It turns out that a state lawmaker’s strong defense of a new migrant detention center was a direct copy-paste from government-approved talking points. When protests exploded over a Trump administration plan to turn a warehouse in southern New Hampshire into a detention center for up to 1,500 migrants, State Representative Jeanine Notter (R) forcefully backed the idea.
The Washington Post reported that Notter wrote an op-ed for a local news website, telling residents they “should be celebrating, not protesting.” She cited crime statistics about arrested migrants that were actually inaccurate, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s own figures. She also claimed that protesters who gathered in front of the town hall earlier that month had been bused in, a fact refuted by a peaceful protestor at the scene.
