Posted on 02/17/2017 10:00:42 AM PST by markomalley
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted a report that the Trump administration is considering using the National Guard to round up undocumented immigrants for deportation, a claim that the White House has denied.
"That's despicable," Schumer told reporters during a press conference on Scott Pruitt's nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. "That would be one of the most un-American things that would happen in the last century."
He added: "I just hope it's not true."
The Trump administration issued a strongly worded denial on Friday morning after The Associated Press reported that the administration was planning to mobilize National Guard troops.
"There is no effort at all to round up, to utilize the National Guard to round up illegal immigrants," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said of the report, according to pool reports.
The AP, citing a draft memo, said that the administration could use up to 100,000 troops.
The AP report comes as a string of high-profile immigration raids have sparked backlash from outside groups and Democrats.
His continued silence is telling, eh?
What's he hiding?
McCain yesterday, Chuckie today: another gulled lefty.
Zero (0) days w/o a win!
Chuck, “the Daffy Duck”, Schumer.
“You’re dethspicable!”
The Left always needs to manufacture victims to smear conservatives.
In 2010, former President Barack Obama said he would deploy 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. They were sent to Arizona, Texas, California and New Mexico. While National Guard troops were not authorized to arrest people found to be crossing the border illegally, they helped staff observation posts, monitor surveillance footage and build fences.
In 2006, former President George W. Bush called up 6,000 National Guard troops to California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. They were commissioned to help install border barriers, provide training and assist with border surveillance.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article133332154.html#storylink=cpy
If there’s rumors that Chuck Schumer likes to smoke crack and beat up old people while dressed in frilly women’s underwear - I refuse to believe it. I’ve got your back Chuckie, no way in hell do I believe you smoke crack.
The democrats believe politics is war, but they just make it too easy.
I kinda like the idea... But that’s just me. I would like the laws to be enforced as they are.
“Poor families will be broken up.” Happens every day when criminals go to prison. Why don’t they argue not sending felons to prison?
Leftists wear me out.
Send the national guard out.
Where did this supposed draft memo come from?
*******
I’m wondering if it was a false document displayed to a certain few insiders to see which one, if any, would leak it?
Didn’t show up in WaPo or Failing NYT, but AP has also run some leaks recently, have they not?
I’m really hoping this is bait to sniff out the leakers in the govt. Put out some crazy stories and see which make it into the hands of the MSM. If not someone is flat out creating falsehoods out of whole cloth and that is scary.
SCAPEGOAT!
For once I agree with Schumer. The reports are indeed despicable, since they are not true.
He actually meant to say the opposite.
They are all chomping at the bit to start impeachment processes.
I would love to see them do so based on fake news and watch them flounder.
That's who he reminds me of, Flounder from Animal House.
More convinced than ever that Trump cooked this up and leaked it specifically to provoke THIS kind of Democrat/MSM self-humiliation.
Coming from the same guy who cheered the national guard torching the Branch Davidians.
If I were Trump I would have Sessions send US Marshals to arrest this disgusting POS.
Yes, it was a despicable report because it was a lie. I’m pretty sure BP, INS and ICE can handle it.
The word he’s looking for is “deplorable”.
Get used to it.
Schumer is such a lightweight.
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