On Kirstjen Nielsen's (aka Eva Braun) grilling today: Prepare yourself for a soulless "woman"

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4. Josh Marshall: WATCH: Nielsen Ties Herself In Knots To Avoid Saying Trump Was Wrong"

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At issue was the President’s recent claim that there have “never [been] so many apprehensions ever in our history” of undocumented people attempting to cross the southern border. That is inaccurate — the number of crossings has hovered around a decades-long low for several years — but, under questioning from Rep. James Langevin (D-RI) Nielsen tied herself in knots in an apparent attempt to avoid contradicting Trump.

“So, Secretary Nielsen, what the President said was not accurate, was it?” Langevin asked.

“I apologize, I don’t know the full context of that,” Nielsen said, before pivoting to talk about the number of families apprehended at the border, a subset of total apprehensions.

“I just want to know, what the President said, is it accurate or not?” Langevin tried again.

Nieslen {sic Nielsen]refused to answer — “I just don’t know the context of his statement,” she said — despite acknowledging a minute earlier that border apprehensions had decreased by several hundred thousand since 2000.