Contradicting border chief, Trump claims 3 officers 'very badly hurt' by migrants
Source: Politico
By QUINT FORGEY
11/26/2018 10:32 PM EST
President Donald Trump, back on the campaign trail for the first time since the midterm elections, made a slew of dubious statements Monday about Central American migrants at the southern border.
Speaking with reporters in Mississippi, where he held two rallies for Republican Sen. Cindy-Hyde Smith, the president claimed that three border patrol officers “were very badly hurt, getting hit with rocks and stones” Sunday during a melee with migrants attempting to enter the United States at a border crossing in San Diego.
“We’ve had some very violent people and frankly we don’t want those people in our society,” Trump said, according to a pool report. “We don’t want those people in our country. We have tremendous violence.”
Trump’s account contradicted U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, who said in a statement Monday that agents and officers “effectively managed an extremely dangerous situation involving over 1,000 individuals,” adding: “They did so safely and without any reported serious injuries on either side of the border.”
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