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Posters depicting detained illegal immigrants are visible along the lawn outside the West Wing of the White House Monday.
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Posters depicting detained illegal immigrants are visible along the lawn outside the West Wing of the White House Monday. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

'Chess, Not Checkers': White House Tricks MSNBC Into 'Finally' Covering 'Violent Illegal Aliens'

 By Randy DeSoto  April 28, 2025 at 2:04pm
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MSNBC acknowledged that President Donald Trump’s White House press team made a strategic move by placing posters of illegal immigrants it has arrested, along with additional, often violent crimes they have committed, where the media cannot ignore them.

“Morning Joe” co-host Jonathan Lemire reported Monday, “The White House has put up about 100 posters of what they say are unauthorized immigrants who’ve been arrested for violent crimes. You can see them there. They’ve put them up on the driveway of the White House,” leading to the West Wing.

“But what’s particularly noteworthy about this location is it is right directly behind the positions where TV correspondents do their hits from the White House lawn,” he added.

“So, therefore, no matter what network you’re on, that includes MSNBC, if you’re doing a hit from the White House right now, those pictures will be behind you.”

The White House posted a clip of Lemire’s coverage of the posters, writing on the social media platform X, “Chess, not checkers.

“MSNBC finally reports on the child rapists, murderers, fentanyl dealers, and violent illegal aliens Biden let loose to destroy our communities. Thankfully, the Trump administration is hunting them down.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, along with border czar Tom Homan, laid out on Monday some of what the administration is doing to remove these criminals from the nation’s streets.

“America’s borders are now secure because of President Trump,” she said. “Total attempted illegal crossings at the southwest border hit a record low in February, only to fall to another new record low again last month in March.”

Leavitt said in March 2024, while Joe Biden was president, border patrol encountered approximately 140,000 illegal aliens. While in March 2025, under Trump, the number was just over 7,000. It was a 95 percent decrease from last year.

She also pointed out, “We are in the beginning stages of carrying out the largest deportation campaign in American history.”

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reported last week that her agents have arrested over 150,000 criminal illegal aliens to date since Trump took office.

“Now our communities are much safer,” she said, highlighting the rap sheets of those removed from the street that include the crimes of murder, sexual assault of a child, robbery, and rape.

Leavitt spoke of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Miami and Colorado over the weekend, during which several hundred criminal illegal aliens were arrested.

The press secretary also shared a video on social media of the posters on the White House lawn depicting criminal illegal aliens.

Leavitt’s press team is playing “chess, not checkers,” when it can get even MSNBC to cover some of the truly heinous crimes committed by illegal aliens.

Bravo!

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Randy DeSoto
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Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he began with the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths" and screenwriter of the political documentary "I Want Your Money."
Randy DeSoto wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film "I Want Your Money" about the perils of Big Government, comparing the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Randy is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths," which addresses how leaders have appealed to beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. He has been published in several political sites and newspapers.

Randy graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in political science and Regent University School of Law with a juris doctorate.
Birthplace
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nationality
American
Honors/Awards
Graduated dean's list from West Point
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law
Books Written
We Hold These Truths
Professional Memberships
Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars
Location
Phoenix, Arizona
Languages Spoken
English
Topics of Expertise
Politics, Entertainment, Faith




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