One of the top national security experts in the world, @peterbergencnn, literally tracks hundreds of terror suspects. He recently told me: “I cannot think of a single example of at terrorism case where somebody came over the southern border to infiltrate the United States."
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You can see Peter's work here. His group,
@NewAmerica, has tracked hundreds of terrorism suspects. These are the facts:https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/terrorism-in-america/ …Show this thread -
This isn't the first time Trump has repeated this false claim. Here's one tweet from November 2017 when he linked "the wall" to stopping terrorism.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/934131805409697792 …
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Finally: Not all terrorists come from abroad. Plenty are American citizens and get radicalized at home. (San Bernardino and Pulse Nightclub come to mind.) Then of course not all terrorists are inspired by jihad — remember Charleston church killer and the Nazi in Charlottesville.)
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One more. This "terrorists crossing the border" lie came up a lot while the migrant caravan was hearing to the US. Trump said there were Middle Easterners and terrorists in the group. US officials told CNN there were no signs that this was true. (h/t
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Here's the full story from October:https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/22/politics/caravan-terrorism-trump/index.html …
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Please! Don't say that! Trump will now want a $30B wall with Canada to stop the gazillion of snow loving terrorists trying to get in illegally with maple syrup contraband.
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Look we don't LOVE the snow..... we tolerate it. Furthermore we don't ALWAYS carry maple syrup with us...... we sometimes have beer! I wish more was known about us mysterious Canadians......
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Mysterious NICE Canadians.

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Shhh...don't blow our cover.
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Didn't the Saudi Arabian 9/11 bombers come through Canada as well?
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NO. Came in legally to the US on visas
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Thanks Rick for clarifying the facts....even if they did...who's border protection admits them into the US....yep....CBP & TSA....DHS.....
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We need to be careful when we repeat things “we heard”. This story of the 911 terrorists coming through Canada has been going around for for almost 20 years even though there is no truth to it.
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