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The GOP had to call the sergeant at arms on Ted Lieu (twitter video)
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Rep. Ted Lieu
?Verified account @RepTedLieu
Spoke on the House Floor to speak out against @realDonaldTrump's cruel and inhumane policy of separating children from their parents at the border. Have you heard the cries of these children? Listen as they are entered into the congressional record today. #KeepFamiliesTogether
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/ted-lieu-immigrant-children-recording-house-floor-speech/
Speaking from the House floor, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Friday protested the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy by playing a recording of migrant children inconsolably crying for their parents at the border.
“If the Statue of Liberty could cry, it would cry today,” Lieu said before turning to the devastating audio, which was first obtained by ProPublica Monday and has since been widely shared.
The California congressman continued, calling on his fellow lawmakers to try and imagine the horrors of what it would be like to have the government split their own families. “What must that sound like?” Lieu asked.
Less than a minute into the recording, presiding officer Rep. Karen Handel (R-GA) interrupted to try and stop Lieu. “The gentlemen will suspend,” Handel said...
“If the Statue of Liberty could cry, it would cry today,” Lieu said before turning to the devastating audio, which was first obtained by ProPublica Monday and has since been widely shared.
The California congressman continued, calling on his fellow lawmakers to try and imagine the horrors of what it would be like to have the government split their own families. “What must that sound like?” Lieu asked.
Less than a minute into the recording, presiding officer Rep. Karen Handel (R-GA) interrupted to try and stop Lieu. “The gentlemen will suspend,” Handel said...
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Keep speaking out! 
