We’re hoping Shareblue editor, Caroline O. didn’t actually read this story before she posted it.
NEW: Immigrant children housed at a detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) June 21, 2018
New.
That’s adorable.
"Whenever they used to restrain me and put me in the chair, they would handcuff me..Strapped me down all the way, from your feet all the way to your chest, you couldn’t really move. … They have total control over you. They also put a bag over your head .. you feel suffocated.."
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) June 21, 2018
Horrible.
Many of the children sent there were accused of being part of MS-13. But a manager told Congress the children weren't gang members. They were suffering from trauma that happened in their home countries — "problems the facility is ill-equipped to treat."https://t.co/u9L86TE3EW
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) June 21, 2018
Obama should be ASHAMED.
"Some [children] said they had never been allowed outdoors."
Other children "were frequently punished by being restrained for hours in chairs, with handcuffs and cloth shackles on their legs. Often, the lawsuit alleged, the children were beaten by staff while bound." pic.twitter.com/cdchPFod0f
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) June 21, 2018
Democrats are monsters.
Hey look, her followers didn’t read it either because if they had they’d have seen this took place under OBAMA and while that doesn’t make this story any less horrible, it certainly proves their outrage is convenient.
It occurred when Obama was POTUS. pic.twitter.com/SGxHKcmiJx
— Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) June 21, 2018
Once again it seems our friends on the Left are either deliberately misleading their base to rile them up OR they themselves are not capable of reading more than a headline.
Perhaps it’s a little bit of both.
And we wonder how people like Rose O’Donnell and other Hollywood types get so confused. Ok, we don’t actually wonder that, but still …
Just read the stupid article folks, this isn’t rocket science.
In Caroline's thread, not once does she bother to mention the dates, and is very careful not to use screenshots with the dates in them. https://t.co/PZH3hHvwZu
— Ordy's Amish School of Coding (@OrdyPackard) June 21, 2018
Wait, she DID read the article? Gosh, does that mean she was deliberately framing this story to appear as if this is happening under Trump?
Surely no one on the Left would be so callous and sneaky.
Oh, ouch, our sides.
Breaking News: Obama urges reporters to stop digging to destroy Trump, because it only backfires on him. https://t.co/Hj8DKMkiRo
— Rhonda (@Dizzle__D) June 21, 2018
HA!
If their goal is to make Obama look like a monster over and over again they’re succeeding.
People did know this was happening. These specific abuses are from years ago. Nobody cared until Trump was in office.
— You Should Have Voted Gary (@colorblindk1d) June 21, 2018
Missing from your recaps for your readers…this happened in 2016, under previous administration. Curious why you left that detail out of the recaps?
— Michael Arcane (@MichaelArcane) June 21, 2018
Ooh ooh, we know.
New? This happened when Obama was President. You're misleading people by inferring an "update" on a story several years old is a breaking news story.
— Big Ed Learning To Code (@Falconeddie1) June 21, 2018
This happened three years ago.
— The Blue Knight (@DoctorKOH) June 21, 2018
"New" pic.twitter.com/TEgonDkljJ
— Jen DinNJ (@JenDinnj) June 21, 2018
Stop it. This is not “new”.
— Patsy Jones (@pjones59) June 21, 2018
Who sent them there? Because this was happening in 2015-2016. Failing to mention dates implies that this is recent and new. It’s not.
— Patsy Jones (@pjones59) June 21, 2018
It is, in fact, shady AF.
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