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Bill Clinton blasts family separation: 'Children should not be bargaining chips'
The Hill ^ | 06/22/18 | Justin Wise

Posted on 06/22/2018 8:53:41 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Former President Bill Clinton this week slammed President Trump's "zero tolerance" policy that resulted in separating families at the border, saying that "children should not be bargaining chips."

“Taking these kids away from their parents makes no sense,” Clinton said Thursday at an event for his new book in Chicago, according to CNN. “It’s wrong. It’s immoral. It’s not required by the law. And it’s not necessary to protect the border. It’s just wrong."

He added that “children should not be bargaining chips," and that "they are people."

"I not only want this to stop, I want them to go get these kids that have already been sent away and give them back to their parents and do it right now," he said.

Clinton's condemnation of the policy comes two days after the president signed an executive order to end a policy that resulted in thousands of children being separated from their parents. It is not yet clear how or when the families already divided under the policy will be reunited. The administration began implementing the policy widely in April.

Trump signed the order after facing increasing pressure from Republican and Democratic lawmakers. Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was one of the many people to criticize the policy and Trump's defense of it earlier this week.

“Separating families is not mandated by law at all. That is an outright lie," she said. "It’s incumbent on all of us, journalists and citizens alike, to call it just that.”

Many lawmakers continue to question the Trump administration over the policy. On Thursday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) tweeted that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen privately told lawmakers that despite Trump signing an executive order, the practice of separating families could continue.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; elian; immigration; trump; x42
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To: yesthatjallen

Why the H would you make it a law then?


21 posted on 06/22/2018 9:13:18 AM PDT by DonkeyBonker
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To: yesthatjallen

How about how you separated yourself from your own son Slick?

22 posted on 06/22/2018 9:14:39 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bigbob

He looks more like Bubba than Chelsea.


23 posted on 06/22/2018 9:16:31 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Says a man who bailed out child traffickers in Haiti, whose wife has made a career of exploiting children since her time with the Children’s Defense Fund, and whose White House Staff was run by a pedophile.


24 posted on 06/22/2018 9:21:10 AM PDT by Fedora
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To: yesthatjallen

Children should not be bargaining chips = Welfare

Democrats smile and rub self.


25 posted on 06/22/2018 9:21:43 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: yesthatjallen

““Taking these kids away from their parents makes no sense,” Clinton said Thursday at an event for his new book in Chicago,”

... and I suppose no adults ever get separated from their children while being arrested in Chicago?

So the dems and enabling RINOs once again want to treat American citizens worse than illegal aliens.


26 posted on 06/22/2018 9:23:09 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: yesthatjallen

Nah bj, they should be molested and killed in a satanic ritual by your wife. Now stfu and die.


27 posted on 06/22/2018 9:23:27 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: rjsimmon

‘Weren’t you the guy that signed this into law?’

not technically a law; a consent decree...


28 posted on 06/22/2018 9:23:40 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: yesthatjallen

Two words for known rapist, serial abuser, accessory to murder, and suspected paedophile Bill Clinton: Elian Gonzalez

An unpleasant fact for known rapist, serial abuser, accessory to murder, and suspected paedophile Bill Clinton: 25+ children murdered during the 1993 US government raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco TX


29 posted on 06/22/2018 9:23:43 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Wonder if he posts on Free Republic with a different name.

“I not only want this to stop, I want them to go get these kids that have already been sent away and give them back to their parents and do it right now,” he said.

How many so called Freepers yell at Trump, “I want this/whatever/X right now or for X to stop now!”


30 posted on 06/22/2018 9:24:41 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If voting could actually change anything, it would also be illegal!)
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To: yesthatjallen; mosaicwolf; vette6387; unkus; ZULU; NFHale; sheik yerbouty; celtic gal; ...

Do you think the Clintoons and Podestas want to discuss child trafficking?


31 posted on 06/22/2018 9:25:22 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: yesthatjallen

The Pedophile Island regular specs out about children. FUBJC!


32 posted on 06/22/2018 9:26:02 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: bigbob
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33 posted on 06/22/2018 9:26:34 AM PDT by timestax
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To: yesthatjallen

Tell the parents that, you LSOS.


34 posted on 06/22/2018 9:26:58 AM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: All

Trump should tweet “Some say Bill Clinton went to Epstein’s orgy island on numerous occasion. Epstein was convicted of having sex with minors on that island. Not saying it means Bill Clinton had sex with minors when he was there. But still.. What other reason would he have for flying down there on Epstein’s private jet 11 times? He should have to explain his reasons.”


35 posted on 06/22/2018 9:27:35 AM PDT by Terry Mross (On some threads it's best to go straight to the comments.)
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To: yesthatjallen

“Taking these kids away from their parents makes no sense” President Clinton said after ordering the FBI and ATF to burn down the buildings in Waco.

The Clintons are child murderers besides old Slick being a pedophile.


36 posted on 06/22/2018 9:28:16 AM PDT by Colo9250 (Send Army Corps of Engineers to build wall and Marines to protect them, NOW!)
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To: yesthatjallen

How about acknowledging those that ARE YOUR children, Slick

As well as acknowledging those that ARE NOT


37 posted on 06/22/2018 9:28:44 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Samantha BeeITCH . . . BOYCOTT CANADIAN Travel & Products BUY AMERICAN)
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To: yesthatjallen
Well if we have to hear from Bill Clinton...

why not get Harvey Weingstein's opinion too... And Charlie Rose's and Tom Brokaw's and Harold Ford Jr's and Mark Halperin's?

Yeah, let's hear from all the abusers... and their 'feelings' about children in cages during the Obama years... Come on Justin Wise include all of 'em.

38 posted on 06/22/2018 9:29:31 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Difference between Putin and Hillary? Putin can win an election rigged in his favor.)
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To: yesthatjallen

39 posted on 06/22/2018 9:29:37 AM PDT by red-dawg
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And who knows for what else, Jeff Epstein’s Buddy?


40 posted on 06/22/2018 9:29:46 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Samantha BeeITCH . . . BOYCOTT CANADIAN Travel & Products BUY AMERICAN)
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