Posted on 06/21/2018 8:25:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The family separation issue is tough, but don't expect liberals at TIME magazine to understand that. On Thursday, the magazine's cover attacked President Donald Trump as heartless.
"Welcome to America," the cover's title, is trending on Twitter.
Orlando talk radio host Joe Kelly shared the cover, and explained it briefly. "Time Magazine's latest cover features a fabricated mashup of a child at the border crying with a seemingly uncaring President Trump staring down at her with the words 'Welcome to America,'" he explained.
This image — fabricated, as Kelly noted — is a vast undersimplification of the issues. Trump did originally say it would take Congress to fix the issue, but following backlash he signed a stopgap executive order. The president had directed law enforcement to prosecute everyone who crosses the border illegally — imagine that! — but that led to parents in custody and children held separately.
Now, families will not be separated, which means children will also be in custody. Democrats are predictably unhappy — and want the government to let illegal border crossers off scot-free.
Trump did not handle the issue particularly well, but he is trying to enforce America's border, and trying to get Congress to on immigration. When Congress delayed and when Democrats signaled they weren't willing to act, Trump signed the stopgap order — which may be legally dubious — seemingly because he actually does care about the illegal immigrant children.
Separating families is not a good thing, but blaming Trump for everything on this issue is misleading, and fabricating an image to smear him is even worse.
An image has been manipulated to show something that didn't happen.
Has TIME magazine been reduced to publishing memes?
It reminds me of how they manipulated the OJ cover.
LOL!
A nondiscrimination rule would help. The problem is a Left trying to have it both ways — letting kids be a special sympathy angle and then crying buckets over attempts to get them into vettable circumstances.
Of course but the media will never allow it. They are already calling for providing each child their own "counseling" to overcome the shock from being separated from their parents. Yep, imagine that.
And then he said there’s no Santa Claus.
See, folks.Obama, and they don’t care now. This isn’t about the kids. With Democrats, it’s never really ever about the kids
They called the Unabomber a genius and asked if Rush was wrong gor America.
Their covers are notorious
Makes perfect cat litter box liner!
I didn’t think Slime magazine was still be published.
Wait....
There are no pictures of Clinton there....
All 17 subscribers will be pleased to see their darkest suspicions confirmed.
Would have been better showing Trump ready to kick the child over the border to celebrate Russia World Cup soccer.
Because they know how to attract attention, they remain dangerous.
Very Dicken’s like, he just needs to be holding out a cup.
Henry Luce must be rolling over in his grave...Don’t give Time the time of Day...
Time Magazine.
Lying Propagandists are not ‘journalists’ and may in the future not have constitutional protection accorded to REAL ‘journalists’.
As Betrayers of the citizens, they will face far cruder punishment meted out by the people someday. I wouldnt give a plugged nickel for these liars lives in the future.
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