The Vice-President said it was an 'honor' to meet the 'courageous' Connie Yates and Chris Gard
Posted on 12/19/2017 9:11:44 AM PST by Albion Wilde
Full title: Charlie Gard's parents visit US vice president Mike Pence after setting up £1.3m charity to help other children with rare disease like their son
The parents of Charlie Gard, whose legal battle to secure treatment for their terminally ill son captured the attention of the world, have met with Vice-President Mike Pence.
Connie Yates and Chris Gard met the Vice-President at the White House and he said after he said it was an 'honor' to have met the couple....
His parents, fought a lengthy and emotional legal battle to take their severely ill baby son to the US for treatment, but were denied by judges...
...money donated by the well-wishers has been used to set up a 'Charlie Gard Foundation' to help other children with rare diseases.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The comments at the end of the article are interesting and perhaps a window into the soul of the British. Most seem very hostile to both this tiny precious child and even more hostile to those who offered the parents hope.
The comments at the end of almost every article on DailyMail are corrosive to the point of evil, unless the article is about something transgressive — then it’s “top lad” or “good on them” or some other treacle. The site is indeed infested with Russian trolls, but there seems something in the average UK commenter’s personality that demands horrible snarking and pessimism.
Their children, like ours, have been taught for decades to hate their country.
I understand that “snark” is very much a part of their language, but for heaven’s sake even the most cynical could suspend the snark when talking about a dead little child, at least that’s what I think.
I believe that most of us would just take a pass on commenting at all.
I would say that they are taught from childhood to hate the US too. In all of my years I have never seen a president of the US so insulted and abused by a supposed ally.
Their media has always been anti-American, who can forget “How Can 60 Million People be so Stupid?” Bad manners in their press has always been so, but now it extends to their government and their people as well.
Yes, that’s why I included our children too in my statement. 8>)
Our children are taught to hate our country, but are they taught to hate Britain? I do believe that British children are taught to hate the US.
Their government insists on it.
Oh I understand now, and yes you are probably correct.
I wish I was wrong, but unfortunately not. :>)
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