The Daily Beast reports:
An official Twitter account for the West Texas division of U.S. Customs and Border Protection amplified tweets sent out by former senior Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller on Saturday. One of the tweets retweeted by the government agency claimed that President Joe Biden had “ended” the United States’ “constitutional government.”
“The media’s greatest power is its ability to frame what is a dire national crisis (eg ‘cops are racist’ summer ’20) and what is not. Biden’s eradication of our border means we are no longer a Republic—he’s ended nearly 250 years of constitutional government,” Miller wrote in one of two posts that CBP West Texas retweeted.
Read the full article. As you can see below, whoever retweeted the posts is now in a heap of trouble.
By Saturday evening the tweets were un-retweeted. https://t.co/EBGkfkBhe1
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 11, 2022
A West Texas U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Twitter account retweeted right-wing posts from former Trump policy adviser Stephen Miller. The tweets were later deleted. https://t.co/zjLtf01Ys1
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) September 11, 2022
Totally unacceptable and disappointing that any CBP Twitter account was used to R/T offensive, unauthorized content. We’ve removed the content and will deactivate the account. The Office of Professional Responsibility will investigate. This must not happen again. pic.twitter.com/O0Vwr3K7nI
— CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus (@CBPChrisMagnus) September 11, 2022
The media’s greatest power is its ability to frame what is a dire national crisis (eg “cops are racist” summer ‘20) and what is not. Biden’s eradication of our border means we are no longer a Republic—he’s ended nearly 250 years of constitutional government. The media is silent.
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) September 10, 2022