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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 02:26 PM Jul 2014

KWASMAN's "Children In Buses With Fear In Their Faces" Were Actually Laughing-Taking Pics On IPhones

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KWASMAN: I was able to actually see some of the children in the buses, and the fear in their faces ... this is not compassion.

REPORTER: That fear on the faces of migrant children Kwasman told me he saw in Oracle. There's just one problem. Those weren't migrant children on the yellow school bus. They were YMCA campers from the Marana school district.

REPORTER: Do you know that was a bus with YMCA kids?

KWASMAN: That's ... they were sad too!

REPORTER: (Reporters on the scene saw the children laughing and taking pictures on their iPhones.)


KWASMAN: I apologize, I didn't know. I was leaving when I saw them.


VIDEO & MORE:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/brahm-resnik/2014/07/15/arizona-politician-mistakes-campers-for-migrant-children/12701279/


Kwasman later deleted his tweet, but not before it was recorded by Politwoops:

http://politwoops.sunlightfoundation.com/?q=kwasman
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KWASMAN's "Children In Buses With Fear In Their Faces" Were Actually Laughing-Taking Pics On IPhones (Original Post) kpete Jul 2014 OP
Imagine if a militia nut makes this same bone-headed mistake, with a worse response. arcane1 Jul 2014 #1
Louis Gohmert Turbineguy Jul 2014 #2
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