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madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:31 PM Jun 2018

Sen. Nelson (D-FLA): "They are hiding something."

Wow. Sen. Nelson refused entry into a detention center. Stating he was told he has to make an application two weeks in advance. Nelson stating the administration is hiding something and that he is ashamed of the administration.

Maybe this will be the gateway for republicans to escape the cult.

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Sen. Nelson (D-FLA): "They are hiding something." (Original Post) madaboutharry Jun 2018 OP
Of Course They're Hiding Something Me. Jun 2018 #1
It won't be. Too popular with the base. JenniferJuniper Jun 2018 #2
I meant the politicians. madaboutharry Jun 2018 #8
The politicians are controlled by the base. JenniferJuniper Jun 2018 #13
Not really Sanity Claws Jun 2018 #21
The base that approves of this is 55%. trump's approval rate is 44%. That makes his base shraby Jun 2018 #9
Maybe the detention center needs a good SWATTING Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #3
He's a Democrat. Nt spooky3 Jun 2018 #4
Yep. Sen. Nelson- D YessirAtsaFact Jun 2018 #7
I know, my error. madaboutharry Jun 2018 #10
And he needs to start running TV ads in FL! Roland99 Jun 2018 #36
Scott has boatloads of money, Nelson doesn't mcar Jun 2018 #41
Please fix your post. Don't insult Senator Nelson by calling him a repuke. Glorfindel Jun 2018 #5
So do something RockRaven Jun 2018 #6
The OP is wrong. GulfCoast66 Jun 2018 #15
Bill Nelson is a Fl DEMOCRATIC senator! n/t Mike Rows His Boat Jun 2018 #11
Senator Nelson from Florida is a Democrat. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #12
Let me see if I get this right malaise Jun 2018 #14
Absolutely! LeftInTX Jun 2018 #22
They know full well what is being hidden. gordianot Jun 2018 #16
Sen. Nelson is a Democrat, mad - he is also touring that massive camp in Homestead today Leghorn21 Jun 2018 #17
I believe this is from today. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #18
Yes, it just fuckin happened, NC Leghorn21 Jun 2018 #19
I think we may be seeing an organized Democratic movement. nolabear Jun 2018 #20
Did he make his application?... lame54 Jun 2018 #23
Nelson is running against 2 term governor and Medicaid defrauder, Rick Scott. Tight race. dameatball Jun 2018 #24
This is absolutely intolerable. STOP THE MADNESS!! Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #25
It's pictures. They fear the power of photos... Orsino Jun 2018 #26
I am scared they are sex trafficking these girls kimbutgar Jun 2018 #27
... demmiblue Jun 2018 #28
How the hell didmthe kids get from Texas to Florida? OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #42
just like I and others have asked OUR Federal government for many years-24/7 WEBCAMS Sunlei Jun 2018 #29
"Escape the cult"? Hardly! Firestorm49 Jun 2018 #30
Wow. US Senators can go just about anywhere. This is outrageous. bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #31
Trump and the GOP are hiding the little girl hostages workinclasszero Jun 2018 #32
Child sex rings. Pizzagate, but for real. Crunchy Frog Jun 2018 #47
Ever notice how the damned GOP makes wild false accusations allegations against workinclasszero Jun 2018 #48
No it won't DownriverDem Jun 2018 #33
Give em hell Senator! bronxiteforever Jun 2018 #34
I wish Nelson could be backed up by a regiment of Special Forces units backed by military vehicles DFW Jun 2018 #35
Agree nt spooky3 Jun 2018 #39
im really scared that these kids are going to be 'lost' (sold) TalenaGor Jun 2018 #37
hynare they in florida. how did they get there OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #46
I'd love to agree. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2018 #38
Go get 'em, Senator! mcar Jun 2018 #40
This could be perfect for Nelson Awsi Dooger Jun 2018 #43
I have a terrible feeling cagefreesoylentgreen Jun 2018 #44
Damn, Bill? Ya think? trof Jun 2018 #45
K&R Scurrilous Jun 2018 #49
Kick ck4829 Jun 2018 #50
Where are the sick ones? C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #51
+1, they're no doubt hiding something at this point. There's no reason why they haven't let someone uponit7771 Jun 2018 #52
where are the lawyers seeking an injuction from a court to get unfettered access? beachbum bob Jun 2018 #53
Where are all the Republicans C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #54
starting to sweat some I think... beachbum bob Jun 2018 #55

JenniferJuniper

(4,512 posts)
2. It won't be. Too popular with the base.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:32 PM
Jun 2018

Get rid of the brown people. Too many of them. Doesn't matter if they never see their parents again or are trafficked out as sex slaves.

The base cannot be redeemed.

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
8. I meant the politicians.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:35 PM
Jun 2018

The members of Congress and the Senate who are afraid of Trump.

You are right about the base, they are lost.

JenniferJuniper

(4,512 posts)
13. The politicians are controlled by the base.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:36 PM
Jun 2018

And naturally, this particular politician is not a Republican.

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
21. Not really
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:57 PM
Jun 2018

They are controlled by those who fund their campaigns and then extract promises in return.

