Photo: Ocasio-Cortez's "Drinking Out of Toilets" Claim Drastically Falls Apart
http://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/02/photo-ocasio-cortezs-drinking-out-toilets-claim-drastically-falls-apart/
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) visited migrant shelters in the El Paso area Monday and adamantly claimed that women were instructed to "drink out of toilets." However, a recently surfaced photo shows what appears to be a basic detention center toilet unit with an attached sink and fountain, and an agent who was present at the time of the congresswoman's visit added context to AOC's remarks, casting doubts on her harrowing claims.
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about her experience at the shelters Monday and made a number of distressing claims, accusing U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers of physically and sexually threatening her and claiming that migrants were instructed to drink out of toilets.
"Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets," she tweeted. "This was them on their GOOD behavior in front of members of Congress." ...
However, Ocasio-Cortez has failed to prove her worrying claim. She did not say she actually heard an officer instruct migrants to drink out of a toilet, and when asked if she actually witnessed the action firsthand, she rolled up a car window.
A photo has surfaced, showing a picture of the toilets commonly at migrant shelters "taken from court filings and other inspections of detention facilities," according to Business Insider. They appear to be one whole unit - a toilet featuring a sink/fountain at the top. ...
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