>> THAT’S ALL FOR TONIGHT. TOMORROW WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE
"MTP DAILY."
"MTP DAILY." "THE BEAT WITH ARI MELBER"
STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> OUR TOP STAR TONIGHT IS
DONALD TRUMP’S UNENDING
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, OVER 2,000
CHILDREN ORPHANED FROM THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER RUSHED OUT UNDER
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE. OUR NATION CONTINUES TO BEAR
WITNESS TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
CRUELTY IS DEPLOYED AS POLICY.
THAT’S HOW THESE KIDS WERE
SEPARATED.
SEPARATED. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE IS RIFE
WITH WHAT CAN ONLY BE CALLED
INCOMPETENCE.
INCOMPETENCE. THE ORDER THE PRESIDENT ISSUED
YESTERDAY SHOWS HOW DEEPLY THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS AIDES DID NOT
UNDERSTAND HOW BORDER
ENFORCEMENT WORKS.
ENFORCEMENT WORKS. NOW TONIGHT, DONALD TRUMP AND
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS HAVE
VERY FEW ANSWERS ABOUT HOW TO
FIX THESE PROBLEMS THAT ARE
STILL THE TOP STORY IN THE
COUNTRY THAT DONALD TRUMP
CREATED.
CREATED. NOW, MOST OF THESE RECENTLY
SEPARATED CHILDREN DO REMAIN
ALONE, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO
GET STORIES OF SOME OF THE
EXCEPTIONS.
EXCEPTIONS. SOURCES TELLING THE INTERCEPT
THAT THIS VIDEO SHOWS WHAT MAY
VERY WELL BE THE FIRST MOTHER
AND CHILD REUNITED.
THIS IS IN TEXAS, AND SINCE THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STARTED
SPLITTING UP FAMILIES IN MAY.
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♪ >> THAT IS, OF COURSE, ONE STORY
WE’RE SEEING.
WE’RE SEEING. THAT IS ONE MOTHER AND ONE
CHILD.
CHILD. BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR
CONTEXT, THAT IS THE EXCEPTION
AMONG OVER 2,000 FAMILIES SPLIT
APART BY TRUMP’S ORDER.
SOME CHILDREN ALREADY
TRANSPORTED THOUSANDS OF MILES
AWAY FROM THEIR BORDER CROSSING,
LIKE THE GIRLS IN THIS VIDEO,
BROUGHT TO NEW YORK CITY AS
WE’VE BEEN REPORTING UNDER THE
COVER OF NIGHT.
MEANWHILE, SOURCES CLOSE TO THE
FIRST LADY SAY SHE HAS NOW COME
TO VISIT THE BORDER BECAUSE SHE
WAS HORRIFIED BY WHAT SHE SAW ON
TELEVISION, MEANING WHAT SHE SAW
HER OWN HUSBAND’S POLICIES WERE
DOING.
DOING. NOW, DONALD TRUMP HAS LIED ABOUT
CREATING THIS POLICY, THEN HE
LIED ABOUT SAYING THAT IT COULD
NOT BE FIXED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER,
WHICH HE THEN ISSUED.
NOW DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS
TO UNDO THE THING HE ORDERED.
SAYS HE WANTS THESE FAMILIES
TOGETHER WHILE HIS HOMELAND
SECURITY SECRETARY IS SAYING,
INSTEAD OF LYING ABOUT TRUMP’S
ORDERS, SHE WANTS TO ADOPT THIS
MORE MEASURED TONE.
TAKE A LOOK.
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>> -- THE KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY
SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS?
>> WE WANT TO PUT THEM TOGETHER.
WE DON’T WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN
SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS.
>> WHAT HAPPENS TO THE KIDS WHO
HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR
PARENTS NOW?
PARENTS NOW? WHY DID YOU GUYS SIGN --
>> THEYOU READ THE ORDER, SO WE’
IMPLEMENTING IT.
IMPLEMENTING IT. >> SECRETARY NIELSEN IS TALKING
TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS, BUT
SHE COULD BE TALKING TO HERSELF.
BECAUSE THE REPORTING SUGGESTS
THIS WHOLE PROCESS WAS SO
INCOMPETENTLY RUN THAT DHS AND
ITS EXPERTS WERE LITERALLY
READING THE DRAFT ORDER AND LAST
REVISIONS YESTERDAY TOO ON THE
SAME DAY IT CAME OUT.
NO TIME TO CLARIFY THE ORDER, NO
TIME TO DESIGN OR DEVELOP A PLAN
TO REUNITE THESE FAMILIES
BECAUSE TRUMP WAS RUSHED OUT OF
THIS AS THOUGHTLESSLY AS HE
RUSHED INTO IT.
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION’S
CRITICS, AS THIS WEEK GRINDS ON,
SOME OF THESE FACTS ARE A SIGN
THAT TRUMP CAN BE MOVED, THAT HE
WILL FOLD UNDER ENOUGH PRESSURE.
BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE IMPACTED
BY THESE POLICIES, THESE FACTS
ARE SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY ARE A SIGN THAT THE
PROBLEMS CREATED BY THIS POLICY
ARE FAR FROM OVER, THEY ARE JUST
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. I’M JOINED BY NEW YORK
CONGRESSMAN LYDIA VELASQUEZ AND
MICHELLE BRUINAY, WHO MET WITH
SOME OF THE TENDER AGE CHILDREN
HELD IN McALLEN, TEXAS.
CONGRESSWOMAN, WHAT IS HAPPENING
ON THE HILL?
WE’RE TOLD REPUBLICANS PLANNED A
VOTE THEY COULDN’T ACHIEVE.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO RECTIFY
WHAT DONALD TRUMP ADMITS THROUGH
THIS ORDER WAS A BAD PLAN?
>> WELL, WE JUST -- THE GOOD
LEGISLATION WAS DEFEATED TODAY.
TOMORROW, WE’RE GOING TO BE
VOTING ON THE SO-CALLED
COMPROMISE BILL.
COMPROMISE BILL. COMPROMISE BECAUSE IT WAS AN
AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE
FREEDOM CAUCUS AND PAUL RYAN.
THAT DEAL WILL NOT BECOME LAW,
AND IF IT DOES, IT WILL FAIL IN
THE SENATE.
THE SENATE. SO WE GONNA FIND OURSELVES
TOMORROW WITHOUT A REAL SOLUTION
FOR A BIG PROBLEM.
AND TO DEAL WITH A CRISIS THAT
HAVE BEEN CREATED BY DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. >> MICHELLE -- SORRY, GO AHEAD.
>> WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT DONALD
TRUMP AND THE ADMINISTRATION’S
CRUELTY IS RIVALLED ONLY BY THE
INCOMPETENCE OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. IT WAS SHOWN WHEN THE PRESIDENT
SIGNED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE
MUSLIM BAN, WHEN I WENT TO JFK,
IT WAS TOTAL CHAOS.
PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW, THE PEOPLE
ON THE GROUND, CUSTOM AND BORDER
PATROL AGENTS, THEY DIDN’T KNOW,
THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY GUIDELINES.
WHEN I WENT TO SAN DIEGO AND WE
VISITED SHELTERS AND THE CUSTOM
AND BORDER PATROL, YOU SAW ALSO
THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE GUIDELINES
HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY.
AND AT THE END, CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES ARE THE ONES SUFFERING.
IT WAS HEART-WRENCHING WHAT I
SAW.
SAW. NOT THE AMERICA THAT I KNOW BY
THE WAY.
THE WAY. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR POINTS ON
THAT, CONGRESSWOMAN.
THAT, CONGRESSWOMAN. AND MICHELLE, BUILDING ON THAT
POINT, WE HAVE SOME FACTUAL
VIDEO HERE OF JEFF SESSIONS THAT
I THINK REALLY UNDERSCORES FROM
THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS SAYING AND
WHAT WE’VE BEEN REPORTING, THAT
THERE MAY BE ALWAYS SOME
IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES ON
IMMIGRATION, BUT THE RANK
INCOMPETENCE, THE TOTAL LACK OF
CONSISTENCY, THE KIND OF FLIP
AND EVEN VEENAL ATTITUDE ABOUT
THE LIVES AND THE CHILDREN’S
LIVES THAT HANG IN THE BALANCE
IS REALLY STRIKING.
HERE’S JEFF SESSIONS
CONTRADICTING HIMSELF DURING A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
>> IT HASN’T BEEN GOOD.
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T
LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE’RE
SEPARATING FAMILIES.
SEPARATING FAMILIES. WE NEVER REALLY INTENDED TO DO
THAT.
THAT. WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO WAS TO
MAKE SURE THAT ADULTS WHO BRING
CHILDREN INTO THE COUNTRY ARE
CHARGED WITH THE CRIME THEY’VE
COMMITTED.
COMMITTED. >> OUR POLICIES THAT CAN RESULT
IN SHORT-TERM SEPARATION OF
FAMILIES IS NOT UNUSUAL OR
UNJUSTIFIED.
UNJUSTIFIED. AND IT’S REALLY A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.
>> MICHELLE, PART OF MY JOB IS
TO BE AS FAIR AS REASONABLY
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. THE FAIREST READING OF THOSE TWO
STATEMENTS FROM JEFF SESSIONS IS
THAT HE IS LYING, VERY
DELIBERATELY, ABOUT THE INTENT
OF THE POLICY, WHICH WAS TO
SEPARATE POLICIES.
SEPARATE POLICIES. NOW HE SAYS THAT WASN’T THE
INTENT.
INTENT. YOUR RESPONSE?
YOUR RESPONSE? >> IT’S BEEN CLEAR FROM THE
BEGINNING THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION WAS LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO SEPARATE FAMILIES AS A
DETERRENT.
DETERRENT. WE HEARD FROM AS FAR BACK AS
MARCH 2015, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THEY CAME INTO OFFICE,
SECRETARY KELLY WENT ON
TELEVISION AND SAID THAT THEY
WERE CONSIDERING SEPARATING
FAMILIES AS A DETERRENT.
HE VERY QUICKLY RETRACTED THAT
AND SAID, THEY WERE JUST
CONSIDERING IT, THAT MAYBE THEY
WOULDN’T.
WOULDN’T. HE THEN MUST HAVE GOTTEN TALKING
POINTS, SAYING, DON’T SAY WE’RE
TRYING TO DETER THEM.
SO HE STARTED FRAMING IT
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. THIS HAS COME UP REPEATEDLY
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UNTIL THEY
FINALLY CAME UP WITH THIS YEAR
OF PROSECUTING PARENTS, WHICH
ULTIMATELY, CLEARLY WAS INTENDED
TO SEPARATE AND TO DETER.
>> MICHELLE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
EXPERTISE.
EXPERTISE. CONGRESSWOMAN VELASQUEZ, I KNOW
YOU HAVE ANOTHER PIECE OF
BUSINESS TO GET TO.
I THANK YOU BOTH.
WE TURN TO JENNIFER RUBEN,
CONSERVATIVE WRITER FOR "THE
WASHINGTON POST," FORMER COUNSEL
TO THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY,
WHO’S WORKED ON CIVIL RIGHTS.
MAYA, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
HIT NEW YORK AND HIT A LOT OF
OTHER PLACES BECAUSE THESE
CHILDREN, IF THEY’RE ORPHANED BY
TRUMP GOVERNMENT POLICY, HAVE TO
GO SOMEWHERE.
GO SOMEWHERE. THEY HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
IT. YOUR VIEW ON WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN
NEXT TONIGHT.
NEXT TONIGHT. >> WELL, I THINK THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO
EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO
REUNITE CHILDREN WITH THEIR
PARENTS IMMEDIATELY.
PARENTS IMMEDIATELY. WE KNOW THAT AS REPRESENTATIVE
VELASQUEZ SAYS, THERE HASN’T
REALLY BEEN AN INFRASTRUCTURE OR
A PLAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IN NEW YORK CITY, WE KNOW WE
HAVE ALMOST 300 CHILDREN, SOME
WHO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN AT
APPARENTLY VERY EARLY HOURS OF
THE MORNING.
THE MORNING. QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THEY NEED.
THESE CHILDREN NEED HEALTH CARE
SERVICES IN SOME INSTANCES, THEY
NEED EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT, AND
FRANKLY AT THIS POINT, I WOULD
SUGGEST THAT WE NEED TO THINK
SERIOUSLY ABOUT TRAUMA
COUNSELLING FOR THESE CHILDREN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE
HAVE TO REUNITE FAMILIES,
PERIOD.
PERIOD. >> JENNIFER RUBEN, THE
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS FINALLY
FOUND SOMETHING WHERE THEY SPOKE
WITH ONE VOICE AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE OUR
ERROR TO NOT NOTE THEY FOUND
THEIR VOICES LATE, AND THEY
FOUND THEIR VOICES AFTER JUST
ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW "TIME"
MAGAZINE COVER THAT IS MAKING
THE ROUNDS ONLINE.
WELCOME TO AMERICA, JENNIFER.
>> YEAH, EXACTLY.
THIS IS A SHABBY EPISODE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, THE WORST, I
THINK IN TERMS OF TREATMENT OF
FAMILIES AND TREATMENT OF PEOPLE
OF A SPECIFIC ETHNIC BACKGROUND
SINCE THE INTERMENT OF THE
JAPANESE IN WORLD WAR II.
THERE WAS NEVER A PLAN, WHEN
THEY SET OUT TO DO THIS, ABOUT
HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DEAL WITH
THE CHILDREN.
THE CHILDREN. WHAT SORT OF FACILITIES THEY
WOULD BE IN, WHAT STANDARDS
WOULD BE ABIDED BY.
WHAT KIND OF PERSONNEL WOULD BE
ASSIGNED TO THEM.
WHAT WOULD BE THE METHOD OF
EVENTUALLY REUNITING THEM.
NONE OF THAT WAS WORKED OUT.
LIKEWISE, WHEN TRUMP PULLED THE
PLUG, AS YOU CORRECTLY SAID,
ARI, WHICH HE DENIED HE WAS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO, THERE
STILL IS NO PLAN FOR THAT.
MOREOVER, IF THEY REUNITE THESE
FAMILIES, THEN WE’RE BACK TO THE
SO-CALLED FLORES SETTLEMENT,
WHICH SAYS, AS OF THIS MOMENT
THAT THE CHILDREN CANNOT BE HELD
FOR MORE THAN 20 DAYS.
THAT’S WITH OR WITHOUT A PARENT.
SO WHAT IS THEIR SOLUTION TO
THAT?
THAT? AT THE LAST I HEARD, THEY WERE
GOING TO CHALLENGE THE FLORES
SETTLEMENT, SO THAT THEY CAN
KEEP THESE FAMILIES INDEFINITELY
IN INCARCERATION.
IN INCARCERATION. >> IN LONGER DETENTION, WHICH IS
THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE SLICE
OF HUMANITARIAN IN THE ORIGINAL
COURT DECREE, IT’S OBVIOUSLY IN
THE OTHER DIRECTION.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW
THIS GOT STARTED.
WE NEVER LOCKED UP PEOPLE WHO
COMMITTED THE MISDEMEANOR OF
ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE UNITED
STATES WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.
FIRST OF ALL, THESE PEOPLE
PROBABLY DO HAVE A RIGHT TO
ENTER UNDER OUR ESTABLISHED
RULES OF ASYLUM.
BUT SECONDLY, WE NEVER
INCARCERATE THESE PEOPLE.
IT WOULD BE LIKE WE INCARCERATED
EVERYBODY IN AMERICA FOR JAY
WALKING AND SAID, WE DIDN’T MEAN
TO SEPARATE THEM FROM THEIR
CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE NO PLANS
TO KEEP THEM, BUT THEIR PARENTS
ARE IN JAIL, AND THE KIDS HAVE
TO BE SENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
TOTALLY UNNECESSARY, TOTALLY
IRRESPONSIBLE.
IRRESPONSIBLE. AND WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR
TRACKING THESE PEOPLE, SO THEY
WILL RETURN FOR THEIR HEARINGS.
THESE PROCESSES WORK VERY WELL.
IF PAUL MANAFORT CAN BE OUT OF
JAIL WITH AN ANKLE BRACELET FOR
SOME PERIOD OF TIME, THESE
PEOPLE DON’T NEED TO BE
INCARCERATED EITHER.
INCARCERATED EITHER. >> IT’S NOT A NEWS CONNECTION I
WAS EXPECTING TO MAKE, BUT A
FAIR ONE.
FAIR ONE. THIS QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU, TO
JENNIFER FIRST.
JENNIFER FIRST. YOU JUST RAISED THE SPECTER OF
INTERMENT, WE HAD AN EXPERT ON
EARLIER THIS WEEK WHO TALKED
ABOUT THAT TERRIBLE PART OF
AMERICAN HISTORY, WHICH I SHOULD
MENTION WAS DEEMED,
QUOTE/UNQUOTE LAWFUL AT THE
TIME, THE FACT THAT SOMETHING
MIGHT TECHNICALLY BE UPHELD BY
THE COURTS DOESN’T GIVE MUCH
MORAL OR ETHICAL FOCUS TO
WHETHER IT’S THE POLICY WE WANT
TO HAVE AS A NATION.
SOME MIGHT SAY, WAIT A MINUTE,
WASN’T THAT A MILITARY THING,
ISN’T THAT DIFFERENT?
THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO QUOTE THE
FACTS REPORTED IN YOUR PAPER AND
ELSEWHERE THAT SAY, ACTUALLY,
DONALD TRUMP’S PENTAGON ASKED
FOR 20,000 SPACES FOR MIGRANT
CHILDREN ON, YES, MILITARY
BASES.
BASES. NOTIFYING LAWMAKERS THAT HHS
WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER BEDS COULD
BE PROVIDING FOR THESE CHILDREN
AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FOR
OCCUPANCY AS SOON AS JULY,
THAT’S NEXT MONTH, AND AS LATE
AS DECEMBER 2018, JENNIFER.
>> YEAH, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A
POINT.
POINT. IN BOTH THE CASE OF THE
INTERMENT OF THE JAPANESE AND
HERE, THERE WAS A PHONY PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUE THAT WAS KICKED UP
IN ORDER TO PANIC PEOPLE.
YOU FIRST DEHUMANIZE PEOPLE, YOU
THEN TERRIFY THE REST OF THE
POPULATION, SO IT’S EASIER TO
ROUND THESE PEOPLE UP AND GET
PEOPLE NOT TO CARE.
IN THE CASE OF THE JAPANESE, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THEM, AS WE
KNOW, WERE EITHER NATIVE BORN OR
NATURALIZED CITIZENS.
NATURALIZED CITIZENS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE
PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR
THEIR LIVES.
THEIR LIVES. AND UNDER THE PROCESS THAT WE GO
THROUGH, THERE IS A PROCESS FOR
THEM TO SEEK REFUGE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. THESE ARE NOT THE M-13 PEOPLE
THAT TRUMP KEEPS TALKING ABOUT.
YOU’D HAVE TO BE A REALLY
DETERMINED M-13 PERSON TO GO
ACROSS THE DESERT FOR DAYS OR
WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER, IN
ORDER TO GET INTO THE UNITED
STATES TO JOIN A GANG.
THAT’S JUST PREPOSTEROUS.
