The Media was up in arms that President Trump used tear gas at the border.
That is, until the facts surfaced.
And the facts showed that Obama used tear gas too. Â A lot!
From MSN:
The tear gas used on migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border at the weekend, which prompted criticism of President Trump, was also used almost 80 times under the Obama administration, according to Homeland Security data.
Critics of Trump had denounced the action by federal agents as overkill when they used the tear gas to repel a crowd of migrants that included angry rock-throwers and barefoot, crying children.
But figures from the Department of Homeland Security, which emerged on Tuesday, show that the same gas was used more than once a month during the later years of Obama’s administration.Â
That tear gas, known as 2-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile, was used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents a total of 126 times since 2010.Â
The chemical was used at the border 26 times in 2012, 27 times in 2013, 15 times in 2014 and eight times in 2015.
The data doesn’t provide details of each incident, including the locations or size of the groups targeted.Â
Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Migrants run from tear gas launched by U.S. agents at the Mexico-U.S. border on Sunday. The same tear gas was used dozens of times under the Obama administration There is barely any footage or photos of the tear gas being deployed under the Obama administration.Â
Trump faced backlash after photos emerged of migrants being targeted at the border, including a woman and two young children running from the tear gas.Â
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