Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said Tuesday she “didn’t see anything” during her time Sunday in Arizona to justify barring journalists from covering the growing crisis at the U.S. border area with Mexico. “I didn’t see anything that would justify keeping media out. Media embed in war zones, they do that, and they do it well,” Blackburn told reporters during a telephone news conference following her visit Sunday in Cochise County, which is on the Arizona-Mexico border, and Pinal County, just north of the border area. “So, I can’t imagine why there would be this push to keep media out other than they just don’t want people reporting on what is going on,” Blackburn continued. A flood of illegal immigrants has surged across the U.S. border with Mexico since President Joe Biden signed multiple executive orders reversing his predecessor’s immigrations policies, including an immediate work stoppage at the border wall President …
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