Palin says illegal immigrants given gift baskets; April fools?
The big secret that Sarah Palin was going to endorse Donald Trump in Iowa turned out to be notmuch of a secret. Palin made the announcement in January, and “moderately conservative”Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker quickly declared her “insane” via a Twitter hashtag.
To many, though, her endorsementwas a shock. Palin was an ardent supporter of Ted Cruz during his senatorial campaign and even demanded that Fox News’ Chris Wallace expose which “topRepublicans”had triedto “trash” Cruzby sending Wallaceunsolicited opposition research.
That was then; now Palin is campaigning actively for border wall advocate Trump, speaking yesterday, April 1, at a rally in Milwaukee and telling the crowd that illegal immigrant children are given gift baskets at the border.
In Milwaukee, Sarah Palin says illegal immigrants who come across Mexican border get "gift baskets with soccer balls."
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein @good4green @SarahPalinUSA What an idiot..This should drop Trump to 80-90% unfavorable rating in no time…#CrushTrump
— NurseMom (@hassett_tawny) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein @Anomaly100 What drugs is she on?
— Marianne (@flipsville) April 2, 2016
@flipsville @reidepstein @Anomaly100 Thorazine, but she's immune to it now!
— yoyo (@whitebg19611) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein I really hope people just send her gift baskets with soccer balls en masse
— Richard (@arrpeeoh) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein Are they gift baskets placed in the desert?
— John Weaver (@JWGOP) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein I honestly thing she's not right mentally, she seems a bit off the rails.
— whoisthat; (@CanstrCa) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein WTF?
— George (@jodythedeadcat) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein she's pretending SHE'S spokesperson of REAL victims of earth:those w/abusive mindsets who judge & deride suffering of others
— patricia (@pppatticake) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein pic.twitter.com/CnldAnbxQH
— Jennifer Cardenas (@Jenniferrr_C) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein thank God she never became president. It makes you wonder were she gets here information
— Giimsrg (@giimsrg) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein @dizzyeyes Holy gee… I wonder why she made that one up?
— Marina Stern (@doughtywench) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein that's a slam on @glennbeck
— NarragansettRepublcn (@GopNarragansett) April 2, 2016
As much fun as the public has had at Palin’s expense, her claim didn’t arise from insanity, or drugs, but from photos of illegal immigrant children being given gift baskets with soccer balls by former pals Glenn Beck and Ted Cruz. Unlikemany probablyassumed from Palin’s comment, this was nota government-funded effort, but a project of Beck’s Mercury One charity in 2014.
#M1Charity joins @GlennBeck July 19 to assist underage refugees crossing our borders. http://t.co/A1SR1QrdsJ #borderrelief
— Mercury One (@Mercury1Charity) July 9, 2014
Sen. Ted Cruz announces that he will be joining #M1Charity and @GlennBeck this weekend in McAllen, TX: http://t.co/qOUljGHsfQ #borderrelief
— Mercury One (@Mercury1Charity) July 17, 2014
Providing relief to children on the border today with @mercury1charity. Follow along here: http://t.co/9a4qncPRBB #M1BorderRelief SJ
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) July 19, 2014
Judge for yourself who’s doing (or did) the right thing, but Palin’s not making this up.
.@reidepstein She's probably referring to the initiative by Beck to give food, water & donated items to underaged youth crossing the border.
— Jenny TR-8R Medina (@JenniferJMedina) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein @maggieNYT They got gift baskets and soccer balls from Ted Cruz and Glenn Beck.
— Helzbaby (@Helzbaby) April 3, 2016
@reidepstein This is true, many churches collected the items to be given in the baskets, as far as Alabama.. I know this, we were asked to.
— Coco (@cocosbentmind) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein Yeah, and you know what? She is right. Do your research "journalist" https://t.co/7YSg6fHZ37
— Kraythe (@kraythe) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein Sarah Palin is right . See this https://t.co/t2H2GFWCTY
— Azarian (@JoeAzarian) April 2, 2016
.@tedcruz joined @GlennBeck on 6.19.2014 at the border in TX & handed out soccer balls & teddy bears to flood of illegals, @reidepstein
— Sharon Knapik (@FreeStateYank) April 2, 2016
@reidepstein U reporter & u don't know Cruz & Beck went to border to give soccer balls to illegals? Try doing ur job pic.twitter.com/1P3Z3b6SKX
— Dancing Queen (@TheAngieNC2) April 2, 2016
So, how was the rest of the speech?
Palin's fastball is gone. She got applause 3x in 19 minutes: for touting the Packers, for hitting Hillary and when she finished. That's it.
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) April 2, 2016
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