HE HAS CONFLATED CRIMINALS WITH
REFUGEES.
REFUGEES. HE’S CONFLATED DREAMERS WITH
PEOPLE WHO HAVE OTHER DESIGNS ON
THE UNITED STATES, TERRORISTS
AND THE LIKE.
THIS IS MADNESS.
IT’S MORAL MADNESS.
AND THE RESPONSIBLE LAWMAKER, OF
WHICH WE HAVE NONE ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE RIGHT NOW, WOULD
SAY, WAIT A SECOND.
THESE PEOPLE THAT WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT, THESE FAMILIES, THESE
CHILDREN, ARE NO THREAT TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
PROCESS THEM PROMPTLY IN A
HUMANE FASHION.
HUMANE FASHION. WE CAN FIND HOUSING FOR THEM
TOGETHER AS FAMILIES IN MORE
APPROPRIATE SETTINGS, AND WE
THEN HAVE TO PROCESS THESE
PEOPLE THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
AND GUESS WHAT, IF WE DON’T HAVE
A SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR HOLDING
THESE PEOPLE, WE HAVE NO
BUSINESS HOLDING THEM.
THAT’S OUR MORAL OBLIGATION.
SOON AS WE TAKE THEM IN AND SAY,
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, OUR LEGAL
SYSTEM DOESN’T ALLOW YOU TO STAY
HERE AUTOMATICALLY, THE BURDEN
SHIFTS TO US, MORALLY, FROM A
HUMANITARIAN STANDPOINT TO MAKE
SURE THEY’RE IN DECENT
CONDITION.
CONDITION. IF THEY’RE NOT, WE SHOULD BE
RELEASING THEM.
RELEASING THEM. >> MAYA?
>> MAYA? >> FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A LONG
HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY, BEFORE
JAPANESE INTERMENT, FROM RIPPING
CHILDREN FROM PARENTS OF COLOR,
FROM AFRICAN SLAVES, TO NATIVE
AMERICANS, FOR WHO WE ACTUALLY
RIPPED CHILDREN FROM THEIR
PARENTS AS WELL.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A LONG
HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT
VERY MUCH DRIVEN ON STEREOTYPES
ABOUT WHO ARE HUMANIZED PARENTS.
AND I THINK THAT’S A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT TO REMEMBER.
WE SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER, IT HAS
BEEN FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL
SINCE JAPANESE INTERMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
IS THE BIGGEST IRONIES HERE,
DONALD TRUMP THIS MORNING SAID
WRONGLY, AND IT WAS A LIE, THAT
THE DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY ARE MORE
INTERESTED IN PROTECTING
IMMIGRANTS THAN AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
CITIZENS. AND THAT’S A LIE FOR TWO
REASONS.
REASONS. ONE, HE HAS ACTUALLY SPENT AND
IS DEMANDING THAT WE SPEND MUCH
MORE MONEY CREATING A BORDER
WALL OR ACTUALLY INCARCERATING
FAMILIES FOR LITERALLY A CRIME
THAT’S SIMILAR TO JAY WALKING.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE’S
ACTUALLY PROPOSED A BUDGET THAT
WOULD ENSURE THAT 44 MILLION
AMERICANS WHO ARE GOING HUNGRY
EVERY DAY HAVE LESS MONEY
AVAILABLE IN FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS
TO FEED THEM, THAT ENSURE THAT
IT’S HARDER FOR THEM TO SEE A
DOCTOR WHEN THEY’RE SICK.
EVEN TALKED ABOUT GUTTING RURAL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
THAT GO STRAIGHT TO THE NEEDS OF
HIS OWN CONSTITUENCY AND I WOULD
ARGUE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. SO REALLY WHAT WE HAVE IS
LEADERSHIP THAT HAS IGNORED BOTH
THE RESEARCH AND THE POLICIES WE
KNOW TO WORK, TO SOLVE OUR
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. AND THEN IN COVERING UP HIS OWN