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Posted: 2019-02-01T11:08:16Z | Updated: 2019-02-01T11:37:58Z Kellyanne Conway Just Made Strongest Case For Not Building Donald Trump's Border Wall | HuffPost

Kellyanne Conway Just Made Strongest Case For Not Building Donald Trump's Border Wall

Donald Trump's top aide did it inadvertently on Twitter.
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Kellyanne Conway inadvertently made a strong case for not building President Donald Trump’s proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall on Thursday, according to dozens of Twitter users.

The apparent self-own came as Conway, a White House counselor to the president, celebrated the largest seizure of fentanyl in the history of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency with this tweet:

“Our border patrol is amazing,” Conway wrote, hailing the bust. “They deserve more respect, more resources.”

However, the 250 pounds of the deadly drug in pill form was discovered inside a truck carrying cucumbers at a border checkpoint in Nogales, Arizona — and not in an unmanned area of the border, across which Trump wants to build a barrier.

It was a distinction that many tweeters were quick to highlight to the presidential aide. Others also pointed out the fact to Trump:

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