CNN nor the New York Times were the first talking about a pattern of involuntary hysterectomies being performed at camps along the U.S./ Mexico border. The story broke on Sept. 14 and most major news outlets didn't get to it until the next day. It was only after logging on to Twitter and looking at some more obscure sources that the story of a whistleblower sounding the alarm on these concentration camp-style procedures came to light.
Brooke Binkowski was one of the first to share the story on Twitter. She is the managing editor at TruthorFiction.com , a site not even verified on Twitter. Her tweet went out at 1:06 p.m. on Sept. 14.
A full nine hours later, some high profile members of Congress began to take notice.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortes shared Binowski's tweet that night.
After that, people began to notice the parallels between this situation and when AOC previously called the camps at the border, "concentration camps."
Tweeters recalled the intense scrutiny AOC faced in the past when likening the immigration camps to concentration camps. But with the whistleblower's report, now the similarities appeared even more striking.
Others reflected on historians' perspectives on the term "concentration camps."
Renewed calls to abolish ICE, U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement, crowded liberal media as Republicans remained largely silent.
By the next afternoon, Sept. 15, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called for an investigation into the whistleblower complaint.
House Republicans were much less concerned. In fact, on Sept. 15, they tweeted about an entirely separate whistleblower complaint.
Ironically, on Sept. 15, President Trump tweeted about National Hispanic Heritage month.
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