Media propagandist scrubbing their own references

[Always in His Presence]

It is a nothingburger.

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[childeye 2]

Also:

"When Harris became Biden’s “border czar,” as critics called her, the administration was under pressure from both sides to address the rising number of migrants — particularly unaccompanied children — crossing the border and landing in poor conditions in U.S. custody. On March 24, 2021, Biden took the stage at the White House and seemed to hand the keys on the issue over to his vice president."

Excellent point about the article reporting that "border czar" was a name given by critics.

I notice that this part of the article is poorly written. The articulation could be mistaken to imply that Biden "SEEMED to hand over the keys" to his VP on the issue of "unaccompanied children — crossing the border and landing in poor conditions in U.S. custody". But that issue was being dealt with by FEMA.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

The moniker isn't important. What is important is that while media organizations were all too happy to call Harris the "border czar" 3 years ago, for some reason, they'd prefer to deal in historical revisionism and pretend like the moniker is now a "right-wing attack".

But it was. It always was. You guys want to lay the full breadth of any and every issue there is with the border at Harris' feet and that wasn't her role. The term came primarily from right-wing media. Axios used it as well, which they noted, but this OP is about how the term is being "scrubbed" and "deleted" and I showed that it isn't.

The distancing of Harris from the border and the sudden, "Hang on, that's not what we meant" from 3 years ago is dishonest. The only reason the media is trying to distance Harris from the moniker is because they know the border is an important issue for voters and most are pretty dissatisfied with Harris' handling of the situation. If Harris wasn't the presumptive Democratic nominee, no one would care.

Oh, no. We see that you guys care. A whole lot. Being convicted of felonies, adjudicated a rapist, cheating on pregnant wives with adult film stars, not so much, but using a politically effective label for the opposition? Oh yeah. You care about that.

 

[childeye 2]

Right, she was in charge and did a miserable job.

I think you are misunderstanding the article. It was FEMA who was in charge of taking care of the unaccompanied children, not Harris, which by the way were coming in during the Trump administration also.

 

[Servus]

You again point to exactly what she was slated to do. That she had no direct involvement with the border itself. Only the root causes of immigration. Thus pulling your own rug out from under your own feet.

This just gets weirder.

She was in charge of stemming the flow - That means putting a stop to the flow of illegal aliens pouring into the US. She failed to do so.

 

[Servus]

I think you are misunderstanding the article. It was FEMA who was in charge of taking care of the unaccompanied children, not Harris, which by the way were coming in during the Trump administration also.

No her job was to stem the flow. She did not do that.

 

[childeye 2]

No her job was to stem the flow. She did not do that.

I agree the 2021 article says her task was to stem the flow from Central America. There's no evidence she failed since the flow has decreased by 70%.

This is from a recent article 2024: Harris-Czar:

“She had a very narrow mandate, which was to be the diplomatic representative in Central America at the time when most unauthorized immigration was coming from Central America,” said Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington.
Since 2021, immigration from the Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, once the leaders in illegal immigration across the southwest border, has fallen from 86,089 in March 2021 to 25,015 in June 2024, according to Customs and Border Protection data.

 

[Always in His Presence]

I think you are misunderstanding the article. It was FEMA who was in charge of taking care of the unaccompanied children, not Harris, which by the way were coming in during the Trump administration also.

Not according to the President.then corporates my main stream news for two years.

I understand it is an inconvenient truth because it makes her look weak and feckless, but that is exactly what she has been.

There is no plausible deniability.

 

[Servus]

There is no plausible deniability.

Yet they keep trying.

 

[childeye 2]

She was in charge of stemming the flow - That means putting a stop to the flow of illegal aliens pouring into the US. She failed to do so.

Stem can mean to stop the flow of migrants. But it can also mean to make headway against the flow of migrants.

Merriam/Webster
stem

verb (1)​

stemmed; stemming
transitive verb
1
: to make headway against (something, such as an adverse tide, current, or wind)

2
: to check or go counter to (something adverse)

 

[childeye 2]

Not according to the President.then corporates my main stream news for two years.

