http://dagblog.com/link/there-are-lights-liberty-protest-events-evening-28646 Comments for "There are "Lights for Liberty" protest events this evening" en http://dagblog.com/comment/269728#comment-269728 <a id="comment-269728"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/there-are-lights-liberty-protest-events-evening-28646">There are &quot;Lights for Liberty&quot; protest events this evening</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Meanwhile, in McAllen, Texas:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Pool report from <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jdawsey1</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> and GOP lawmakers on trip to McAllen, Tx, border patrol station. <a href="https://t.co/jFv4L8xSwq">pic.twitter.com/jFv4L8xSwq</a></p> — David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidNakamura/status/1149817569668423686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">VP saw 384 men sleeping inside fences, on concrete w/no pillows or mats. They said they hadn’t showered in weeks, wanted toothbrushes, food. Stench was overwhelming. CBP said they were fed regularly, could brush daily &amp; recently got access to shower (many hadn’t for 10-20 days.) <a href="https://t.co/tHFZYxJF7C">pic.twitter.com/tHFZYxJF7C</a></p> — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1149817289069486081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">A few other images from inside: <a href="https://t.co/0s7nLXyT3p">pic.twitter.com/0s7nLXyT3p</a></p> — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1149819468912238593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Agent in charge said there wasn’t room for cots andthe facility didn’t have a shower but got a shower yesterday in an outdoor trailer. Some hadn’t showered for 10 or 20 days. Agent said no one had been there longer than 32 days, but some men told CNN’s Pam Brown and me they had.</p> — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1149821132247379978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Asked Pence afterwards if he was OK with what he said. On first two times, he didn’t directly say yes or no and said he expected to see it and wasn’t surprised. He later said he obviously wasn’t ok with it because he’d been trying to fix the system.</p> — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1149821384488640515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The men said they were hungry and wanted to brush teeth. Most didn’t speak English but gestured at us. CBP said three meals are brought in a day &amp; they can brush daily. Stench was horrendous. CPB said it is cleaned 3x a day. Heat was sweltering. CBP said it was air conditioned.</p> — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1149822266454224901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Facility we saw earlier in the day with children was new &amp; relatively clean and empty. There were cots &amp; medical supplies &amp; snacks. Children watched TV and told Pence through translator they were being taken care of. But at least two said they’d walked for months to get here.</p> — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1149822730671443969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">VP’s office also says Pence wanted press to see the McAllen facility but that Secret Service had concerns about him going inside. <a href="https://t.co/xCrXVzxmQH">https://t.co/xCrXVzxmQH</a></p> — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1149835622531719168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Sat, 13 Jul 2019 01:20:21 +0000 artappraiser comment 269728 at http://dagblog.com