Earlier today, ProPublica reported on a secret Facebook group with a membership of around 9,500 Border Patrol members. The story highlighted racist, callous, and intensely misogynistic responses to news stories and officials speaking out about our current border crisis, and included a pornographic and pro-rape depiction of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The posts were exposed just as more than a dozen Democratic representatives were traveling to visit Border Patrol facilities in Texas on a trip organized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. After retweeting the article, Ocasio-Cortez commented:
AOC had told reporters that she was not going to cancel her trip, and that she would not be deterred by the grotesque Facebook posts.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez shared what she had seen.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley added: