CNN’s Jake Tapper spoke with squad member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) about the current state of the southern border; he was shocked to hear her assessment that the border is “secure.”
“No doubt about it, our border is secure, and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, and we have to fix a broken system,” Pressley said, before being interrupted by Tapper to see if he heard correctly.
“You think the border is secure? Or it is not secure?” he asked.
Talking out of both sides of her mouth, Pressley claimed the border was secure but also “in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.”
“Yes, the border is secure,” the Massachusetts congresswoman claimed a second time. “And we’re in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system.”
“But if you have millions of undocumented migrants coming into the country, how is the border secure?” Tapper later asked.
“I’m not disagreeing with anything you’re saying, except for the idea that the border is secure. If you have people crossing the border, it’s just by definition not secure,” Tapper said.
Watch the clip above.
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