Contradicting border chief, Trump claims 3 officers 'very badly hurt' by migrants
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.
Weve had some very violent people and frankly we dont want those people in our society, Trump said, according to a pool report. We dont want those people in our country. We have tremendous violence.
Trumps 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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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/trump-border-migrants-violence-1017366
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