{"id":124624,"date":"2019-07-02T11:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T15:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=124624"},"modified":"2019-07-02T11:59:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T15:59:35","slug":"aoc-resorts-to-making-stuff-up-dangerous-to-the-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=124624","title":{"rendered":"AOC resorts to literally making stuff up, she&#8217;s dangerous to the Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Border Patrol\u2019s Brandon Judd Fires Back at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for \u2018Falsehoods\u2019 About Migrant Facilities<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_124625\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Getty-640x479.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124625\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Getty-640x479.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Getty-640x479.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Getty-640x479-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-124625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christ Chavez \/ Getty<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>by Breitbart Texas<br \/>\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n<h3>Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, fired back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Monday evening after she made incendiary claims about her visit earlier that day to several U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sites housing migrants who crossed the U.S. border illegally.<\/h3>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez, who continues to refer to CBP facilities as \u201cconcentration camps\u201d despite being criticized by Jewish leaders, the U.S. Holocaust Museum, and Israel\u2019s Yad Vashem, tweeted that women had been forced to drink water from toilets, among other atrocities:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just left the 1st CBP facility.<\/p>\n<p>I see why CBP officers were being so physically &amp;sexually threatening towards me.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were keeping women in cells w\/ no water &amp; had told them to drink out of the toilets.<\/p>\n<p>This was them on their GOOD behavior in front of members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1145762201619357696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was in fact the type of toilet we saw in the cell.<\/p>\n<p>Except there was just one, and the sink portion was not functioning &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyannaPressley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AyannaPressley<\/a> smartly tried to open the faucet, and nothing came out.<\/p>\n<p>So the women were told they could drink out of the bowl. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rcu9Rt6B2x\">https:\/\/t.co\/rcu9Rt6B2x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1145837522355924992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now I\u2019ve seen the inside of these facilities.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the kids. It\u2019s everyone. People drinking out of toilets, officers laughing in front of members Congress.<\/p>\n<p>I brought it up to their superiors. They said \u201cofficers are under stress &amp; act out sometimes.\u201d No accountability.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1145764653835964419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After I forced myself into a cell w\/ women&amp;began speaking to them, one of them described their treatment at the hands of officers as \u201cpsychological warfare\u201d &#8211; waking them at odd hours for no reason, calling them wh*res, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Tell me what about that is due to a \u201clack of funding?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1145766311794040834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Judd, whose union represents U.S. Border Patrol agents, spoke to Breitbart News\u2019 Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak on\u00a0<em>Breitbart News Tonight<\/em>\u00a0on Sirius XM 125.<\/p>\n<p>He was furious at Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s claims, and pushed back passionately.<\/p>\n<p>He said that cameras that film the facilities would show that Ocasio-Cortez was lying: \u201cI\u2019m calling on CBP to release that footage so they clearly show that she was treated with the utmost dignity and respect,\u201d Judd said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is forced to drink out of a toilet and nobody is told to drink out of a toilet,\u201d Judd explained. \u201cIts completely and totally a baseless and ridiculous allegation and frankly it needs to be investigated and she needs to be exposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/644981673&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/07\/01\/report-ocasio-cortez-screamed-at-law-enforcement-in-a-threatening-manner-during-migrant-shelter-visit\/\">reports<\/a>\u00a0suggested that Ocasio-Cortez had actually been rude and confrontational toward law enforcement personnel, and had misinterpreted or misrepresented information she learned.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/aoc-screamed-at-border-patrol-agents-in-threatening-manner-during-tour-witnesses?_amp=true&amp;__twitter_impression=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\">specifically disputed<\/a>\u00a0Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s claims about a woman, or women, being forced to drink from a toiler.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview with\u00a0<em>Breitbart New Tonight<\/em>, Judd mentioned a previous\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2019\/01\/07\/aoc-it-doesnt-matter-if-im-factually-correct-about-things-n2538586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\">statement<\/a>by Ocasio-Cortez in which she stated that she would rather be morally correct than factually accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Judd disagreed. \u201cHow can you have the moral high ground if you are going to throw facts out the window and spew falsehoods?\u201d he asked, adding: \u201cAnd that\u2019s what she is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cShe gives absolutely no contexts to these allegations that she is making and by not giving context she is trying to paint a false narrative and a false picture and she needs to be held accountable for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Judd said Ocasio-Cortez was misleading the nation by painting a false picture of agents.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s claim that migrants were subjected to \u201cpsychological warfare\u201d by agents who would wake them at odd hours and call them derogative names, Judd said, \u201cWhere is the proof? It\u2019s very easy to throw out these allegations and say this is what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judd continued: \u201cLet the cameras speak \u2026The cameras will prove her wrong and they will prove that she is being false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News Tonight broadcasts live on the SiriusXM Patriot channel 125 weeknights from 9:00 p.m. to midnight Eastern, or 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2019\/07\/01\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-brandon-judd-the-cameras-will-prove-aoc-lied-about-migrant-facilities-border\/\">https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2019\/07\/01\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-brandon-judd-the-cameras-will-prove-aoc-lied-about-migrant-facilities-border\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border Patrol\u2019s Brandon Judd Fires Back at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for \u2018Falsehoods\u2019 About Migrant Facilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}