CONWAY: Absolutely.

BASH: But the president hasn’t.

The only thing he has said is something that is very political and, frankly, misleading, with regard to Democrats being culpable for the deaths of children.

CONWAY: Dana, the president would like the Democrats to be in 2019 who they have been in 2006 with the Secure Fences Act.

Earlier this summer, in fact, a number — dozens of Democrats voted for DHS funding. In a certain committee, 10 Democrats voted to approve enhanced border security funding. Where are they now?

And what — the point he’s making is that our DHS and CBP, Customs and Border Patrol, statistics show that, unlike in the past, where the vast, vast majority of those coming over the border illegally were single males and were coming from Mexico, they’re coming from the Northern Triangle countries now, and they’re coming as families, or they’re coming as unaccompanied minors, as you know, unaccompanied children.

We simply cannot absorb all that. And, unfortunately and very tragically, it does results in some deaths.

BASH: When…

CONWAY: Now, in Felipe’s case, his father and he came into El Paso, I’m told, one of the busiest ports of entry. They were being held while their claims were being processed. He took ill. He was taken to the hospital twice. And, unfortunately, he’s now deceased.

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In the case of Jakelin, they were very, very far from a — from a port of entry; 163 people needed to be put on a bus that…

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CONWAY: This is important — that accommodate 50.

I went and got — I went and got a briefing because I’m concerned about this.

BASH: And that’s — and that’s important.

It’s also important to note that the president tweeted, not just the Democrats are responsible, but that they’re — that they were ill before they were coming over.