THE CENTER SQUARE—A Texas congresswoman is under fire after saying Angel Moms who testified about how their children were brutally murdered by criminal illegal border crossers released into the U.S. are “being exploited for political purposes.”

Rep. Veronica Escobar, a Democrat from El Paso, Texas, made the remarks Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing after mothers described how their children were murdered because of Biden-Harris administration border policies.

Escobar initially expressed her condolences as a mother of two children.

“I cannot imagine the grief of losing a loved one in such a tragic way,” the Texas Democrat said. “I want you to know how much I respect the courage that it took for you to be here today, to share your grief and your pain.”

Escobar also said she, as a third-generation border resident, is “the only member of this committee who actually lives on the border, raised her kids on the border.” Other committee members are border residents of Arizona, California, and Texas.

Escobar next accused her Republican colleagues of “exploiting people’s pain for political purposes.”

“Unfortunately, that’s what’s happening today,” she said. “The finger-pointing at the administration by members of Congress is frustrating … because we are the ones who write the laws.”

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