As Twitchy told you earlier, MSNBC’s Stephanie Cutter and Michael Steele described the detention camps for children of illegals as “concentration camps,” even though journalists have had the chance to tour one of these “concentration camps” and found crowded conditions, yes, but also movie nights, soccer games, a “prom,” and more. But no cages. It’s not freedom, but it’s not a concentration camp.
Or is it? Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of both the National Security Agency and the CIA, posted this hot take Saturday:
Other governments have separated mothers and children pic.twitter.com/tvlBkGjT0h
— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) June 16, 2018
So maybe Joe Scarborough was right, and the Trump administration’s border policy really is “Nazi-like.”
Even if you believe the Trump administration is literally pulling babies from their mothers while they breastfeed, there are so many things wrong with this comparison we don’t even know where to begin. Did they have movie nights at Auschwitz?
Hayden should be ashamed of himself for this tweet. It will probably land him a @CNN contributor contract. #Disgusting https://t.co/zOYyGfIK0n
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) June 16, 2018
This is a former director of the CIA. He's comparing a long-standing, bi-partisan U.S. law enforcement policy to a Nazi concentration camp. How could someone with such rash judgement ever have been in charge of American intelligence? https://t.co/Jf93mnHFuB
— Ezra Levant ? (@ezralevant) June 16, 2018
Hot take on the Holocaust from a former US Intelligence Community official who refers to opponents of torture as "interrogation deniers." https://t.co/MQTCyTxxKL
— Jett Goldsmith (@JettGoldsmith) June 16, 2018
This was happening WHILE YOU WERE DIRECTOR OF THE CIA UNDER OBAMA. So if we're going down this road, what famous Nazi does that make you? https://t.co/fdyF9llLv0
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) June 16, 2018
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Where is your tweet from when Obama was doing it? https://t.co/n87wUrXZA0
— Hal Sear (@HalSear) June 16, 2018
Something can be bad – really bad! – and still not merit a Holocaust comparison. https://t.co/j93n59VN9E
— Alex Muresianu (@ahardtospell) June 16, 2018
What a dumb comparison.
A. Those Jewish mothers and children weren’t in Germany illegally
B. Our government isn’t gassing and burning illegal immigrants https://t.co/ZL8xlN2yaP— Pardes Seleh (@PardesSeleh) June 16, 2018
He makes a good point. History forgets all those foreigners fleeing their countries, desperate to get in to Nazi Germany. https://t.co/B0mxGZUbzW
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) June 16, 2018
This is an embarrassing comparison. https://t.co/rd3t9ZFwZ9
— Jon Munce (@jonmunce) June 16, 2018
That's a big stretch and an insult to the memory of those who suffered the horrors of the Holocaust.
Reconsider the use of such comparisons. https://t.co/bElsc4vzxx— Moshe Kwiat (@mokwi8) June 16, 2018
Sir, this is beneath you…disappointing to compare these situations as if the two are on equal. Not even remotely close. https://t.co/4lKY7kv1qw
— Fonzi (@DrunkJedi1) June 16, 2018
You realize based on your analogy that you're comparing ICE (law enforcement) agents to Nazis, right? https://t.co/WpJjZKShFe
— Michael (@Michael2014abc) June 16, 2018
This is a garbage tweet. You should be ashamed of yourself. https://t.co/6nY5aEOHXj
— Just Sham ?? (@itsShamsFault) June 16, 2018
Hate to get caught up in this, but it so damn offensive when people cheapen the systematic annihilation of 6 million Jews to score political points. https://t.co/UpZDkUZZwK
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) June 16, 2018
Oh, but it’s just a warning of where we’re headed — it doesn’t trivialize the Holocaust at all to score cheap political points.
Yes, we must stop the mass genocide being conducted at the border. I'm outraged that we're murdering millions of women & children. https://t.co/XX6ib805NF
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) June 16, 2018
Oh look more dipshittery from someone who thinks he's hot shit because he worked at an alphabet agency.
Honestly, fuck off with this grotesque offensive shit. https://t.co/5mPXr22YEu
— hey baby it’s woke outside (@MatlockFletcher) June 16, 2018
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MSNBC analysts, including a former RNC chairman, say Trump's running 'concentration camps' for kids https://t.co/ojlNUCy5Wb
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 16, 2018
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