I understand it is an inconvenient truth because it makes her look weak and feckless, but that is exactly what she has been.

There is no plausible deniability.

I don't know where you're getting your information from. Even the article you put forth says she was tasked with working with countries in Central America to try and restrict the flow. The official border statistics show that the flow from the three main countries she worked with decreased significantly. Here are the official statistics for unaccompanied minors.

 

[Servus]

Stem can mean to stop the flow of migrants. But it can also mean to make headway against the flow of migrants.

Merriam/Webster
stem

verb (1)​

stemmed; stemming
transitive verb
1
: to make headway against (something, such as an adverse tide, current, or wind)

2
: to check or go counter to (something adverse)

No headway was made. The problem got worse, not better. The argument seems to be that her actual assignment was to do nothing. To just stand back and watch it hemorrhage.

 

[Laodicean60]

Excellent point about the article reporting that "border czar" was a name given by critics.

I know that Biden did not officially name Harris border czar it was a nickname given by Republicans and adopted by the media. The hypocrisy is the media moving away from the border czar term because of politics. Why the left suddenly about-face when it has been used for years, I don't know.

 

[Bradskii]

I know that Biden did not officially name Harris border czar it was a nickname given by Republicans and adopted by the media. The hypocrisy is the media moving away from the border czar term because of politics. Why the left suddenly about-face when it has been used for years, I don't know.

It's not the name is the problem. It's the job description that goes with it. People are purposely misrepresenting what she was doing in an attempt to attach blame directly to her for problems they perceive at the border. Which only works if you completely disregard the facts.

 

[childeye 2]

It's not the name is the problem. It's the job description that goes with it. People are purposely misrepresenting what she was doing in an attempt to attach blame directly to her for problems they perceive at the border. Which only works if you completely disregard the facts.

This is what I see happening too. I'm trying to point out how destructive slander is, and talk people down with facts.

 

[Laodicean60]

People are purposely misrepresenting what she was doing in an attempt to attach blame directly to her for problems they perceive at the border.

I blame the Biden administration and she included. The name was all good till it wasn't I bet if we had an organized and efficient border entry the media wouldn't have had to backpedal.

 

[childeye 2]

I know that Biden did not officially name Harris border czar it was a nickname given by Republicans and adopted by the media. The hypocrisy is the media moving away from the border czar term because of politics. Why the left suddenly about-face when it has been used for years, I don't know.

Hypocrisy is when we draw lines for others to keep that we ourselves don't keep. So, when we don't love others as how we would want to be loved we are hypocrites. When a republican intends to use the word czar to insinuate something bad about Harris then it is called a slur. The media isn't the left, it's just the means for mass communication. We have to learn to see a lie from the truth, so we are not being manipulated. And we need to find where the lie is coming from so that we can identify the common enemy that tries to turn people against one another through deception.

 

[Laodicean60]

When a republican intends to use the word czar to insinuate something bad about Harris then it is called a slur.

The term border czar was used by Republicans prior to "anything bad" being in the news.

The media isn't the left, it's just the means for mass communication.

How about left-leaning it shows because many are back peddling the word border czar.

. And we need to find where the lie is coming

The lie comes from ourselves.

 

[childeye 2]

I blame the Biden administration and she included. The name was all good till it wasn't I bet if we had an organized and efficient border entry the media wouldn't have had to backpedal.

I just try to love others as I would want to be loved. I don't blame any administration for giant waves of migrants coming to our border trying to find a better way of life here. It's not any administrations' fault that they come, and I know I wouldn't want to be blamed for something I had no control over. It's wrong to point fingers at other people for things they didn't do. I remember at all times that Jesus said what you do to the least of my brethren you do unto me.

 

[Laodicean60]

It's not any administrations' fault that they come,

But it is the administration's fault for how they enter.

I just try to love others as I would want to be loved.

I do too that's why we need to figure out how to get them here by other means than human trafficked we've all heard horror stories of abuse and death.