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[Doug the Dem]

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[HipChick]

1. How would he like it if some other country tried to interfere with his Travel Ban?

Theresa May is reportedly extremely unhappy about him trying to politicize this..if he thought he was getting bad US press...the UK press are mauling him...and rightly so..

[tenderfoot]

2. Better link here

https://wonkette.com/619783/trumps-call-to-help-charlie-gard-is-both-cynical-and-cruel-and-fuck-him

[JI7]

3. Because it matters that it's obviously bs

[oberliner]

4. Anyone reminded of Terry Schiavo?

That was quite a spectacle.

[NCTraveler]

13. I was on location.

It was wild. I simply went to people gaze.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. The child has a genetic disorder that is always fatal.

The treatment in the US has never been tested on Charlie's version of the disorder. Doctors at one of the best hospitals in Britain have agreed that he has no change to recover and that taking him to the US for treatment that is virtually certain to fail would inflict unnecessary suffering for no good reason. This is Terry Schiavo v.2, nothing more - this child is no more likely to recover than Terri Schiavo was; Trump, like Bush (and Jeb) before him is using a family's high-profile and tragic suffering to score political points. Trump doesn't give a damn about this kid, any more than he gives a damn about the thousands of American kids who are likely to die if the ACA is repealed.

[tammywammy]

6. The American doctor said this isn't a cure and that Charlie is in the terminal stage.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-39478466

[LisaL]

7. What about "terminally ill" don't you understand?

[Motownman78]

8. You realize he is using this to

crap on a single-payer healthcare system right?

[UTUSN]

9. Wrong. Raygun gave a dollar to street people & cut millions from programs

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. It's all about Donald. ALWAYS about Donald.

Never forget that.

[Blue_true]

11. The issue is whether he would have done that for a Muslim kid?

It does matter.

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. how about all of the lost lives of children his party and policy will cause?

[NCTraveler]

14. Not a good sumaratin at all.

We can now add the promotion of child abuse to the list.

[Warpy]

15. The baby is terminal

He has severe brain damage. Flying him here to be experimented on would just continue a short life of pain with no hope.

Sometimes people need to listen to the doctors instead of to medically ignorant politicians trying to score points against socialized medicine while preparing to deny medical help to millions at home who can be cured.

Yes, this is heartbreaking as are all congenital problems that kill in infancy or early childhood. However, care has its limits and sometimes the kindest course is to let some little ones go.