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riversedge

(70,174 posts)
Tue Sep 5, 2017, 09:31 PM Sep 2017

Giddy-looking Sessions calls deporting children the "compassionate thing to do"

Maddow did a segment on racist Sessions--and life long hatred of immigrants tonight. Catch the video or re-broadcast later tonight. Well worth it.


Shareblue Media?Verified account @Shareblue 1h1 hour ago

Giddy-looking Sessions calls deporting children the "compassionate thing to do"

Yeah, no. Not at all.

https://shareblue.com/giddy-looking-jeff-sessions-calls-deporting-children-the-compassionate-thing-to-do/
By @KailiJoy








Giddy-looking Jeff Sessions calls deporting children the “compassionate thing to do”



https://shareblue.com/giddy-looking-jeff-sessions-calls-deporting-children-the-compassionate-thing-to-do/
By Kaili Joy Gray | September 5, 2017

The Trump administration's decision to punish 800,000 Americans who came to this country as children is the opposite of "compassionate."
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In an act of cowardice, where he refused to take any questions, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration’s termination of DACA, the program that allows immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain in their homes.

Sessions has long been a staunch supporter of anti-immigrant policies, and he could hardly hide his delight in announcing this dreadful policy reversal — a reversal that could affect 800,000 immigrants and cost the United States $460 billion.

This, according to Sessions, is the “compassionate thing to do.”

During his remarks, Sessions also spewed a number of repeatedly debunked lies about the supposed drain on American resources caused by immigrant children and that their very presence in the United States somehow increases crime rates. Those claims are blatantly false and are nothing more than a perpetuation of ugly racist stereotypes that have no basis in fact. The vast majority of so-called DREAMers are employed or in school and are contributing to the economy and to the country..............................


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Giddy-looking Sessions calls deporting children the "compassionate thing to do" (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2017 OP
Looks like the bubble butted ass that swallowed the canary. democratisphere Sep 2017 #1
If that's compassion, then he'd better hope he never defacto7 Sep 2017 #2
Ever notice how he does a little jump when he gets excited? LuckyCharms Sep 2017 #3
Sessions makes my... 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #4
How many of us, would love to slap the smile right off his face? imanamerican63 Sep 2017 #5
Lying sack of racist shit. That's why the weasel had a hard time oasis Sep 2017 #6
fucking little Nazi.... dhill926 Sep 2017 #7

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
2. If that's compassion, then he'd better hope he never
Tue Sep 5, 2017, 10:14 PM
Sep 2017

experiences fear, pain or hate. On the same scale that he is using, he would find a whole world that he has no idea exists.

He makes his religion look exactly like I've always known it really was.

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