Hello? 9-1-1? We’d like to report a hostage situation. Sen. Chuck Schumer is holding illegal immigrants’ children hostage as we speak:
Schumer doesn't want to help the kids he says are living in a concentration camp. https://t.co/Pp6qJ5rODg
— Dan ?? (@danieltobin) June 19, 2018
Is he using these kids as hostages? It sure looks like he's using these kids as hostages. https://t.co/fxNxTtMr47
— Mo Mo (@molratty) June 19, 2018
It sure does:
Schumer rejects GOP proposal to address border crisis https://t.co/hiygH1oZ9m pic.twitter.com/h5Qlab7qZA
— The Hill (@thehill) June 19, 2018
More from the Hill:
“There are so many obstacles to legislation and when the president can do it with his own pen, it makes no sense,” Schumer told reporters. “Legislation is not the way to go here when it’s so easy for the president to sign it.”
Asked if that meant Democrats would not support a bill backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to keep immigrant families together while seeking asylum on the U.S. border, Schumer said they want to keep the focus on Trump.
“Again, the president can change it with his pen,” he said, warning that Republicans would likely try to add poison-pill provisions to any immigration bill that came to the floor.
“Unacceptable additions have bogged down every piece of legislation we’ve done,” he said.
This effing guy.
So, does this mean the Dems would filibuster a family separation fix? https://t.co/eBr5bmjOOq
— David French (@DavidAFrench) June 19, 2018
Top Senate Dem preemptively comes out against all GOP proposals on family separation issue. “Schumer said they want to keep the focus on Trump.”
Rejecting compromise solutions looks cynical amid humanitarian crisis. Is this about the kids, or Trump? https://t.co/y0oom8ayYH
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 19, 2018
It’s pretty clear what this is about.
https://twitter.com/ianessling/status/1009176987993243648
So much for the idea that the Democrats' outrage is genuine. https://t.co/66HhvtjoLq
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) June 19, 2018
Schumer's position only makes sense if you believe that there is more moral weight to fighting Trump than ending the suffering of thousands. That's absurd.
(His *stated* position I mean, and not "this is terrible optics for Trump, and it benefits us for it to continue.")
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 19, 2018
The Democrats’ have zero interest in fixing this problem. They need to fan the flames of perpetual outrage because it’s the only weapon they’ve got.
If it includes alleged “poison pills,” like anything involving border security, they might! And they’ll count on media cover in the ensuing blame game. Is the political cudgel more important than the kids, Chuck? https://t.co/ZY7UBl14y1
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 19, 2018
Yep. They don’t care about the kids; they care about the narrative.
Hurting the kids to own Trump. https://t.co/HJC8CLK7pZ
— Nathan, son of Robert (@NathanWurtzel) June 19, 2018
Here's my shocked face. https://t.co/bm6pdXVFJR
— Phil Kessel is a 2X Stanley Cup Champion. (@Oenonewept) June 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/MarkRubello/status/1009176091079139328
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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