It wouldn't matter that the AP is a worthless cesspool of propaganda except that its feed constitutes the bulk of "news reporting" in the country (UPDATED)
/2018: Then-Senator airhead vows to fight deportation of illegALS
She was the Border Czar, she wasn’t the Border Czar, now “she was the Border Czar, but in a joyful subtle way”.
Presented with rise in border crossings, Harris chose a long-term approach to the problem https://t.co/S8jCYqslxq
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 14, 2024
In grappling with migration, Harris proceeded cautiously. She focused her time and prestige on boosting private investment in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, the so-called Northern Triangle; her goal was to help create jobs to bolster economies and dissuade migrants from making the perilous journey to the United States.
It was a decidedly long-term — and limited — approach to a humanitarian crisis, and it has allowed Republicans to tie her to the broader fight over the border. While migration from the Northern Triangle ebbed, it surged from other nations, sparking an emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, one that Republicans have aggressively sought to exploit at Harris' expense.
Harris Rigby, Not the Bee: “The best part of this story, which gives Kamala all the credit for her brave and genius border plan, is that they admit about 20 paragraphs in, at the very bottom of the story, that any "success" from Kamala's plan is actually because El Salvador elected Nayib Bukele.”
While the Harris campaign and White House have pointed to statistics that show migration from Northern Triangle countries has dropped substantially since early 2021, there is debate over what is responsible for that drop ...
Independent analysts, however, said they were skeptical that Harris' approach was responsible for the dip. They said the decrease was likely driven by regional factors, including the ascension of El Salvador's new president and his aggressive drive to combat violent crime. His government reported a 70% drop in homicides in 2023.
UPDATE: of course, there’s also the AP’s bookend, an essential item on every liberal’s bookshelf, NPR
Flashback:
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) August 16, 2024
NPR CEO Katherine Maher telling us that the “truth gets in the way of getting things done” 👀👀
This is what the legacy "news" media actually believes. But normally they don't say it out loud as the NPR CEO did.
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