Cliff Rat, of The Other Rat Family, is running into a border wall of lies.
DNI Nominee John Ratcliffe is a chicken-plucking liar
As an example, Ratcliffe’s website declares that “As a U.S. Attorney, I arrested over 300 illegal immigrants on a single day.” First of all, it’s odd that a U.S. attorney would be conducting arrests at all, but even assuming that Ratcliffe meant that he was somehow involved in processing or dealing with those arrests, it’s still a huge lie.
As The Washington Post reports, Ratcliffe appears to be reporting on a 2008 sweep of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation poultry plant workers—not exactly the kind of outlaw hunt that is likely to make a good movie. Even on Fox. But even then, court records show that the actual take from that sweep wasn’t 300. Or 200. It was 45. And not only did Ratcliffe’s office charge only 45 people, six of those cases were immediately dismissed. So … John Ratcliffe’s proudest moment was defending America from 39 chicken pluckers.
And wait, it gets better. Or worse. Because two of those people that Ratcliffe charged turned out to be American citizens. That included a 19-year-old woman, whose home was invaded by immigration agents who dragged her out of bed and off to be charged by Trump’s would-be DNI. Except not. Because the people actually involved in the raid, didn’t even remember Ratcliffe being involved.
A retired investigator who helped plan the raid described the incident Ratcliffe is bragging about as “a costly failure” that was “the biggest waste of money and hype.”
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The Ratcliffe Record – Arrested 300 Illegal Aliens in a Single Day
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February 17, 2016. The Ratcliffe Record – Arrested 300 Illegal Aliens in a Single Day. Rockwall, TX – Congressman John Ratcliffehas helped lead the charge in |
