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RandySF

(86,306 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 09:12 PM Jun 2018

Trump: "You have to take the children away"

In a defensive and rambling speech in which the president was clearly venting frustration over the rising tide of bipartisan outrage over the policy that separates migrant families, Donald Trump told an audience of small-business owners a series of falsehoods and dramatic, fear-mongering warnings as he doubled down on his now familiar justifications for child separation.

While reserving blame for the Democrats (who, he said, support “open borders” because they consider MS-13 gang members future Democrat voters and who forced this outcome by building loopholes in the immigration laws) and Mexico (“They do nothing for us”), Trump still seemed to take some ownership of the policy, justifying it as a necessary step in protecting the border. “When you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away,” he said.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/trump-gives-rambling-speech-about-immigration-to-small-business-owners.html

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Trump: "You have to take the children away" (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2018 OP
When Trump is finally arrested and indicted C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #1
Burn in hell you fat, stupid, evil fuck! smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #2

C_U_L8R

(49,534 posts)
1. When Trump is finally arrested and indicted
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 09:54 PM
Jun 2018

It's a fantastic thing the jury will have strong evidence of criminal intent like these statements he's making. Hoisted on his own petard.

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