Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, told Newsmax on Tuesday that the 830% increase in assaults against DHS agents are “despicable” and the result of the left’s “violent rhetoric against them.”
“We’re seeing AOC [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.], [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz, [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom, Mayor [Michelle] Wu out of Boston likening our law enforcement to the Nazis, to the modern-day gestapo,” McLaughlin said on “The Chris Salcedo Show.”
She went on to slam what she called the “lies” of the mainstream media regarding immigration enforcement operations, saying the dishonesty of the left-wing press is designed to “demonize and vilify our law enforcement.”
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