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Ron Colburn, president of the Border Patrol Foundation and former national deputy chief of the CBP, appeared on Fox & Friends Monday morning and claimed that pepper spray is so harmless you could "put it on your nachos" and eat it. (Screenshot: Fox News)
Shooting Pepper Spray at Children Okay, Former CBP Deputy Chief Tells Fox News, Because 'You Could Actually Put It on Your Nachos and Eat It'
"The layers of racism encapsulated in this short clip is extraordinary."
Nov 25, 2018
Amid widespread outrage and condemnation over the tear gassing of mothers, their children, and other asylum seekers and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, Ronald Colburn, president of the Border Patrol Foundation and former national deputy chief of the CBP, appeared on Fox & Friends Monday morning and claimed the gas--which reports said led to children "screaming and coughing in the mayhem" that resulted from it--was really just a "natural" product and "you actually could put it on your nachos and eat it."
As one observer put it, the stupidity of Colburn's statement has to be seen to be believed:
\u201cOn Fox & Friends, Border Patrol Foundation president defends pepper spraying latinx migrants because \u201cit\u2019s natural. You could actually put it on your nachos and eat it.\u201d\u201d— Bobby Lewis (@Bobby Lewis) 1543233563
The outrageous claim and inhumanity of its implications did not go over well:
\u201cNachos.... The layers of racism encapsulated in this short clip is extraordinary. #txlege\u201d— Rebecca Marques (@Rebecca Marques) 1543242632
\u201cActually BOTH tear gas and pepper spray were fired at migrants. I\u2019ve been in a tear gas chamber for training purposes and know its effects. Either way, it\u2019s unconscionable. As to this quote, who doesn\u2019t like a side of racism with their nachos?\u201d— Tim Schenck (@Tim Schenck) 1543241439
"These children are barefoot. In diapers. Choking on tear gas." via @washingtonpost we would love to see the Border Patrol president and his kids eat some pepper spray and tear gas on their nachos live on @foxandfriends then FIRE HIM AND NIELSEN #DHS who gave orders 4 this
-- CSHecht (@cs_hecht) November 26, 2018
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Amid widespread outrage and condemnation over the tear gassing of mothers, their children, and other asylum seekers and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, Ronald Colburn, president of the Border Patrol Foundation and former national deputy chief of the CBP, appeared on Fox & Friends Monday morning and claimed the gas--which reports said led to children "screaming and coughing in the mayhem" that resulted from it--was really just a "natural" product and "you actually could put it on your nachos and eat it."
As one observer put it, the stupidity of Colburn's statement has to be seen to be believed:
\u201cOn Fox & Friends, Border Patrol Foundation president defends pepper spraying latinx migrants because \u201cit\u2019s natural. You could actually put it on your nachos and eat it.\u201d\u201d— Bobby Lewis (@Bobby Lewis) 1543233563
The outrageous claim and inhumanity of its implications did not go over well:
\u201cNachos.... The layers of racism encapsulated in this short clip is extraordinary. #txlege\u201d— Rebecca Marques (@Rebecca Marques) 1543242632
\u201cActually BOTH tear gas and pepper spray were fired at migrants. I\u2019ve been in a tear gas chamber for training purposes and know its effects. Either way, it\u2019s unconscionable. As to this quote, who doesn\u2019t like a side of racism with their nachos?\u201d— Tim Schenck (@Tim Schenck) 1543241439
"These children are barefoot. In diapers. Choking on tear gas." via @washingtonpost we would love to see the Border Patrol president and his kids eat some pepper spray and tear gas on their nachos live on @foxandfriends then FIRE HIM AND NIELSEN #DHS who gave orders 4 this
-- CSHecht (@cs_hecht) November 26, 2018
Amid widespread outrage and condemnation over the tear gassing of mothers, their children, and other asylum seekers and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, Ronald Colburn, president of the Border Patrol Foundation and former national deputy chief of the CBP, appeared on Fox & Friends Monday morning and claimed the gas--which reports said led to children "screaming and coughing in the mayhem" that resulted from it--was really just a "natural" product and "you actually could put it on your nachos and eat it."
As one observer put it, the stupidity of Colburn's statement has to be seen to be believed:
\u201cOn Fox & Friends, Border Patrol Foundation president defends pepper spraying latinx migrants because \u201cit\u2019s natural. You could actually put it on your nachos and eat it.\u201d\u201d— Bobby Lewis (@Bobby Lewis) 1543233563
The outrageous claim and inhumanity of its implications did not go over well:
\u201cNachos.... The layers of racism encapsulated in this short clip is extraordinary. #txlege\u201d— Rebecca Marques (@Rebecca Marques) 1543242632
\u201cActually BOTH tear gas and pepper spray were fired at migrants. I\u2019ve been in a tear gas chamber for training purposes and know its effects. Either way, it\u2019s unconscionable. As to this quote, who doesn\u2019t like a side of racism with their nachos?\u201d— Tim Schenck (@Tim Schenck) 1543241439
"These children are barefoot. In diapers. Choking on tear gas." via @washingtonpost we would love to see the Border Patrol president and his kids eat some pepper spray and tear gas on their nachos live on @foxandfriends then FIRE HIM AND NIELSEN #DHS who gave orders 4 this
-- CSHecht (@cs_hecht) November 26, 2018
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