AMERICAN NEWS Apr 25, 2022 5:10 PM EST
WATCH: White House blames Texas for death of National Guardsman while rescuing drug-smugglers
Psaki emphasized that the deceased soldier was "an employee of the Texas National Guard" and that "his efforts and his operation were directed by there, not by the federal government."
Mia Cathell
The Post Millennial
April 25, 2022 5:10 PM
White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked on Monday if the Biden administration believes it bears any responsibility for the death of the Texas National Guard soldier who drowned in the Rio Grande trying to save two drug-smuggling migrants.
Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich pressed Psaki to comment Monday on the drowning of 22-year-old Texas Army National Guard Specialist Bishop E. Evans.
Jacqui Heinrich asked at a press briefing if the White House bears responsibility for the young National Guardsman's death given that the surge of illegal migrants overwhelming the United States-Mexico border has been one of many crises plaguing the administration since President Joe Biden took office.
"I would note that the National Guard works for the states, so he is an employee of the Texas National Guard, and his efforts and his operation were directed by there, not by the federal government in this effort and this apparatus," Psaki answered.
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