Posted on 12/29/2018 4:24:13 PM PST by Olog-hai
President Donald Trump deflected any blame from his administration for the deaths of two Guatemalan children this month in U.S. government custody as his Homeland Security chief visited Border Patrol medical officials amid promises of more thorough health screenings for migrant children.
Instead, the president, whose administration has faced widespread criticism over the deaths, pointed the finger on Twitter at Democrats “and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally.” They were his first comments on the deaths.
The president’s comments came Saturday afternoon, the same day Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was in Yuma, Arizona, to meet with medical staff at the border. Nielsen said in a statement that “the system is clearly overwhelmed and we must work together to address this humanitarian crisis.” She called on Congress to “act with urgency.”
Her office said she was briefed in El Paso, Texas, on Friday on “recently instituted secondary medical screenings and the more thorough initial health screenings of migrants.”
El Paso Mayor Dee Margo said he met with Nielsen and told CNN on Saturday that he agreed with her that the immigration policy is “broken.” …
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Instead, the president, whose administration has faced widespread criticism over the deaths,
From the media
The AP should be ashamed for such biased reporting, but they are shameless.
“Deflected blame”. In other words, The Ape Pee blames President Trump.
Well of course. Apparently, adults bring their kids because they think that entry into the US will be faster and guaranteed.
Democrats and Liberals have immigrants convinced of this.
So it is the parents, at the behest of Democrats, who are risking the lives of their kids.
Trump is not afraid to speak the truth.
This was a tragedy - no matter who or what or why was involved.
Everyone knows who's to blame here, no need to politicize.
The Dems can't help themselves, they dance on graves at the least provocation. They'll use death to every advantage - it seems to bring them Joy.
I'd rather not be in that club, thank you.
He gave 10 billion to Mexico n central America. He is more to blame for rewarding their crminal behavior then pretending he can’t find wall funding. He has caved.
Also consider this recent, common sense, Trump-supporting statement by Heather MacDonald on LIFE LIBERTY LEVIN concerning the corrupt, hypocrital Left burning both ends of the candle regarding undocumented Democrats.
"But you know, what I find so extraordinary is the left in the morning has one narrative, which is that, there no place more oppressive on earth than the United States for people of color. It's just, if you are a person of color in the United States, you are the subject of constant oppression and then in afternoon, says we need every third world person of color to come here. Well, they cannot both be true [emphasis added].” — Heather MacDonald warns US colleges are breeding hate
The media likes to parrot its own fake criticisms as if they had any validity whatsoever in the first place. A self-justifying propaganda machine.
These people are incredibly stupid. If those kids were not seriously ill when they crossed the border then there is an extreamly dangerous new strain of flu that has been turned loose on this country. Mothers should be warned their children could be fine in the morning and dead by dinner time. Which is it media?
If you want to see how rabid the Marxist State Media pimps and whores are, just turn the sound off and watch their faces .... you’ll note that they fairly snarl as they read their scripts.
I’m not sure how Trump would be holding up without the help of his fellow Republicans (/s)
Did we not see what a passive response got Bush?
Telling the truth is not dancing on graves.
President Trump is correct again.
You think more than 60 million voted for Trump so he ‘wouldn’t point fingers of blame’?
Seesh, grow a pair.
Two died at the border.
How many died on the way?
Grow up.
Over 300 of these cases happened every year since at least 2014.
The media has lost all pretense of objectivity. I watched about 10 minutes of NBC news tonight. Appalling. Everything Trump does is wrong. They practically scream it through the whole broadcast.
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