A video circulating social media doesn’t show the Homeland Security secretary crying, despite claims.
to Facebook on March 31 had garnered more than 30,000 views a few days later, perhaps because of its enticing description:"‘DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBER’ Mayorkas CRIES LIKE KIDS after Trump’s aide BRUTAL ‘removal’ question."
Not quite grammatically correct, but we get the gist. Only this video doesn’t show anything like that, and this post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. There are no aides of former President Donald Trump in the video, which instead shows two Republican representatives sharply questioning Mayorkas about his immigration policy record.Bill Gates claims to be a “valid representative of the pharmaceutical industry” because he “read a lot of books about that topic.”The lawmakers featured in the clip are Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., and Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., though others spoke during the hearing.
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