Liberal media claims Kamala Harris was never ‘border czar,’ contradicting their own reporting - Papers and networks previously reported that Biden had tapped Harris with 'stemming the migration' at the southern border - Liberal media outlets have begun pushing a new talking point as the Democratic presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris, marches toward Election Day: The vice president was never President Biden's "border czar."
Outlets, including Time Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, New York Daily News, and Newsweek, all echoed similar sentiments, suggesting that the unofficial title was "misleading" and inaccurate.
However, their claims are, at best, puzzling, considering that some of those same publications referred to Harris as the "border czar" or something similar in reporting that dates back to early 2021.
Axios drew particular criticism over a piece that seemed to contradict its own previous reporting, and it even updated its own story Wednesday by saying it "incorrectly" called her a border czar in the past.
"The Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the 'border czar' title — which she never actually had," reporter Stef Kight wrote on Wednesday.
Critics pointed out Axios reported in 2021 that Harris was "appointed by Biden as border czar." Another 2021 Axios report, by Kight herself, was headlined, "Biden puts Harris in charge of border crisis."
Left-leaning fact-checker PolitiFact also got in on the action, calling a Republican claim about her being the border czar "mostly false" and part of an effort to "link her" to her own administration's immigration policy.
Past reporting from media outlets across the political spectrum and comments from Biden himself appear to link Harris to the administration's immigration plans unambiguously.
Harris was tasked early on in the Biden administration with addressing the root causes of mass migration from Central and South America. That part of her portfolio has emerged as a cornerstone of GOP-led attacks against the de facto Democratic presidential nominee, as states across the country continue to struggle with the migrant crisis.
In a March 24, 2021, video, Biden said that Harris was "leading the effort to coordinate with Mexico and other Northern Triangle nations to address issues such as the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border."
Following Biden's comments, Politico reported that Biden had made Harris the "point person on immigration issues" amid the border surge.
"Biden tasks Harris with 'stemming the migration' on southern border," NBC reported at the time.
"Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges," a headline from The Associated Press read.
In April 2021, The New York Times implied that Harris was taking over from Roberta Jacobson, who was widely known as the "border czar."
But later that year, the Times said it was "false" to label Harris the same way.
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Outlets, including Time Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, New York Daily News, and Newsweek, all echoed similar sentiments, suggesting that the unofficial title was "misleading" and inaccurate.
However, their claims are, at best, puzzling, considering that some of those same publications referred to Harris as the "border czar" or something similar in reporting that dates back to early 2021.
Axios drew particular criticism over a piece that seemed to contradict its own previous reporting, and it even updated its own story Wednesday by saying it "incorrectly" called her a border czar in the past.
"The Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the 'border czar' title — which she never actually had," reporter Stef Kight wrote on Wednesday.
Critics pointed out Axios reported in 2021 that Harris was "appointed by Biden as border czar." Another 2021 Axios report, by Kight herself, was headlined, "Biden puts Harris in charge of border crisis."
Left-leaning fact-checker PolitiFact also got in on the action, calling a Republican claim about her being the border czar "mostly false" and part of an effort to "link her" to her own administration's immigration policy.
Past reporting from media outlets across the political spectrum and comments from Biden himself appear to link Harris to the administration's immigration plans unambiguously.
Harris was tasked early on in the Biden administration with addressing the root causes of mass migration from Central and South America. That part of her portfolio has emerged as a cornerstone of GOP-led attacks against the de facto Democratic presidential nominee, as states across the country continue to struggle with the migrant crisis.
In a March 24, 2021, video, Biden said that Harris was "leading the effort to coordinate with Mexico and other Northern Triangle nations to address issues such as the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border."
Following Biden's comments, Politico reported that Biden had made Harris the "point person on immigration issues" amid the border surge.
"Biden tasks Harris with 'stemming the migration' on southern border," NBC reported at the time.
"Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges," a headline from The Associated Press read.
In April 2021, The New York Times implied that Harris was taking over from Roberta Jacobson, who was widely known as the "border czar."
But later that year, the Times said it was "false" to label Harris the same way.
#election2024 #kamalaharris #fakenews
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00:00They were very critical of Kamala Harris, especially in her role as border czar.
00:05Now what she's up against is folks lying about her border record, calling her a border czar.
00:10Meantime vice president and border czar Kamala Harris facing some backlash.
00:13What he said about Harris and immigration was not true. She was never appointed border czar.
00:18And this will be her first visit to the US-Mexico border region since she was
00:22appointed as the border czar by President Biden.
00:25People are going to have to counter the misinformation.
00:26You already hear folks talking about the border czar. She wasn't the border czar.
00:30President Biden tapped Kamala Harris, Vice President Kamala Harris to be the border czar.
00:34Now she wasn't the border czar. That's what Republicans labeled her.
00:39There has been so much criticism against Kamala Harris. You know, she was the border czar.
00:43Calling her sort of the border czar, which wasn't necessarily the case.
00:47Kamala Harris, who was appointed as the border czar.
00:49The Biden team didn't declare her the border czar. They wanted her to work
00:52on kind of the root causes of immigration.
00:53So the border, if they weren't planning to address it in a major way, do not make
00:57her your border czar. She met with some of the Northern Triangle countries,
00:59but nothing has effectively changed.
01:01What President Biden tasked VP Harris with doing back in 2020 regarding the border,
01:07securing, not to secure it, but to address the underlying roots of migration.
01:12What Republicans heard, though, was that President Biden was naming her his border czar.
01:16It's not what we heard, you jackasses. It's what was written.
01:21Let's go.
01:26Let's go right to the source. This is the government proclamation
01:30that says she is indeed the czars, you.
01:34They use the very word.
01:39Damn those Republicans with their accurate recollections.
01:44The media had their way. We'd all be like Biden, an empty memory and a full diaper.
01:49They're also erasing a record on bailing out criminals.
01:53In 2020, she tweeted out a link to the Minnesota Freedom Fund to raise bail money for thugs
01:59arrested during the George Floyd mostly peaceful protests.
02:02And by mostly peaceful, I mean only a few dozen people were killed.
02:05Leave it to the CBS News to paint a different picture,
02:08quote, despite Trump's claim and 2020 tweets showing support.
02:13Harris never donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund.
02:17Well, that's not what people asserted.
02:19She raised funds, not donated to them. You toady douchebags.
02:24Defunding the police. Well, she supported that, too, once upon a time.
02:28Defund the police. The issue behind it is that we need to reimagine
02:34how we are creating safety. For too long, the status quo thinking
02:39has been you get more safety by putting more cops on the street. Well, that's wrong.
02:47Kamala puts her foot in her mouth so much they should spray her shoes with Listerine.
02:52I guess you wouldn't try to reduce arson by getting rid of firemen.
02:55But then again, maybe Kamala would. That was in June 2020.
03:00In October, after she became Joe's running mate, the campaign said she didn't support defunding.
03:04And what of Kamala being called the most liberal member in the Senate?
03:08GovTrack, an organization that monitors politicians voting records,
03:12pulled down its 2019 ranking that showed Kamala even more left wing than Bernie
03:17and Liz Warren. Hell, even Chairman Mao once told her to take it down a notch.
03:23And what about her key role in the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan?
03:28The media certainly pointed out that at the time, how valuable she was.
03:33But with a pullout more botched than Nancy Pelosi's Botox, when will that narrative change?
03:40If you listen closely, I bet you can already hear them tapping away on their laptops.
04:10So