Michael Alexander

WAR OF WORDS: The White House and the Department of Homeland Security are firing back at Democrats and the media, alleging that a viral story about a 5-year-old being used as “human bait” is a “malicious lie.” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson condemned what the administration views as mainstream media working “hand-in-glove with Democrats” to spread misinformation about ICE operations. “It’s shameful that the media so quickly runs with the fake Democrat narrative without first getting the facts. Here’s the reality: ICE officers work heroically with the utmost professionalism to make American communities safer. In this instance, they stayed with a child who was abandoned by his father — an illegal alien from Ecuador.”

Corporate media ICE demonization was condemned as a “malicious lie” by the White House after outlets ran with a “fake Democrat narrative” about an abandoned child....