Rep. Deb Haaland On Mike Pence’s ‘Denial’ Of Border Crisis: ‘I’m Appalled, I’m Saddened, I’m Embarrassed’

In an exclusive interview with uPolitics, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico), one of the first Native American women ever to serve in the House of Representatives, said that Vice President Mike Pence was clearly “in complete denial about what was happening” during his trip to visit border facilities earlier this month.

“Well, my first reaction is that he was in complete denial about what was happening right in front of his eyes,” said Haaland. “You could hear the screams from the people who were detained saying ‘we’re not terrorists, we need a shower’ for God’s sake.”