The Trump administration took aim at two prominent Democrats on the official White House Twitter feed on Monday, chastising Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) for their stances on immigration.
“Why are you supporting the animals of MS-13?” one tweet from @WhiteHouse directed at Harris reads, referencing a mostly Latino gang Trump has used to push his hard-line border policy. “Why are you supporting criminals moving weapons, drugs, and victims across our nation’s borders?” claims another aimed at Warren.
“You must not know what ICE really does,” both missives end, using the acronym for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Neither Harris nor Warren has bought into the false claims about migrants made by the White House, and they have been vocal opponents of President Donald Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy, which has led to thousands of children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Both women are seen as potential Democratic nominees for the 2020 presidential election.
While the president signed an executive order last month meant to end the separations, many of those children are still scattered in shelters around the country.
Harris quickly fired back at the White House’s allegations, saying that during her career as a prosecutor…
