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The Trump WH belongs in the loony bin!
The Hill Verified account @thehill
28m28 minutes ago
White House rips Laura Bush: Blame your husband for family separations http://hill.cm/XfUOCmL
White House pushes back on Laura Bush criticism of family separation
By Brett Samuels - 06/18/18 05:57 PM EDT
The Trump administration on Monday pushed back against criticism from former first lady Laura Bush of its zero tolerance policy that has led to the separation of migrant families.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen blamed past administrations, including George W. Bushs, for signing off on laws that led to the current crisis.
Frankly, this law was actually signed into effect in 2008 under [Laura Bushs] husbands leadership, not under this administration, Sanders said during Mondays press briefing.
Were not the ones responsible for creating this problem. Weve inherited it, she added. But were actually the first administration stepping up and trying to fix it. .....................................
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[internally screaming]
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? @glch_arding
29m29 minutes ago
Replying to @thehill
But I thought it was Obama and the democrats? They really cant keep their stories straight or take responsibility can they?
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countryb4party
? @kristi_luv223
26m26 minutes ago
Nope
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Clara P.
? @GingerCMP
29m29 minutes ago
Replying to @thehill
But wait, I thought it was the Democrats fault. Oh no, my mistake, it is Obamas fault. Or maybe it is Hillarys email servers fault?
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Just predicting the Fox chyron.
Cha
(297,298 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)SHIT BE CRAY
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Freethinker65
(10,023 posts)Kaleva
(36,309 posts)Trek4Truth
(515 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)After all the other First Ladies have spoken out against her husband's lame policy to separate parents fleeing violence from their children, I guess we can always count on Melania to come up with some lame statement, 'from the heart' instead of telling that asshole she's parading as First Lady with, that those Refugees could have been ME, and those children could have been my child or your children with Ivana; so shut the hell up and do what you can to help those families and stop trying to hurt them; or Me and Baron are out of here.
This Nation doesn't need to hear her Mousy 'heartfelt tweets' when the person causing all this misery is sleeping in the same building with her and her child. Now it might not do a damn thing for her marriage but then honestly, can it get any worse?????
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)the bill that Bush signed in 2008 was an anti-trafficking statute that requires UNACCOMPANIED minors to be transferred out of immigration centres within 72 hours. It says NOTHING about separating children from the parents who are accompanying them.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Going after Laura Bush? How sad.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)They are old money and pretend to have a lot of class. You will hear nothing.
But there are phone calls being made. They(the family, not 43) are smart enough to see where this is heading for Republicans. No where good.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)It seems to be everybody's fault but Donnie Dotard's.
treestar
(82,383 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)She is rotten to the core.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)brush
(53,787 posts)superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)And many nazis in our midst.
brush
(53,787 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)Your electoral demise just gets amplified.
I want the Repuke Party and Dumpsters ground into dust and scattered to the wind.
dflprincess
(28,079 posts)claiming Clinton signed it in 1996.
They need to get their stories straight.
spanone
(135,844 posts)IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)Trump just gives his blessing to whatever this partial-birth abortion of a man comes up with.
Sorry, I am running out of pejorative language to describe these bastards. I am mentally and spiritually exhausted, as I can't believe the extent of the evil shadow that covers our land today.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)he's grinning now he is sealing his fate now Karma will bite him so hard.
Cha
(297,298 posts)Link to tweet
"There is no federal law mandating children and parents be separated at the border; a policy resulting in that outcome was enacted in May 2018."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-law-separate-families-passed-1997/
"But there is no law that mandates separating children from their parents. Trumps own administration devised a policy to that effect."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/may/29/donald-trump/trump-blames-democrat-own-policy-separating-family/
P.S. bush doesn't look so well.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Although, considering how the dump disposed of Jeb, they probably wont have a problem.