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D-Day, for the historically challenged
D-Day, for the historically challenged
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{I'll add to this when I have the time.}
This is what the brouhaha is all about:
Clay Higgins: we're the Nazis, and we need a Wall to stop the D-Day invasion (seriously!)
'We have D-Day every month': GOP lawmaker compares immigration to famous WWII offensive
William Cummings, USA TODAY Published 3:11 p.m. ET March 6, 2019 | Updated 3:13 p.m. ET March 6, 2019
A Louisiana congressman on Thursday compared the arrival of migrants at the U.S. southern border to the number of U.S. troops who invaded Europe on D-Day in World War II.
Rep. Clay Higgins made the comparison during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on immigration where Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified.
"Perhaps the most famous invasion in the history of the world – D-Day – 73,000 American troops landed in the D-Day invasion. We have 76,103, according to my numbers, apprehensions along our southern border last month," Higgins said. “We have D-Day every month on our southern border, just to put this in context for America."
On June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to fight Nazi Germany. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded, according to the U.S. Army.
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William Cummings, USA TODAY Published 3:11 p.m. ET March 6, 2019 | Updated 3:13 p.m. ET March 6, 2019
A Louisiana congressman on Thursday compared the arrival of migrants at the U.S. southern border to the number of U.S. troops who invaded Europe on D-Day in World War II.
Rep. Clay Higgins made the comparison during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on immigration where Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified.
"Perhaps the most famous invasion in the history of the world – D-Day – 73,000 American troops landed in the D-Day invasion. We have 76,103, according to my numbers, apprehensions along our southern border last month," Higgins said. “We have D-Day every month on our southern border, just to put this in context for America."
On June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to fight Nazi Germany. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded, according to the U.S. Army.
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