Trump Falsely Blames Dems For His Own Migrant Family Separation Policy

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Matt Shuham | June 18, 2018 1:43 pm

President Donald Trump on Monday falsely accused congressional Democrats of obstructing the reversal of his own migrant family separation policy.

“Immigration is the fault— and all of the problems that we’re having, because we cannot get them to sign legislation, we cannot get them even to the negotiating table, and I say it’s very strongly the Democrats’ fault,” he said.

Trump separately asserted, as others in his administration have, that he would not reverse the family separation policy on his own, but rather that he wanted Congress to include the reversal in a larger legislative effort.

“If the Democrats would sit down instead of obstructing we could have something done very quickly,” Trump said. “Good for the children, good for the country, good for the world. It could take place quickly. We could have an immigration bill, we could have child separation. We are stuck with these horrible laws.”

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