'How can they expect to have a fair outcome to an investigation when the president has already declared their guilt and that they will be punished?' the former congresswoman asked.
"He's somebody who's been very outspoken as being against autocrats, autocracies, dictators," Gabbard said, referring to the president.
"But what he essentially did was act as judge, jury and executioner for these customs and Border Patrol agents on horseback. How can they expect to have a fair outcome to an investigation when the president of the United States has already declared their guilt and that they will be punished?" the former congresswoman asked.
Former Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard criticized President Joe Biden Saturday for promising that the Border Patrol agents' treatment of Haitian migrants will be punished. Above, Gabbard holds a Town Hall meeting on Super Tuesday Primary night on March 3, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.
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