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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDem Congresswoman Rips Trump Over Detention Center Conditions: 'How Dare You Torture Children?'
Democratic Congresswoman Rips Trump Over Detention Center Conditions: How Dare You Torture Children?By Ken MeyerJun 25th, 2019, 8:36 am
Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) tore into the Trump Administration on Tuesday by accusing them of keeping detained migrant children in horrible conditions to force Democrats hands as they continue to hash out a new border security spending bill.
Bass gave an interview to CNNs Alisyn Camerota which gravitated around numerous recent reports on how migrant children are forced to live in substandard conditions with little to no access to basic medical supplies. Bass said Congress does need to approve money on the situation, but she also accused the government of depriving these children on purpose, saying this is inflicted on these children as punishment to try to bring Democrats to the table to compromise on the border wall.
As Bass and Camerota talked about how family separation still happens on the southern border, the congresswoman called it a stain on our country and that if any parent did anything that is going on on the border, the children would literally be taken away and put in foster care. Bass also invoked reports on how the administration was ordering a cancellation to education and recreational programs for these detained children.
This was deliberate, Bass said. How dare you torture children to try to get a compromise out of Democrats, and I am sorry, but hearing about children walking around in soiled diapers, hearing about children taking care of toddlers, you are talking about straight-up child abuse, and I think that this needs to be condemned internationally.
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Dem Congresswoman Rips Trump Over Detention Center Conditions: 'How Dare You Torture Children?' (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2019
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AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)1. Boldly and with a straight face in court, apparently.
Three years ago, I would have said this event was impossible.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)2. Where in the HELL is
"Be Best" campaign? Where is Ivanka, Conway, Suckerbee Sanders (still there until the end of the month) All mothers, yet see nothing wrong here? Ivanka is likely overseeing the cash flow for the tRump DC hotel. Prices have been jacked up ready for the 4th., and it is fully booked. Emoluments Clause? That only applies to democratic presidents, I guess.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. Well, they have their priorities, you know.
There is money to be made and suckers to grift from. They can't do it all at once!
Laelth
(32,017 posts)3. k&r for righteous indignation--someone willing to fight the good fight. n/t
-Laelth
Stuart G
(38,365 posts)4. k and r...Thank You for Posting..
Hekate
(90,202 posts)6. It is illegal to keep DOGS in such conditions. It is a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY to do this to children