Media called VP Harris ‘border czar’ 3 years ago — now that’s changing

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS NOW THE LIKELY DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE – SEVERAL TRADITIONAL NEWS OUTLETS ARE BACK-TRACKING PREVIOUS REPORTS – AND SCRUBBING INFORMATION THEY ONCE REPORTED ABOUT VP HARRIS.

THE FIRST SCRUBBING ATTEMPT WE FOUND WAS THE TITLE OF “BORDER CZAR” – GIVEN TO HARRIS BY REPUBLICANS AND THE MEDIA QUICKLY AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT.

 IN MARCH OF 2021, ROUGHLY TWO MONTHS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE, HE APPOINTED HARRIS TO WORK WITH MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN LEADERS TO HELP FIND THE ROOT CAUSES OF MIGRATION FROM CENTRAL AMERICA TO THE UNITED STATES.

(PRESIDENT BIDEN)

“I HAVE ASKED HER, THE VP, TODAY BECAUSE SHE’S THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON TO DO IT, TO LEAD OUR EFFORTS WITH MEXICO AND NORTHERN TRIANGLE AND THE COUNTRY’S GOING TO NEED HELP IN STEMMING THE MOVEMENT OF SO MANY FOLKS STEMMING THE MIGRATION TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.”

[LAUREN TAYLOR] 

THE WHITE HOUSE NEVER GAVE HARRIS THE OFFICIAL TITLE OF “BORDER CZAR” – 

HOWEVER – SEVERAL NEWS OUTLETS DID – INCLUDING CNN, ABC AND CBS NEWS. 

MRC NEWSBUSTERS ON X – POSTED THIS VIDEO SHOWING THE MEDIA CALLING HARRIS THE BORDER CZAR BEFORE BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE – TO THIS WEEK, SAYING THAT WAS NEVER TRUE.

(SOURCE: https://x.com/Banned_Bill/status/1816201597929574614)

“THIS WILL BE HER FIRST VISIT TO THE US-MEXICO BORDER REGION SINCE SHE WAS APPOINTED AS THE ‘BORDER CZAR’ BY PRESIDENT BIDEN.”

“PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COUNTER THE MISINFORMATION. I ALREADY HEAR FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THE BORDER CZAR, SHE WASN’T THE BORDER CZAR.”

“PRESIDENT BIDEN TAPPED KAMALA HARRIS, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO BE THE ‘BORDER CZAR.’” 

“NOW SHE WASN’T THE BORDER CZAR, THAT’S WHAT REPUBLICANS LABELED HER.”>

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, VARIOUS NEWS OUTLETS CALLED HARRIS THE “BORDER CZAR’ IN THEIR INITIAL REPORTING…

BUT HERE’S THE DEAL…while

NEITHER PRESIDENT BIDEN NOR THE WHITE HOUSE EVER GAVE HARRIS THAT TITLE, THE TERM CZAR IS AN INFORMAL MONIKER GRANTED TO OFFICIALS TASKED WITH OVERSEEING BROAD ASPECTS OF AN ISSUE. 

THERE ARE EVEN REPORTS FROM THOSE SAME MEDIA OUTLETS – FROM EARLY TO MID-2021 – STATING THAT HARRIS’ TEAM DIDN’T WANT PRESIDENT BIDEN’S TASKING OF HARRIS WITH “ROOT CAUSES OF MIGRATION” TO BE MISLABELED AS THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF SECURING THE U-S SOUTHERN BORDER OR BORDER POLICY.

HERE’S ONE EXAMPLE…

THERE’S THIS STORY FROM CNN JUNE 1, 2021, WHICH IN PART READS: “VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND HER STAFF HAVE SOUGHT TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR: SHE DOES NOT MANAGE THE SOUTHERN BORDER.”

HERE’S ANOTHER EXAMPLE…

THERE’S ALSO THIS HEADLINE FROM THE WASHINGTON POST FROM APRIL 16, 2021 THAT READS “REPUBLICANS TRY TO CROWN HARRIS THE ‘BORDER CZAR.’ SHE REJECTS THE TITLE.”

EVEN AXIOS REPORTED IN 2021 THAT HARRIS WAS “APPOINTED BY BIDEN AS BORDER CZAR” – A REPORT THE MEDIA OUTLET HAD TO WALK BACK AND MAKE A CORRECTION TO THIS WEDNESDAY.

AXIOS NOW SAYS VP HARRIS “NEVER ACTUALLY HAD” THE TITLE OF BORDER CZAR AND THAT “THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED AND CLARIFIED TO NOTE THAT AXIOS WAS AMONG THE NEWS OUTLETS THAT INCORRECTLY LABELED HARRIS A ‘BORDER CZAR’ BACK IN 2021.” 

SO, TO BE CLEAR IN THE FACTS – VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS NEVER “THE BORDER CZAR” AND WAS NEVER TASKED WITH FIXING THE US-SOUTHERN BORDER. 

IT WAS INDEED CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS AND THE MEDIA WHO GAVE HARRIS THE “BORDER CZAR” TITLE – AND NOW THE MEDIA IS ATTEMPTING TO RE-WRITE ITS OWN REPORTING.

HARRIS HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF FINDING “ROOT CAUSES” OF MIGRATION FROM CENTRAL AMERICA TO THE U-S. 

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