Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) felt a need to prove that Republicans lie about everything and also demonstrate her complete ignorance of mathematics with a bizarre tweet she sent out Monday.
According to Lesko, 1 billion migrants have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border over the past six months.
The correct number, as the Wall Street Journal article Lesko cited explains, is 1 million, which is a large number, but nowhere near 1 billion.
Newsweek notes that while apprehensions are up at the border, they’re most certainly not at 1 billion:
Under Title 42, border agents can turn away most migrants, including asylum seekers. According to the CBP, out of a total of 221,303 migrants stopped by Border Patrol at the southern border, half were processed for expulsion under Title 42.
Since October, Border Patrol agents have arrested more than one million people. In March alone, the number of people arrested while attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border was 209,906, while 11,397 migrants were allowed into the country.
Also, if more people are being apprehended by the Border Patrol, doesn’t that suggest the system is working?
It didn’t take long before Lesko was lit up on Twitter for her bogus numbers.