Andrew Kimmel on Twitter: ""There is a great deal of obfuscation… you say <zero tolerance> is not a policy it’s the law / you’re obeying the law / no it is a policy, you’re not doing it now / if you’re not doing it are you breaking the law. Which is it?" @repdinatitus on Kirstjen Nielsen's obscure answers… https://t.co/XjeVd4mOGO"

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

.@RepKathleenRice: We all know the results of the policy & the compassionate or lack of compassion... KN: Ma'am, it's not a policy. It's the law. We enforce the law. Rep Rice: The policy is a policy. You just talked about discussing that policy with the then attorney generalpic.twitter.com/chwlhjBCst

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

Here is Kirstjen Nielsen having trouble answering "yes" or "no" questions by @RepKathleenRice. One of the more troubling responses: Rep Rice: Why did you wait... to issue implementation guidelines? KN: ...to ensure we could do it in an appropriately safe way w/ compassion...pic.twitter.com/tDZ8bmDOgB

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

.@RepKathleenRice asks @SecNielsen about environmental issues: "During your tenure as secretary, how many times have you waived environmental regulations required under the: -endangered species act... -clean water act... -clean air act... ...for border/barrier construction?"pic.twitter.com/hHQBumSphs

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

.@RepClayHiggins from Louisiana mentions a story of a "Honduran gentlemen" who "had a brand new pacemaker surgically implanted" & that "American taxpayers gave this man a pacemaker for crossing the country illegally. We're certainly a compassionate and generous nation." #Nielsenpic.twitter.com/r2FDr2zHJw

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

Former CIA officer & DoD official @RepSlotkin: "I'm a big believer in border security & have spent my life preventing homeland attacks. But I also believe we have to be a country of morals and values ...the separation of children... we can not be a country that perpetuates that."pic.twitter.com/zQJcTO3dIX

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

.@RepSlotkin: Did you initiate the separation of families for the express purpose of deterring families from coming to the Unites States? @SecNielsen: No. I did not. Rep Slotkin: So what did you do... when you saw those pictures of babies in cages? What did you do?! #Nielsenpic.twitter.com/WDuQL9ZICJ

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

"...I feel like all the attention has been focused on the southern border when in reality the volume of trade… & the people watchlisted… is much higher coming through the northern border" @RepSlotkin #NielsenHearingpic.twitter.com/wt6Et7SLcg

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

.@RepKathleenRice: "I think it's important to... make the record clear, it was a policy announced by the AG of this country that families were going to be separated... it was a policy by this administration…this was not the law... I think it's important the record reflect that"pic.twitter.com/JnAnLp7QWJ

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

Chairman @BennieGThompson asks if children are still in cages. Nielsen's response: KN: Sir they are not cages. Chairman: What are they? KN: They are areas of the border facility that are carved out for the safety and protection of those who remain... #NielsenHearingpic.twitter.com/gD5lV5IuuH

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

"The choreography is...amazing. When the dems ask a question… you never have the answer... & you're gonna get back to us. When the repubs ask a question... you're right on top of that w/ stats & #'s. You got it all right down there in front of ya." - @repdinatitus to @SecNielsenpic.twitter.com/QqLVTfW5H5

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Andrew Kimmel‏Verified account @andrewkimmel 6 Mar 2019

"There is a great deal of obfuscation… you say <zero tolerance> is not a policy it’s the law / you’re obeying the law / no it is a policy, you’re not doing it now / if you’re not doing it are you breaking the law. Which is it?" @repdinatitus on Kirstjen Nielsen's obscure answerspic.twitter.com/0O72Pn1diC

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