Opinion: Biden Accused Of Telling The ‘Biggest Lie Of The Night’ During Final Presidential Debate

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David Rufful
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Joe Biden claimed that neither he nor Obama has ever “taken part in the policy of family separation carried out at the outset of the Trump administration,” according to the Western Journal.

“These 500-plus kids came with parents. They separated them at the border to make it a disincentive to come to begin with,” Biden claimed.

“They got separated from their parents and it makes us a laughingstock and violates every notion of who we are as a nation.”

“Kristen, they did it,” Trump retorted.

“We changed the policy. They did it. We changed — they built the cages.”

“We did not separate — they,” Biden trailed off, changing course.

“Let’s talk about what we’re talking about.”

“Let’s talk about what we’re talking about. What happened? Kids were ripped from their arms and separated.”

“Michelle Obama assailed President Donald Trump on Monday for allegedly ripping migrant children from their parents and throwing them into cages, picking up on a frequent and distorted point made widely by Democrats,” The AP published.

“She’s right that Trump’s now-suspended policy at the U.S.-Mexico border separated thousands of children from their families in ways that had not been done before.”

“But what she did not say is that the very same ‘cages’ were built and used in her husband’s administration, for the same purpose of holding migrant kids temporarily.”

“The reference to cages is misleading and a matter that Democrats have persistently distorted. Trump used facilities that were built during the Obama-Biden administration to house children at the border.”

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From The Western Journal:

Social media users were quick to seize on Biden’s Thursday claim, forwarding Obama-era images of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities in question, complete with the aforementioned “cages.”

“Fact: Cages were built to detain unaccompanied children when @JoeBiden was VP not later by @realDonaldTrump,” tweeted Republican Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, who served during the Obama years.

“How do a I know? Because the Obama/Biden Administration gave me a tour of the cages in 2014 when I was governor.”