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"...other politicians 'gin up fear' in a cynical pre-election ploy. He (Shep Smith) noted that similar rhetoric about another migrant caravan dissipated, earlier this year."
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Fox News’ Shep Smith debunks Trump’s migrant-caravan rhetoric: ‘There is no invasion’
By Mike Murphy, editor of MarketWatch
“Tomorrow the migrants, according to Fox News reporting, are more than two months away — if any of them actually come here,” Smith said on the air Monday. “But tomorrow is one week before the midterm election, which is what all of this is about.”
Trump (wrongly) on Monday directly addressed the Central American migrants in a tweet, telling them to “go back,” adding: “This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!”
Critics have blasted Trump for stoking anti-immigrant rhetoric and drumming up fear ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, and that message had been amplified by Fox News commentators, who on multiple occasions have portrayed the caravan as an immediate threat to the U.S.
In fact, the migrants are still about 1,000 miles from the U.S. border, and they are largely fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries and seeking asylum in the U.S.
On Monday, (incrediously!) the U.S. military said it was sending about 5,000 troops to the border. (Secretary Mattis "where are you?")
Fox pundit Smith accused Trump and other politicians of using the caravan to “gin up fear” in a cynical pre-election ploy. He noted that similar rhetoric about another migrant caravan dissipated earlier this year.
“When they did this to us, got us all riled up in April, remember?” Smith said. “The result was 14 arrests. We’re America. We can handle it. But, like I said, a week to the election.”
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Fox News anchor Shepard Smith, repudiated claims by Donald Trump and his own Fox network about the risks posed by a "so-called caravan" of migrants making its way toward the U.S. border, from Central America.
“Tomorrow the migrants, according to Fox News reporting, are more than two months away — if any of them actually come here,” Smith said on the air Monday. “But tomorrow is one week before the midterm election, which is what all of this is about.”
Trump (wrongly) on Monday directly addressed the Central American migrants in a tweet, telling them to “go back,” adding: “This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!”
Critics have blasted Trump for stoking anti-immigrant rhetoric and drumming up fear ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, and that message had been amplified by Fox News commentators, who on multiple occasions have portrayed the caravan as an immediate threat to the U.S.
In fact, the migrants are still about 1,000 miles from the U.S. border, and they are largely fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries and seeking asylum in the U.S.
On Monday, (incrediously!) the U.S. military said it was sending about 5,000 troops to the border. (Secretary Mattis "where are you?")
Fox pundit Smith accused Trump and other politicians of using the caravan to “gin up fear” in a cynical pre-election ploy. He noted that similar rhetoric about another migrant caravan dissipated earlier this year.
“When they did this to us, got us all riled up in April, remember?” Smith said. “The result was 14 arrests. We’re America. We can handle it. But, like I said, a week to the election.”
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