One media outlet seems like they are trying desperately to memory-hole the vice president’s border failure now that she has been promoted to a presidential candidate.
Axios published a story on Vice President Kamala Harris’s role as “border czar,” bizarrely claiming that she had never actually held such a title.
The Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the “border czar” title — which she never actually had.https://t.co/PPHCjKBf83
— Axios (@axios) July 24, 2024
The post was quickly community-noted on X, which showed that even Axios had used that title to refer to Harris in previous articles. This prompted an edit within the story, where the outlet claimed that they had “incorrectly” used the label in the past.
“Editor’s note: This article has been updated and clarified to note that Axios was among the news outlets that incorrectly labeled Harris a ‘border czar’ in 2021,” it read.
The claim is that Harris was not dispatched to actually do anything to solve the immigration crisis, but instead, she was given a diplomatic role to find the root causes behind large-scale migration efforts from Latin American countries.
However, efforts to sanitize Harris’ past hit a snag when an NBC report resurfaced where the vice president’s role was characterized as “solving the immigration crisis at the border.”
“[Harris] has been tasked with…solving the immigration crisis at the border.” – NBC News reports in September 2022. pic.twitter.com/IFh6d09tzc
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) July 24, 2024
X users were not impressed by the journalistic gaslighting:
But Axios removed it from their site so it can’t be true.
— MIKΞ STAHL (@mikeastahl) July 24, 2024
Kamala Harris, worst task master ever. Her disastrous turn as border czar has been an unmitigated disaster. Wholly unqualified to be president of even the smallest of popsicles stands.
— Louis le Roi ☠️ (@voodoowriterx) July 24, 2024
…..and we know how that worked out….
— Linda Lee #DeSantisSupporter (@ImpressionsOfTx) July 24, 2024
She went once and stayed as far away as she could from the main entry points.
— Vicki Stiles (@VickiStiles16) July 24, 2024
She said she would focus on the ‘root’ of he problem.
It seems she’s bringing them all over here to run her research.— JUST ICE ☮️ Vilified (@QriousP) July 24, 2024
The media trying to hide this, is only going to make us scream about it louder!
BORDER CZAR KAMALA HARRIS!
— Bonnie O (@bloc1264) July 24, 2024
I can’t with these people. Axios needs to be shut down.
— SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) July 24, 2024
Narrative is everything
They don’t care about the truth one bit— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) July 24, 2024
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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