About that wall....
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I couldn't figure out what your post meant, I just saw this on Yahoo.
Fact check: Hurricane Hanna did not collapse border wall in Texas
Miriam Fauzia and John C Moritz Austin Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK, USA TODAY
USA TODAYJuly 28, 2020, 3:14 PM
The claim: A hurricane in south Texas knocked down a border wall
Tropical Storm Hanna hit southeast Texas on Saturday, inflicting the region with 90 mph winds, heavy rains and torrential flooding. Tremendous damage resulted, including, as one viral video claims, collapse of a portion of the border wall between the United States and Mexico.
Shared on Sunday via social media, the video shows gusty winds knocking down several sections of high wall as construction workers and other personnel look on. The video was originally posted on Twitter by Yadith Valdez, a multimedia television journalist based in Monterrey, Mexico; Valdez alleged the hurricane was responsible.
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"And so, 'Hanna' knocked down part of the border wall that is being built between the United States and Mexico," said the tweet's caption, translated from Spanish to English. "For the fury of nature, there are no borders."
Although Valdez would later delete her tweet, the video soon made its way to Facebook.
Neither Valdez nor Military Vanguard, one of the Facebook channels that shared the video, returned USA TODAY's request for comment.
Fact check: Hurricane Hanna did not collapse border wall in Texas
Miriam Fauzia and John C Moritz Austin Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK, USA TODAY
USA TODAYJuly 28, 2020, 3:14 PM
The claim: A hurricane in south Texas knocked down a border wall
Tropical Storm Hanna hit southeast Texas on Saturday, inflicting the region with 90 mph winds, heavy rains and torrential flooding. Tremendous damage resulted, including, as one viral video claims, collapse of a portion of the border wall between the United States and Mexico.
Shared on Sunday via social media, the video shows gusty winds knocking down several sections of high wall as construction workers and other personnel look on. The video was originally posted on Twitter by Yadith Valdez, a multimedia television journalist based in Monterrey, Mexico; Valdez alleged the hurricane was responsible.
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"And so, 'Hanna' knocked down part of the border wall that is being built between the United States and Mexico," said the tweet's caption, translated from Spanish to English. "For the fury of nature, there are no borders."
Although Valdez would later delete her tweet, the video soon made its way to Facebook.
Neither Valdez nor Military Vanguard, one of the Facebook channels that shared the video, returned USA TODAY's request for comment.
