Posted on 07/07/2019 11:00:02 AM PDT by jazusamo
Video at link.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) appeared on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday to discuss the immigration crisis plaguing America's southern border. Host Martha Raddatz pressed Tlaib on the fact that she voted against funding a $4.6 billion emergency border bill, something Customs and Border Patrol officials have said are desperately needed.
Tlaib defended her position and even became defensive about her vote.
"Do you know what the CBP [Customs and Border Patrol] agents on the ground said, Martha? Martha, do you know what they said?" Tlaib asked. "What did they say on the ground? Ask a CBP agent. That's the one thing that I can [do is] talk to the secretary [McAleen] and he can say throw more money at a broken system, an inhumane system."
"Three agents took me aside, away from my colleagues, and said more money isn't going to fix this, that they were not trained to separate children, that they don't want to separate children, a two-year-old away from his mother. That's not what they were trained for. That's not what they signed up for in their service to our country," she explained, rather defensively. "They signed up to protect our border, not to separate children, not to put people in cages. They all said, 'This is a broken system. This is inhumane.' These are also human beings. These are also mothers and fathers themselves."
So, wait a minute. Democrats complain about the conditions that detainees are living in yet they refuse to vote to allocate funding to provide better conditions. What kind of logic is that?
Border Patrol Commissioner Kevin McAleenan has said, for months, that ICE and Border Patrol resources are running thin. Agents are seeing unprecedented numbers of family units and unaccompanied minors illegally crossing the border. There are so many people flocking to our southern border that there is not enough physical space to contain them while they're processed. There are so many people flocking to our southern border that there aren't enough agents to process the people. CBP has had to pull agents from the physical border to process people because they're that overwhelmed.
The Trump administration pushed for additional beds for detainees and Democrats refused to include that in a bill. But they claim to be the party of the migrant.
They scream "humanitarian crisis" yet the Democrats have drug their feet on this issue, complained time and time agin about the Trump administration's so-called "lack of action." Then they complain when President Trump declares a national emergency to fix the very broken system the Democrats refuse to do anything about.
You can't have it both ways, Dems. Fixing the system starts somewhere. You didn't want the border closed. You didn't want more beds for detainees. You didn't want deportations. What do you want?
Instead of continually complain, it's time to actually propose solutions. Stop complaining and start working.
forgot to add she’s a Palestinian ....and they’re raised to be combative.
Only country where the enemy has a seat in government.
Beyond foolish.
As long as she blows herself up in an empty field its all good with me
“Her Face looks like the southbound end of a northbound goat.”
I believe that likely makes her very desirable in the Palestinian part of the world.
She is a miserable thing, ain’t she...
In 15 years shes gonna look like Helen Thomas. Shes got a running start already.
What do you want?
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Same thing as Bush League Republicans like Flimsey Grahamnesty, amnesty and Ollie Ollie in free until the Republic is swamped and subsumed to the UN.
Agreed she is making this up. Liar.
if anyone really believes three border agents took this woman aside and said what she claims they said, I have some oceanfront land in Wyoming to sell you.
Yep, that's precisely why.
She got combative but wiped the floor with Martha Raddatz who challenged her on her vote.
Raddatz is the resident mop at ABC. No surprise there.
Nope, could not do it.
As soon as TRashida started in on “three agents blah blah” I shut it off.
The progs lie 100% of the time and now more than ever hearing them spout bs and krap just make me ill.
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Awe, come on, what do you expect from a person, when they are so inbred, and who was married to her brother...
At least to circumvent and deceive immigration!
There are certain things that just don’t often quite go right with being inbred.
Add to this anti-american lust she has, to enslave everyone under Islam, and it’s very strange bedfellow Marxism, and what could possibly go wrong.
How could anyone be so harsh on such a creature!
Your comment is mean and extremely offensive to goats.
I hear you, progs and muslims lie without compunction to further their warped causes.
“...How could anyone be so harsh on such a creature!...”
Chuckle... I was being NICE.
You ain’t seen me when I’m harsh :^)
The Sheep didn’t like it too much either... :^)
A camels a## is more appealing
"Three agents took me aside, away from my colleagues, and said more money isn't going to fix this, that they were not trained to separate children, that they don't want to separate children, a two-year-old away from his mother.So now (3) agents are experts on what funding can do...or not do.
Got it.
She's in Congress. It's Congress job to fix it
They pretend it's not their job until the President tries to fix it then THEY file lawsuits/get judges to stop him.
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