Admit the Fact, Attack the Data — The Democrat Playbook

Jasmine Crockett Tries to Dismiss the Border Numbers — Reality Isn’t Cooperating

Illegal border crossings are at historic lows, and not the kind of “we changed the definition” lows we got used to during the Biden years, but real, measurable drops that even critics are forced to acknowledge before immediately trying to explain them away.

Border encounters are reportedly down more than 75% year over year, daily apprehensions at the southwest border are down roughly 95% compared to the previous administration, and for months now, illegal aliens have not been released into the interior.

That should be a bipartisan victory. Instead, it triggered a familiar reflex on the Left: panic, denial, and narrative gymnastics.

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett briefly acknowledged that border encounters are lower before immediately casting doubt on the numbers themselves, accusing the administration of dishonesty and shifting the conversation to “inhumane enforcement” and “comprehensive immigration reform.”

This is the modern progressive tell. When results contradict ideology, ideology doesn’t change — reality does. The same people who spent years insisting government statistics were sacred now suddenly believe numbers are subjective if Donald Trump (and the American people) benefit from them.

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