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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP FACT CHECK: Trump Twists Facts Of A Migrant Girl's Death
AP FACT CHECK: Trump Twists Facts Of A Migrant Girls Death
GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP
By CALVIN WOODWARD
March 30, 2019 9:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is misrepresenting the circumstances of a 7-year-old migrant girls death as he seeks to steer any potential blame for it away from his administration.
Trump, after mockingly painting asylum seekers as a con job in a rally the previous night, asserted on Friday that Jakelin Caal Maquin was given no water by her father during their trek to a remote border area and that the dad acknowledged blame for his daughters death on Dec. 8. Those assertions are not supported by the record.
TRUMP: I think that its been very well stated that weve done a fantastic job.
The father gave the child no water for a long period of time he actually admitted blame. to reporters Friday.
THE FACTS: An autopsy report released Friday found that Guatemalan girl died of a bacterial infection just more than a day after being apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol. The El Paso County Medical Examiners office said traces of streptococcus bacteria were found in Jakelins lungs, adrenal gland, liver, and spleen, and she experienced a rapidly progressive infection that led to the failure of multiple organs.
THE FACTS: An autopsy report released Friday found that Guatemalan girl died of a bacterial infection just more than a day after being apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol. The El Paso County Medical Examiners office said traces of streptococcus bacteria were found in Jakelins lungs, adrenal gland, liver, and spleen, and she experienced a rapidly progressive infection that led to the failure of multiple organs.
Neither the autopsy report, nor accounts at the time by Customs and Border Protection, spoke of dehydration. And through family lawyers, Nery Gilberto Caal Cuz said after his girls death that he made sure she had food and water as they traveled through Mexico.
Moreover, the Border Protection timeline on her case said she was checked for medical problems upon her apprehension and: The initial screening revealed no evidence of health issues.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump Twists Facts Of A Migrant Girl's Death (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2019
OP
I could give a fuck about all the "Oh no grave dancing. We're better than that."
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2019
#4
C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)1. Lies.
What the fuck is a fact twist?? It's a lie. And that's a fact. Journalists, you too - please stop twisting facts and cut to the truths in front of you.
ck4829
(35,042 posts)2. Horrifying
spanone
(135,816 posts)3. LYING MF
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)4. I could give a fuck about all the "Oh no grave dancing. We're better than that."
comments. The day this useless sack of baboon Jizz goes. I'mma celebrate my ass off.