On Tuesday night's airing of The Briefing With Jen Paki on MSNBC, Psaki’s first segment detailed the arrest of NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate, Brad Lander. After showing the entire clip of the incident, Psaki still somehow managed to lie directly to her viewers about something they had just watched.
Before showing the video, Psaki denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement for arresting illegal immigrants at courthouses:
But first, I want to show you exactly what took place today. As you may know, the Trump administration has been arresting immigrants when they show up at federal courthouses for their own immigration hearings. That’s become a tactic of theirs, it’s a completely dirty, fear mongering tactic they use to try to run up their deportation numbers. That’s why they do it. It’s also been widely denounced, not just because it’s dirty, because it discourages immigrants from following the law and showing up for their own hearings, which is exactly what people are doing who are showing up to the courthouse.
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