Dems call for firing Border Patrol agents over 'vile' Facebook posts

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Source: Politico



House Democrats also recounted how detainees described poor conditions at migrant detention facilities.


Updated 07/01/2019 06:31 PM EDT


Senior Democrats touring migrant detention facilities on Monday called for the immediate firing of Customs and Border Protection agents who joked about migrant deaths and posted vulgar images of freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a secret Facebook group.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, led by Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), condemned the "derogatory and sexist comments regarding immigrants and members of Congress" and called for a full investigation by the Department of Homeland Security as well as the officers' removal.

Castro and multiple other Democrats vowed to scrutinize the agents’ Facebook posts as part of a congressional tour of border facilities in Texas, where lawmakers spoke to mothers with young children who had been detained there, and learned of what they called unacceptable conditions.

"Unfortunately, there are many within [Customs and Border Patrol] who have become desensitized to the point of being dangerous to the migrants in their care," Castro said at a press conference in Clint, Texas, after touring the town's notoriously overcrowded facility for migrants. "I expect there will be a congressional investigation to get to the bottom of it."..........................................

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/01/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-1392083

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[choie]

1. how about calling for impeachment?

[whathehell]

2. How about doing both?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Works for me!

[whathehell]

4. Yup.

[ck4829]

23. +1

[Midnight Writer]

5. Question. Is there a single Republican lawmaker condemning this?

I noticed the chyron on MSNBC said lawmakers were outraged, but didn't mention that every lawmaker named were Democrats.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Firing them is not enough.

Terminating their pension and or benefits is not enough.

[CloudWatcher]

7. Why aren't these witnesses calling the FBI?

What I'd like to hear are the witnesses directly calling the FBI and demanding that they do their job and arrest these guys for kidnapping and torture.

Seriously. Why are they not doing that? Record the calls. Put them on the air.

[slumcamper]

8. Anyone else sense that the Democratic base is about to blow?

How much more of this pattycake can we take? Pelosi and Schumer need to raise their voices and show some damn emotion. Are they sedated? WTF!

I, for one, have reached the end of patience with the feckless and milquetoast decorum that seems to prevail in the midst of our deepening national emergency. Enough! It's time to raise some hell and make some heads roll.

DO THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE, damn it!

[CloudWatcher]

9. +1000000 (nt)

[orleans]

15. raise their voices? aren't most of them on vacation now? n/t

[EarthFirst]

19. +1

We might get something out of Schumer on Sunday; however...

[Wuddles440]

17. I feel...

your pain! How many more "strongly worded" letters are ignored and hearings involving empty chairs are needed before the inept Dem leadership realizes that what remains of our democracy is on life support. It's waaaaaaaaay past the time to take aggressive and punitive action against those that display disdain for the rule of law and the Constitution. Contempt charges, imposition of fines, and impeachment of those offenders needs to be done NOW!!!

[Takket]

10. Has Facebook shut that thing down?

I saw some of the postings and they are certainly TOS violations. Vile, vulgar and violent.

[customerserviceguy]

12. When will people learn?

Don't put anything, ever, on Facebook that you wouldn't put on a billboard erected over your house.

[certainot]

11. if dems really want to stick a fork in it STOP IGNORING TALK RADIO

this entire issue is talk radio distorted

limbaugh has led 25 years of anti immigration bullshit to get us here and feed the racists who think the dem party is encouraging an invasion of 'illegals' who will vote for democrats.

this is really fucking stupid, because most of it comes out of the radio, not the internet.l

if you're complaining about your rep not impeaching trump while you ignore the fact you local rw radio station, endorsed by your university and pro sports teams, is calling them a commie pervert all day you'd be an idiot or a troll, and if the russians have been using talk radio for a decade or more, there are lots of trolls.

the only alt they have while driving around is rw talk radio so why is anyone surprised?

[Initech]

18. Agreed, but how do you police it?

The Trumpsters would be quick to cry that their free speech rights are under attack at the drop of a hat. What we need is to bring back the fairness doctrine. Killing it is what got us in this mess.

[certainot]

21. artificial intelligence means the end of the rw talk radio monopoly - digitize talk radio

the ad industry just needs to realize how easy it is to record and transcribe those shows and list advertisers on those shows - with very listening needed - the industry is going to have to apply market demand to lies and hate and global warming denial and putting kids in cages

and whenever and whatever the left protests at rw talk radio stations will be front page

or protesting the 88+ universities that use their majority black athletes to attract advertisers to 260 of those KKK radio stations

the cons can ignore protests everywhere else because a few hundred ignorant liars on those radio stations yell over the protestors as long as it takes.

protests directed directly at the root of the problem will freak the cons out. they'll howl "free speech!!", media will notice, and that will send advertisers to the hills. the cons will have to fund it directly and that will end the 'market demand' for lies and hate bullshit

the only unique advantage the fascists have now is talk radio and all americans have to do is stop ignoring it

boycotts of ANY advertiser on ANY rw radio station/show and protests at stations and the 88 universities will send advertisers running and will force the ad industry to ask advertisers if they really support trump and global warming denial. and when universities start looking for apolitical alternatives to broadcast sports on many of those stations will be forced to go to other programming.

this fascism has been blasting from 1500 radio stations for 30 years UNCHALLENGED by the left. as a protected unchalled 20-1 monopoly that dominates political messaging in 40 states with 80- senators it operates outside the free speech spectrum and it won't survive if it's forced to compete.

artificial intelligence-enhanced transcription now makes it inevitable that talk radio will be digitized so it can finally be analyzed - it needs to happen NOW and the dem party and left orgs have no fucking excuse to continue the stupidity

for americans to despair over the rise of fascism while doing NOTHING about rw talk radio is pitiful, especially going into this election and facing global warming acceleration - it's the biggest political mistake in history

[ck4829]

25. Deplatforming them is key

[rusty quoin]

13. It's a different world in which we live.

Never would this have been accepted. This is all new and disgusting.

[Hulk]

14. I wish their racist, thug asses would be terminated...

...but knowing how their police "brothers" cover for each other, I doubt seriously these disgusting bad apples will even be reprimanded.

Nazi thugs.

[dchill]

16. Fire them all. They're supposed to refuse...

...to obey an illegal order.

[ck4829]

24. Indeed

[EarthFirst]

20. Exhibit A: Why the "good cop" meme is absolute bullshit. nt

[ck4829]

22. K&R