CNN reporter Daniel Dale says other media outlets were incorrect to label Vice President Kamala Harris as President Biden's border czar. Republicans have been criticizing Harris for her handling of the border crisis, but Dale argues that her role was more limited.
CNN reporter Daniel Dale has joined a chorus of legacy news outlets and personalities who are now claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris was never appointed President Biden's border czar. This contradicts numerous reports from 2021 that referred to Harris as being in charge of border issues.
In a recent broadcast of "CNN News Central," CNN reporter Alayna Treene discussed how the Trump campaign has had to shift tactics after Biden endorsed Harris. Treene noted that Republicans would be focusing on immigration, the border, inflation, and crime.
CNN Reporter Admits Other Outlets Were 'Wrong' About Kamala Harris' Border Czar Role
CNN reporter Daniel Dale responded to clips of Trump's recent rally, arguing that there were multiple false claims, one of which was that Harris had been put in charge of the border.
"He said she was Joe Biden's border czar. She wasn‘t. She was never put in charge of the border. She was given a much more limited assignment to lead a so-called root causes diplomatic effort trying to address the reasons in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras that people choose to migrate."
CNN Reporter Admits Other Outlets Were 'Wrong' About Kamala Harris' Border Czar Role
Dale added that "many Republicans scoff at this kind of fact-check, they’re like ‘There were a bunch of articles back in 2021, they called her ‘border czar.' Frankly, those articles were wrong," he said. "And if you look at CNN‘s own covers, not to toot our own horn, but you‘ll see that the White House and Harris‘s office consistently as early ‘21, pushed back on that framing."
In March 2021, Biden said in a video that Harris was "leading the effort to coordinate with Mexico and other Northern Triangle nations to address issues such as the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border."
CNN Reporter Admits Other Outlets Were 'Wrong' About Kamala Harris' Border Czar Role
There has been a heated debate over the past week about whether outlets are trying to cover for Harris by denying that she was in charge of securing the border.
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CNN Reporter Admits Other Outlets Were 'Wrong' About Kamala Harris' Border Czar Role
Axios went viral Wednesday with its report about the "border confusion" that has haunted Harris, telling readers "the Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the 'border czar' title — which she never actually had."
The X platform labeled the article with a Community Note declaring "Axios themselves used the words ‘border czar’ in 2021, referring to VP Kamala Harris. ‘Harris, appointed by Biden as border czar, said she would be looking at the "root causes" that drive migration.’"
Axios since then updated its own story Wednesday by saying it "incorrectly" called her a border czar in the past.
