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riversedge

(70,242 posts) Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:02 PM Jun 2018

Melania Trump's Immigration Lawyer Compares Family Separation To Nazism

Source: Hill Reporter

Published on June 19, 2018

When First Lady Melania Trump was emigrating to the United States she received help from immigration lawyer Michael J. Wildes. Now, her former lawyer is comparing President Trump’s zero-tolerance policy to both Nazism and slavery.

Appearing on Fox & Friends, Wildes says the current administration’s policy “goes against the ethos of our founding documents and fathers. He then claimed that children are essentially “quarantined” by the Department of Health and Human Services.

“When we’re dealing with this challenge, we should not be quarantining children from parents,” Wildes explains. “The inhumanity that we see is reminiscent of detention centers in Nazi Germany, of slave trade.”...................................

Read more: https://hillreporter.com/melania-trumps-immigration-lawyer-compares-family-separation-to-nazism-2807

I am a bit surprised that fox and friends had him on their show.

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Melania Trump's Immigration Lawyer Compares Family Separation To Nazism (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2018 OP

Clearly he won't be invited back! n/t durablend Jun 2018 #1

This definitely a "Let them eat cake!" moment bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #2

F&F probably thought he'd be a friendly source, because of his relationship with FLOTUS. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2018 #3

durablend

(7,460 posts)

1. Clearly he won't be invited back! n/t

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Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:26 PM

Jun 2018

bucolic_frolic

(43,177 posts)

2. This definitely a "Let them eat cake!" moment

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:37 PM

Jun 2018

When the wealthy harm children with abhorrent policies, the world is really upside down.

Of course, did they ever care about SNAP, clean air and water, lead, child nutrition, school lunches?

So this is nothing new, it's just more extreme

LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(12,586 posts)

3. F&F probably thought he'd be a friendly source, because of his relationship with FLOTUS.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 02:28 PM

Jun 2018

I would imagine the looks on their faces mirrored that of when Trump called in and would.not.stop.talking.

He won't be back.

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