Posted on 11/07/2019 6:45:24 AM PST by Kaslin
Hundreds of hospital worker protested first lady Melania Trump on Wednesday for visiting those carrying out a program at Boston Medical Center that uses cuddling to help babies who are born with a dependency on drugs or alcohol.
Outside Boston Medical Center in the city's South End, as many as 200 workers protested the visit, saying the first lady represented an administration who they say has discouraged immigrants from seeking health care with tough immigration policies. Some carried signs that read "BMC cares for all patients" and "We believe that healthy women = healthy families = healthy society."
"Families need to be together, that the best way to support children's development is for them to be with their families," Carmen Rosa Norona, a psychotherapist working with young children affected by trauma, told The Associated Press. "That being the children, having the possibility to grow up with their families, is a human right in that the policies of separating families are a violation of those rights."
"This is not a person that we want to come to our home, our hospital," added Cecilia Girard, a 26-year employee who works as a nurse-midwife. (FoxNews.com)
Medical professionals standing in solidarity at Boston Medical center in protest of First Lady Melania Trumps visit.
First lady visiting cuddle program at Boston hospital for babies born on drugs.@boston25 pic.twitter.com/DPDaFxnI5j— Scott McDonnell (@ScottMcDonnell_) November 6, 2019
Boston Medical Center's president and CEO Kate Walsh knew ahead of time about the planned protest and refused to grant their request to cancel the first lady’s visit.
"[T]he visit will be a unique opportunity to share our values of respect and inclusion with federal leaders whose policies have a significant impact on the vulnerable populations we are dedicated to serving,” she told the hospital’s employees in an email, according to The Boston Globe.
"Two-thirds of our patients have some form of government insurance, and our health plan is the largest participant in the state's Medicaid accountable care organization, so the opportunity to highlight the innovative work we are doing is critical to ensuring that we are able to continue to deliver on our mission well into the future.”
Trump, for her part, ignored the protests in her comments to staff.
"I hope today's visit helps shine a light," she said. "It is my hope that what we discuss today will encourage others to replicate similar programs within their own communities."
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who accompanied Trump, said "neonatal abstinence syndrome is one of the most heartbreaking parts of the opioid crisis.”
Social media users slammed the protesters for not being able to put patients before politics.
These deranged SJWs took a bold stand...against Melania Trump cuddling drug-addicted babies.
Don't break your arms patting yourselves on the back! https://t.co/7h9NyXvtC4— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 7, 2019
Could’ve actually made an impact volunteering that time to help one of the babies... https://t.co/jpdEYRFSlK— Dana Kowalski (@danakowalski) November 7, 2019
Friggin disgusting.
Here’s our beautiful @FLOTUS visiting Boston Medical center because she CARES about these poor, innocent babies born addicted to drugs, & these simpletons would chose to protest THAT.
Pathetic. EMBARRASSING.#FLOTUS????♥?— S.L. Stiles (@StacyLStiles) November 7, 2019
Medical professionals. No I don't think they are.— MarshS (@MarshS23245318) November 7, 2019
So they put their politics before their patients - got it.— Scottergate ?????? (@Scottergate) November 6, 2019
Imagine the impact these "medical professionals" could have if they expended this energy toward supporting the cuddle program instead.— Dagan K (@dagank4) November 7, 2019
WOW! Yeah, if the Trump bunch wants to help babies then to hell with the babies. Were the workers union assclowns? I didn’t get that far in the piece.
Melania is the sweetest, most beautiful First Lady ever!
Never give a Democrat an even break.
She sure is.
Boston is a lost-un.
Remember, inhabitents of this sorry state gave us the Kennedys, Kerry, and Fauxahantis.
Let’s remove MIT and leave the rest to rot. Yes, that includes Harvard.
Marxist Left are upset he didn't cure cancer.
Nothing pleases these people.
Nurses for some reason seem to hate Trump and I have witnessed first hand Nursing home staff discussing vote harvesting plans.
Not explicit because they know better but they are going to make sure the “residents exercise their rights”even if they don’t know what planet they are on.
It’s a safe bet that many of those babies are Babies Of Color. That accounts for the hatred for Melania. The leftist mind can’t process the thought that a dreaded White could be kind to a person of color.
And Scott Brown, Dukakis, that Pressley bitch, and Willard.
Still waiting for the list of offensive comments. NOT some whiners interpretation, an actual list. No, I will not hold my breath waiting.
Sounds like that hospital is past due for a comprehensive I-9 exam.
They want diversity for everything except their g.d. stupid views. Total hypocrites.
Agree with us or we will try to make your life miserable!
Being republican:
I WOULD NOT LIKE TO GO THAT HOSPITAL FOR ANYTHING THAT I NEED TREATED.
MY GOD, THEY ARE STUPID!
Also from the pictures, only a dozen or so, nowhere near "hundreds".
She is a class by herself. That is a fact. I consider her be a blessing on America.
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“Melania is the sweetest, most beautiful First Lady ever!”
Also a very smart lady. Now you know why they despise her so.
No political reason ..... moved into a country setting and life style.
Culture shock in a sense ..... but I never left the country.
Boston was always "progressive" to me (too many istitutions of higher "education" in a small 35 mile radius), but it was never demanding when I was there.
I'd be dead or in prison if I had stayed.
Gee. Is the ink still wet on those union print shop signs? Hey protesting assclowns———FAH-Q!
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