Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) was slammed Friday for a video in which he claimed to have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, only to be contradicted by a Border Patrol spokesman who threw cold water on his story. The clip, posted Thursday on Hunter’s Twitter page, shows the congressman walking toward a barrier of beams, telling viewers he had arrived at Yuma, Arizona’s “grand border wall” just 15 meters from Mexico. “This is what we expect to stop people ― transnational terrorists, families, all the illegal aliens who are coming across the border,” he said. pic.twitter.com/azbsFCKvaV — Rep. Duncan Hunter (@Rep_Hunter) April 18, 2019However, Border Patrol told the Times of San Diego that the southern border was actually at the Colorado River, 75-100 feet from where Hunter’s allegedly fake scene played out. Pointing out that fact, Campa-Najjar said Hunter would have violated his bail conditions if he had actually entered Mexico.

Source: Huffington Post April 20, 2019 16:52 UTC