--- title: White House Twitter Account Attacks Senators Over ICE description: The White House Twitter account singled out Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, accusing them of supporting MS-13. canonical: https://time.com/5328883/official-white-house-twitter-senators-abolish-ice/ author: Alix Langone article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-03T01:27:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:45:15.100Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House Twitter Account Attacks Senators Over ICE og:description: "Why are you supporting the animals of MS-13?" og:url: https://time.com/5328883/official-white-house-twitter-senators-abolish-ice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d501d90aa27ac2c/6989346fe76ad23dbd632672/white-house-twitter-account-attacks-kamala-harris.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic Leaders Join Higher Education Leaders Calling For Passage Of Dream Act og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House Twitter Account Attacks Senators Over ICE twitter:description: "Why are you supporting the animals of MS-13?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d501d90aa27ac2c/6989346fe76ad23dbd632672/white-house-twitter-account-attacks-kamala-harris.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Official White House Twitter Account Attacked Senators Who Have Been Critical of ICE by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone Jul 3, 2018 1:27 AM UTC  Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks during a news conference with fellow Democrats, 'Dreamers' and university presidents and chancellors to call for passage of the Dream Act at the U.S. Capitol October 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump said he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) and has asked Congress to find a solution for the status of the beneficiaries of the program, called 'Dreamers.' Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks during a news conference with fellow Democrats, 'Dreamers' and university presidents and chancellors to call for passage of the Dream Act at the U.S. Capitol October 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump said he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) and has asked Congress to find a solution for the status of the beneficiaries of the program, called 'Dreamers.'Chip Somodevilla - Getty Images by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone Jul 3, 2018 1:27 AM UTC The official White House Twitter account attacked two Democratic senators who have been critical of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who recently called for abolishing ICE, and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who has been critical of the agency, both received direct tweets to their official Senate accounts. “Why are you supporting the animals of MS-13?” a tweet at Harris on Monday read. The White House Twitter account also linked to ICE press releases [about recent deportations](https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-removes-salvadoran-ms-13-affiliate-irish-national-manslaughter-conviction) and the program overview for the [Border Enforcement Security Task Force](https://www.ice.gov/best). > [](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1013883261150466048) > [](https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1013894581207912452) It’s common for President Donald Trump to attack his critics – by name or otherwise – on Twitter, but he uses his personal Twitter account (@realDonaldTrump). The official White House account (@WhiteHouse) has usually been used for less partisan messaging. Calls for abolishing the agency have [gained ground in recent weeks](http://time.com/5325492/abolish-ice-history/) as the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” and [family separation policies](http://time.com/5314769/family-separation-policy-donald-trump/) have created a political uproar. Both senators are considered potential presidential contenders for the 2020 election, and Harris is a rising star in the Democratic party. Harris replied to the White House tweets from her personal Twitter account, writing that she “went after gangs and transnational criminal organizations” as a prosecutor. > [](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1013868419291152387) In May, [President Donald Trump took heat](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/us/trump-animals-ms-13-gangs.html) for using the word “animals” to refer to MS-13 gang members. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5328883/official-white-house-twitter-senators-abolish-ice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5328883/official-white-house-twitter-senators-abolish-ice/"},"headline":"The Official White House Twitter Account Attacked Senators Who Have Been Critical of ICE","datePublished":"2018-07-03T01:27:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:45:15.100Z","description":"\"Why are you supporting the animals of MS-13?\"","url":"https://time.com/5328883/official-white-house-twitter-senators-abolish-ice/","keywords":["Immigration","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d501d90aa27ac2c/6989346fe76ad23dbd632672/white-house-twitter-account-attacks-kamala-harris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alix Langone","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alix-langone/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d501d90aa27ac2c/6989346fe76ad23dbd632672/white-house-twitter-account-attacks-kamala-harris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Leaders Join Higher Education Leaders Calling For Passage Of Dream Act","caption":"Democratic Leaders Join Higher Education Leaders Calling For Passage Of Dream Act","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla - Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/immigration/","name":"Immigration"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5328883/official-white-house-twitter-senators-abolish-ice/","name":"The Official White House Twitter Account Attacked Senators Who Have Been Critical of ICE"}}]}] ```