? Every tear gas I have been hit with has been nasty.” But McAleenan did not back up Trump’s assertion. Appearing on Cuomo Prime Time Monday, McAleenan was asked by host Chris Cuomo, “Is there such a thing as the good kind of tear gas? Every tear gas I have been hit with has been nasty.”

McAleenan replied by saying the gas was standard issue for law enforcement. Cuomo followed up by asking if there’s only one kind of tear gas. The Customs and Border Protection chief’s reply?

Yes.

more + video
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trumps-customs-border-chief-disputes-potus-claim-minor-tear-gas-was-used-theres-only-one-kind/

After answering "yes," the guy proceeds to rationalize and justify the use of the gas on the migrants.