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Lowenna Waters
Feb 06, 2019
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A border security expert has put 'mansplaining' Republican congressman Dan Crenshaw in his place over why a border wall just won't work.
Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant at the Department of Homeland Security and Harvard professor, tried to rekindle her discussion with Crenshaw on Monday, who offered on Friday to give a security explanation to the expert.
@juliettekayyem And by the way, as I type this, I am in a vehicle with CBP at the border. Happy to put you on the p… https://t.co/2VjKy2s3jk— Dan Crenshaw (@Dan Crenshaw) 1549041276
Kayyem said she'd deal with his 'he-man' behaviour and respond to him when she was back from her vacation.
Your first tweet is fair and I'll get to it. Your 2nd is ad homenim and condescending and for someone who has tried… https://t.co/MvtsqiiM3G— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549041479
And she finally got round to responding on Monday, first apologising for the delay.
Oh hey. Sorry for the delay. Not on twitter all the time, Congressman. This may take a while and I know how busy… https://t.co/8BIwOwXJ1R— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549313514
Then she launched into her excellent response, outlining why Trump's border wall is neither the most effective nor the most efficient way to protect the border.
On substance, I think you know the answer. And if you listened to the one person who is your colleague and who act… https://t.co/LP8XtlZKSW— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549313515
That would be Will Hurd so just read this first. https://t.co/Wz0kLrBBA6 If viewing better than reading, how about… https://t.co/2edDoebCyG— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549313515
So, why would anyone who lives, works or actually spent a career (I think you know my bio by now. . . ) in homeland… https://t.co/cIDP60JiO5— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549313516
nearly 800 miles of barriers, drones, dogs, etc. -- are so much better. See unlike a war zone (I'll defer to you o… https://t.co/bDMu5iV3GT— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314480
build a wall. So let's take your example of the fentanyl arrest. Think about it: it was stopped because it wasn't… https://t.co/Npba8bFISH— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314480
alternative with a static solution. So I suspect you get this but I"m happy to explain. On process, though, you a… https://t.co/o3UAm1lEcq— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314480
So let's assume you have 100 pennies to spend across competing priorities. And so let's say you want ALL of them t… https://t.co/oLHYHLxGEr— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314480
How would you spend them? No one, not even CBP until last few months, ever even thought a wall made sense because i… https://t.co/FVPLzCEYru— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314481
would pull from the dynamic security that does work. So that us "experts" oppose the wall is just an unbecoming co… https://t.co/DHkioOOUBc— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314481
She then addressed Crenshaw's 'mansplaining'.
Anyway, I feel silly writing this. You know this and if you don't happy to continue the conversation but one final… https://t.co/o57J0WFv5O— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314481
I wasn't going to re-engage it. I don't want to be know as the "expert" who accused you of mansplaining any more t… https://t.co/mYaOUrvcPk— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314482
Some of us have spent a career in and out of government, or media, or private sector, and the academy (she is me).… https://t.co/tI1DFf6fYD— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314482
It's not becoming of your position. I wish you best as you assess this and your role. And you engage with women… https://t.co/1LsxRgLzrm— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314483
Support your point with facts, history, economics and policy. Not with mocking a woman. Because, well, she is me.… https://t.co/PA4lSuyWhD— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549314483
Kayyem then took a break of about eight hours, before taking up the thread again offering more details on what border security would entail in order to be successful.
Hi. So I'm back online and thanks for all these responses. I was rushed when I wrote this so I think I'm allowed t… https://t.co/v0an1zYign— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549343207
to help in this debate. So back to substance. Earlier I mentioned how we want fluid responses to support the (some… https://t.co/DJ59pygPnd— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549343207
But there is also a second tenet for how we think about complex security challenges: layered security. The basic g… https://t.co/fqqWxzsYSV— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549343207
A "single point of failure" is to be avoided at all costs because if it is penetrated, then the whole system goes d… https://t.co/v4dZBkm8ep— Juliette Kayyem (@Juliette Kayyem) 1549343208
I think we'd call that a mic drop...
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