GOP senator heads to border with sheriff who blamed Hillary Clinton for Capitol riot

[turbinetree]

By Oliver Willis -March 22, 2021 1:05 PM

Arizona Sheriff Mark Lamb has often appeared on Fox News and complained about immigrants.

Over the weekend, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) visited the U.S.-Mexico border alongside a sheriff who has claimed the Jan. 6 attack by supporters of Donald Trump on the U.S. Capitol was the fault of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Blackburn went to the border with the sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, Mark Lamb. She posted videos and pictures of their visit online and streamed video for an interview with Fox News, tweeting, "Cartels are using human smugglers as mules to take drugs across the border and push them into our neighborhoods."

Blackburn falsely claimed that President Joe Biden has an "open border policy" and called for the border between the two countries to be closed.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/marsha-blackburn-sheriff-mark-lamb-hillary-clinton-capitol-riot/

Lets see two fucking fascists' meet in a field.........and then their talk is fascists' code of hate and more fucking hate...........and then one has a fucking gun and fucking hat .............paranoid a**hole ...........do you both have voices in your head speaking to you.........

[CurtEastPoint]

1. marshamarshamarsha... bush lady. Far cry from her prev career

[Faux pas]

2. Kickin' with disgust!

[2naSalit]

3. That's what her true self looks like...

Mad old hag.

[Beaverhausen]

4. Is this what they were watching?

https://prospect.org/justice/did-cnn-air-staged-migrant-crossing-of-the-rio-grande/?fbclid=IwAR0Xbne1UeC6wCyUsBvYJJDHVWJA4q33EgmvWUhvYEzojS-KRmH0jUFJILQ

Did CNN Air a Staged Migrant Crossing of the Rio Grande?

An unusual video has been flagged by activists as deliberately manufactured to present a story of a border crisis, possibly with the participation of the Border Patrol.

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But the scene may not be all that it appears to be. Immigrant rights advocates and others claim that the footage was staged, potentially with the cooperation of the Border Patrol. CNN was warned that the clip appeared to be a fabrication before it aired, but the network decided to run it anyway. A similar clip that appears to show the same or a similar trafficking incident from another angle was shared across right-wing media and even linked to on the social media accounts of members of Congress. This clip went viral among immigration opponents, and is helping to fuel the story of an out-of-control border. The video—legitimized on mainstream media—easily fit into that narrative. Now a series of charges and counter-charges have demonstrated the radioactive politics of immigration.

The scene appears to be just a preview of what’s to come. Yesterday’s Sunday shows centered on the border, fueling a crisis narrative as the administration continued to double down on its “border is closed” messaging.

In the CNN footage, the smuggler leading the boat wears fatigues and a black ski mask. Smugglers typically attempt to blend in with the migrants, to avoid more severe punishment should they be caught. Smugglers also don’t normally provide face masks and life vests, nor ferry six boatloads of people across in broad daylight. Migrants also don’t typically line up single file along the shore to cross.

[bluestarone]

5. These people are

creepier everyday that goes by.

[rickyhall]

6. Purty scary