Fox News Uses Border Car Crash to Slam White House – Even After Network Retracted Report Saying It Was an ‘Attempted Terror Attack’
Fox News host Jason Chaffetz said the fiery car crash in which two people died near the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the U.S. and Canada shows the need for improved border security.
Shortly before he made those remarks, CNN reported the deceased were a 56-year-old man and his wife in what was described as a “terrible accident.”
Earlier in the day, Fox News reported that the crash was the result of an “attempted terror attack” that used a “car full of explosives.” The network later retracted the story.
Guest-hosting Wednesday’s edition of The Ingraham Angle, Chaffetz nonetheless used the wreck as a launching pad to attack the Biden administration’s border policies.
“Today’s explosion at the border – regardless of the motive behind it – is a chilling reminder that we’re all on high alert and living in a post-9/11 mindset, which means that our borders need to be secure,” he said. “We shouldn’t be living in fear. But that’s what the cluelessness in D.C. is forcing us to do. It’s having dire consequences on the safety of our nation and the psyche of the average American.”
As he spoke, the chyron read, “Rainbow Bridge Explosion A Warning Sign To America.”
The former member of the U.S. House of Representatives went on to slam the Biden administration for not shutting down the border.
“But at the bare minimum, wouldn’t we need to know who’s crossing into our country?” he went on. “Why are they here? Where are they going? What are they doing? These are not difficult questions if you have the political will to actually ask them? But, unfortunately, the leaders of today, including [Homeland Security] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas, they aren’t willing to do it because they don’t have the political will to actually shut down the border. So, we don’t know exactly what happened at the explosion by Niagara Falls, and we need to know sooner rather than later.”
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