Ocasio-Cortez says dispute with Border Patrol agents started after one tried to take a 'stealth self

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Source: Washington Post

Ocasio-Cortez says dispute with Border Patrol agents started after one tried to take a ‘stealth selfie’

By Katie Mettler July 2 at 10:42 AM

After a day spent tweeting about the behavior of Border Patrol agents and the facilities they manage, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took to the platform again late Monday night to respond to accusations in a news report that she “screamed” at officers in a “threatening manner” while touring one Texas site with other members of Congress.

The report in the Washington Examiner quoted two unnamed witnesses who claimed that they, along with 40 other people, saw Ocasio-Cortez “crying and screaming and yelling” at a Border Patrol facility in El Paso. The report claimed that agents wanted to respond but were held back because she is a lawmaker.

“To these CBP officers saying they felt ‘threatened by me,’ ” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response. “ . . . They confiscated my phone, and they were all armed. I’m 5’4”. They’re just upset I exposed their inhumane behavior.”

In a statement Tuesday, the congresswoman’s communications office called the Examiner’s report an “inaccurate depiction of events.”

“The Congresswoman spoke sternly to a CBP agent that tried to take a stealth selfie with the Congresswoman in a mocking manner, despite the gravity of the situation,” the statement said.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/02/ocasio-cortez-says-dispute-with-border-patrol-agents-started-after-one-tried-take-stealth-selfie/

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[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. The ones who take the phones away are always the ones with something to hide.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

10. Or want to hack your phone while in their possession.

China's been caught doing that to tourists while "inspecting" their phones, and in fact are planting spyware on those phones.

KY............

[GeorgeGist]

2. Believe it or not ...

there is trash in the basket of deplorables.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. That basket is overflowing with trash.

And it isn't wadded-up balls of paper, either. It's mostly dirty diapers and grease.

[RVN VET71]

15. And red hats, don't forget the red hats

Greasy red hats, stuffed with dirty diapers and Depends.

[LuvNewcastle]

16. How did I forget the red hats?

[dameatball]

3. I'm not sure why employees personal cell phones are allowed in such a facility. But, that's where

we are in Trump's America. No right to privacy, no HIPPA, no nuttin for these detainees. What is to keep the people in charge from taking photos and disseminating them?

If visiting dignitaries are not allowed cell phones, then employees certainly should not have them.

[Mach1miles]

5. The devastating photos out of Gitmo...

...yep there is no need for employee phones.

[Butterflylady]

4. Washington Examiner ?

Isn't thst a right wing paper.

[orangecrush]

7. Yup.

[RVN VET71]

14. Worse

It was founded by Sun Young Moon whose offspring have gone even further right than he. I'm talkin' church services with processions bearing the cross of Christ flanked by men shouldering AR-15s.

I think the Examiner has disassociated itself from the Moon cult, but not from its tendency to misrepresent any and all news to make the Left look like an evil menace. Attacking AOC in this bullshit story is just one example.

[orangecrush]

6. The new S.S.

Is feeling emboldened.

[Grokenstein]

8. Someone should remind them what happened to the OLD S.S.

[orangecrush]

9. Yup!

[Raster]

11. Someone should also remind them they are dealing with a...

...legally and lawfully elected member of CONGRESS.

[yardwork]

12. We need every single Democratic official to speak out about these crimes.