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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember the Republican outrage over one child "Elian Gonzalez" when during
the Clinton administration he was sent back to his father in Cuba. Now we have hundreds of kids taken away
from their parents and Republicans condone it. What has this nation become?
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Remember the Republican outrage over one child "Elian Gonzalez" when during (Original Post)
doc03
Jun 2018
OP
actually they are consistent because in both cases they want to keep the kids away from their
JI7
Jun 2018
#1
Except the raid was a rescue op of a kidnapped child, to return him to his parent.
Mike Rows His Boat
Jun 2018
#3
JI7
(89,276 posts)1. actually they are consistent because in both cases they want to keep the kids away from their
parents.
doc03
(35,387 posts)2. I guess we could look at it that way nt
Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)3. Except the raid was a rescue op of a kidnapped child, to return him to his parent.
The exact opposite of whats going on now.
madaboutharry
(40,231 posts)4. The republicans went bonkers
because Elians father was a communist. They wanted him to stay with his crazy relatives. It was so twisted.
Crunchy Frog
(26,659 posts)5. Yes. Republicans love kidnapping. n/t
malaise
(269,202 posts)6. They were willing to separate Elian from his father
Their outrage was not about tearing the child from his only remaining living parent.