This news cycle is bananas.

It turns out that the story about the 10-year-old with Down syndrome that caused all of Twitter to attack Corey Lewandowski for responding with “womp womp” when he heard the story was apparently rescued by ICE agents from some sort of smuggling operation:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says in statement that the minor who has Down Syndrome and was separated from her parent isn’t related to the zero tolerance policy. pic.twitter.com/wjFwe5Ygw4 — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 20, 2018

Media, meet rake … again:

Media stepped on a rake yet again in order to go after Trump? Shocker. https://t.co/HHFVT5Rgwf — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 20, 2018

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Corey Lewandowski defends 'womp womp'; Says critics are spreading 'Fake News' https://t.co/tYAB1U4Uxm — Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 20, 2018