Indiana’s Lt. Governor says a now-deleted post to social media about his recent meeting with Haitian pastors was “totally misconstrued.” As a guest on WIBC’s “The Hammer and Nigel Show” Tuesday, Republican Micah Beckwith said the post, which saw pushback from other Indiana Republicans and Hoosiers, was not advocating for tens of thousands of immigrants to come to the state. “That post was totally taken out of context and people started saying ‘you’re a radical leftist, you want open borders,’” Beckwith said Tuesday. “Go back and look at my record, nothing’s changed.” The post mentioned helping 40,000 Haitian refugees seek asylum in Indiana. Beckwith admitted to the post being “poorly worded,” adding that the refugees are already here and were let in under previous administrations.

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