The politicians have no respect for their base. They consider the base to be stupid and easily manipulated. They have been convincing their base to act their best interests very successfully.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
9. The base that approves of this is 55%. trump's approval rate is 44%. That makes his base
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:35 PM
Jun 2018

stand at 22.3%. That's not very big.... 55% of 44%.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
36. And he needs to start running TV ads in FL!
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 02:27 PM
Jun 2018

pRick Scott has numerous going. They’re all beyond petty, focusing on Nelson’s nearly 50 yrs in Washington and just full of mundane monotony. But they’re numerous and Floridians like to follow shiny bouncing balls.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
12. Senator Nelson from Florida is a Democrat.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:36 PM
Jun 2018

He is also one of the most educated Senators on African affairs. Colleague after colleague on both sides of the isle go to him for his expertise in that area.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
14. Let me see if I get this right
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:37 PM
Jun 2018

The Executive Branch is denying members of the Legislative Branch access to detention centers run by their handpicked private contractors?

Something is seriously wrong here.

LeftInTX

(25,375 posts)
22. Absolutely!
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 01:05 PM
Jun 2018

Especially if they are in your district!!

Pretty sure the Homestead, Florida facility is on federal property.

Nelson (D) should be able to get in.

(Don't know if this is Schultz's district or not)

Will Hurd (R) was allowed to tour Tornillo. (On federal property)

So are they only letting Republicans tour??????

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
17. Sen. Nelson is a Democrat, mad - he is also touring that massive camp in Homestead today
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:38 PM
Jun 2018
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-senator-bill-nelson-to-tour-miami-child-migrant-camp-today-10451854

Maybe they’ll refuse him entry, as they did Sen. Merkley - we shall see

I’M KNOCKIN ON YOUR DOOR AND

I’M COMIN IN

Hang tough, Sen. Nelson

nolabear

(41,986 posts)
20. I think we may be seeing an organized Democratic movement.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:44 PM
Jun 2018

Those children and families need heroes right now. The fact they're going there and being turned away looks very, very bad. It reeks of child abuse and cover-up. It reeks of incompetence and cover-up. It reeks of concentration camps and he is looking more and more inhumane and inhuman every minute.

They need to be absolute bulldogs.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
26. It's pictures. They fear the power of photos...
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 01:42 PM
Jun 2018

...and count on "out of sight, out of mind" to keep us quiet.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
29. just like I and others have asked OUR Federal government for many years-24/7 WEBCAMS
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 01:51 PM
Jun 2018

to observe OUR EMPLOYEES at 'work'.

Those 24/7 webcams don't HAVE TO ALL BE PUBLIC-

-the Webcams in the Republicans concentration camps and all prisons of all types should be available to all senior government officials 24/7.

Public webcams for all contract workers, BLM/parks and wildlife tasked to work for 'the people' on OUR public lands.

Firestorm49

(4,035 posts)
30. "Escape the cult"? Hardly!
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 01:56 PM
Jun 2018

If they haven’t escaped the cult by now, they never will, nor will they intend to. What a dispicable party - standing in goose step with the greatest threat to democracy that this country has ever seen.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
48. Ever notice how the damned GOP makes wild false accusations allegations against
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 12:47 AM
Jun 2018

the democrats...and then they do them FOR REAL?

DFW

(54,405 posts)
35. I wish Nelson could be backed up by a regiment of Special Forces units backed by military vehicles
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 02:20 PM
Jun 2018

Forces who are ready to use force to reinforce the Senator's demand to to see the inside.

It's time to answer terror with a larger force. Make the cowards back down. My bet is that they'd be somewhat more docile than they are when facing a group of terrified children.

The local goons might whine "you have no jurisdiction on US territory," to which Nelson and the Special Forces should answer, "what you sadists are doing doesn't happen on US territory. We are here to take it back for the United States. Stand down or get put down. Your call." THEN see who calls for their mommy.

Drastic? Really? What do you call what the Trump Administration is doing?

TalenaGor

(1,104 posts)
37. im really scared that these kids are going to be 'lost' (sold)
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 02:31 PM
Jun 2018

I don't understand what else the purpose of separation is....

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
38. I'd love to agree.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 02:42 PM
Jun 2018

But Republicans have embraced the cult. They've drunk the Kool-Aid. I'm still waiting for any of them who supposedly is a "moderate" to sign onto the Dems new bill to end this outrage. They won't. I used to think the Democrats were gutless for the way they never seemed to have Obama's back when he needed them. These guys make them look like a Seal Team.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
43. This could be perfect for Nelson
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 05:37 PM
Jun 2018

He needs an issue to capitalize on. I wouldn't mind if the party used him as the forefront spokesman on this topic.

I hate to be that process-oriented instead of focusing on the children, but Rick Scott has shamelessly used every Florida tragedy of the past 2 years to reshape his image toward stealing the senate seat. It has been more effective than I expected.

44. I have a terrible feeling
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 05:45 PM
Jun 2018

That the monster and his enablers will do everything possible to make sure no one will be able to recount what is really going on behind those walls. If it means having to exterminate witnesses, they’ll do it. Just like the Nazis did.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
52. +1, they're no doubt hiding something at this point. There's no reason why they haven't let someone
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:20 AM
Jun 2018

... see the infants and girls this second.

There's no doubt they're hiding something

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
53. where are the lawyers seeking an injuction from a court to get unfettered access?
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:30 AM
Jun 2018

there gotta be a host of state/federal laws that can be used in court to do this..

so what are the lawyers doing about it?

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
54. Where are all the Republicans
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:34 AM
Jun 2018

who claim to care about babies... until it comes time to actually care about babies.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
55. starting to sweat some I think...
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:42 AM
Jun 2018

imagine when the cameras get inside these facilities unfettered?

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