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By Oliver Willis -
July 25, 2019
Carla Provost is seeking to minimize her role in the recently exposed Facebook group.
Acting Border Patrol chief Carla Provost said on Monday that she only joined a secret Facebook group in which border patrol agents exchanged cruel messages mocking migrant families who have died attempting to seek refuge in the U.S. to answer questions about "Jeopardy!"
Provost was asked about her decision to join the group when she appeared before a House Appropriations subcommittee.
"I did not even know at the time what group I was on or whether I was on a group," Provost claimed. "I did a search for myself and because people were talking about the fact that I had been on a Jeopardy question so I searched myself and that came up." She said she commented on a post within the group "because my agents were talking about me."
"I did not know at the time what group that was on until the posting came out."
https://shareblue.com/border-patrol-chief-i-only-joined-racist-facebook-group-to-answer-jeopardy-question/
Hey Carla, can I call you Carla, there is probably some rule in the place that you work at, correct, I know it was were I use to work, that your were not allowed to use work place computers or government phone while on the company time..................to play games........................any game.......................
You and everyone that does this should be fired..................
zackymilly
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(81,513 posts)MontanaMama
(23,318 posts)Racist Assholes for $500, Alex.
lame54
(35,292 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)I read PLAYBOY for the articles.
Yeah right, bitch.
Floyd R. Turbo
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(3,764 posts)The article doesn't say she joined this group while she was on her work computer or even while she was at work. But to also be thorough, did she continue to belong to this group after she saw the racist content and did she report any of this to her superiors? That would be my question. Also, how far down would she have to scroll to see the offensive posts? I mean, if it was just a few post, here and there. I need to know more about the circumstances.