Axios asserted that Republicans and the Trump campaign have falsely labeled Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s “border czar” — despite the fact they themselves reported three years ago that Biden appointed her as his border czar.
Axios’ “immigration guru” Stef Kight wrote on Wednesday that, “The Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the ‘border czar’ title — which she never actually had.”
The Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the “border czar” title — which she never actually had.https://t.co/PPHCjKBf83
— Axios (@axios) July 24, 2024
“In early 2021, President Biden enlisted Vice President Kamala Harris to help with a slice of the migration issue — a move that has turned into one of the newly-presumptive presidential nominee’s first campaign headaches,” wrote Kight.
“Confusion around the VP’s exact role, early media misfires and the rapidly changing regional migration crisis has made the issue a top target for the GOP trying to define their new opponent.”
But Kight seems to have forgotten that in March 2021, she authored an article with the headline, “Biden puts Harris in charge of border crisis” with the lede, “President Biden is putting Vice President Harris in charge of addressing the migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border, senior administration officials announced on Wednesday.”
Additionally, Axios also published an article last April stating as fact that “Harris, appointed by Biden as border czar, said she would be looking at the ‘root causes’ that drive migration.”
Here’s Harris herself assuring the American people she would work to address the “root causes” of illegal immigration after Biden tapped her to be his border czar.
.@POTUS asked me to lead our diplomatic work with Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. To address the situation at the southern border, we have to address the root causes of migration. It won’t be easy work—but it’s necessary.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) March 25, 2021
Axios was roundly mocked on social media and ratio’d into oblivion over its blatant attempt to rewrite history and run interference for Harris’ new presidential campaign.
This you? pic.twitter.com/FhqVuPlvw6
— Catturd
(@catturd2) July 24, 2024
— The Right To Bear Memes (@grandoldmemes) July 24, 2024
Gaslight me more. I’m a moron
— JZ (@JohnnyZcash) July 24, 2024
Same author lol pic.twitter.com/eTb6jz0Fbb
— Legal Voter (@LegalVoter1975) July 24, 2024
In response to the humiliating rebuke by X users, Kight added an editor’s note saying, “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.”
Holy sh*t.
Axios is literally throwing itself under the bus to rewrite history for Kamala. pic.twitter.com/msylLfxCjS
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 24, 2024
Unbelievable.
NBC News anchor Lester Holt and numerous other mainstream media pundits grilled Harris in 2021 over why she hadn’t visited the southern border despite Joe Biden tapping her as his border czar.
In typical form for Harris, she couldn’t coherently answer the question.
Kamala Harris is a complete failure as border czar.
Weak. Failed. Dangerously Liberal. pic.twitter.com/xUHuYpEENW
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 23, 2024
A Morning Consult poll of swing state voters from April found that 58% said immigration would be “very important” in determining who to vote for, and an additional 28% said it would be “somewhat important.”
This is why Axios is gaslighting the American people about Harris’ role as Biden’s “border czar” — because her record on the border is abysmal and the illegal alien crisis is an issue voters care deeply about.