White House press secretary slips up,
calls border migrant surge a 'crisis'
Posted By: Kafka2, 3/19/2021 11:28:26 AM
For weeks, Biden administration officials have scrupulously avoided using the word "crisis" to describe the migrant surge on the southern border. But White House press secretary Jen Psaki did exactly that during a press briefing Thursday.
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For weeks, Biden administration officials have scrupulously avoided using the word "crisis" to describe the migrant surge on the southern border.
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After weeks of denying, deceiving, and lying, Psaki did the unthinkable. She told the truth for once in her life.