Yesterday afternoon, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand took Republicans to task for failing to sign onto Dianne Feinstein’s Keep Families Together Act:
Every Democratic senator is co-sponsoring the Keep Families Together Act, but not one Republican has signed on. Call your senators and tell those who are with us to keep fighting and those who aren’t that you need them to take on this injustice. Raise your voice again and again. pic.twitter.com/IHTOSVLcTm
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) June 18, 2018
Gillibrand’s sentiments were echoed by many of her colleagues as well as by woke lefties who just want someone to think of the children.
The President could make one phone call and stop this. pic.twitter.com/iwv737CJA8
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) June 19, 2018
There is no excuse for inflicting these abuses and trauma on children. The Administration must immediately reverse course. #KeepFamiliesTogether pic.twitter.com/IdkgputPhn
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 19, 2018
We all should be able to agree that in the United States of America, we will not intentionally separate children from their parents. We will not do that. We are better than that! We are so much better! pic.twitter.com/rz8Fh500Al
— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) June 19, 2018
Every day that Congressional Republicans allow @realDonaldTrump to continue ripping children from their parents at the border is a stain on our nation. #FamiliesBelongTogether
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 19, 2018
There isn't a single Republican senator who will sign on to a bill that would end this horrific policy of family separation.
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) June 19, 2018
If it’s true that the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice, let’s please help it bend a little faster, for the sake of these vulnerable children. Republican senators, please do the right thing, we are begging. https://t.co/m6kNaY39jn
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) June 19, 2018
Begging, you guys. It’s all so simple, Republicans. Just support the Democrats’ bill and all will be well with the world.
Or … not.
On the heels of yesterday’s must-read thread untangling the spin about the border situation, conservative attorney and blogger Gabriel Malor went to work dissecting Feinstein’s bill. And what he found was nothing short of insane:
I was gobsmacked when I actually dug into the Democrats' bill to address family separation.
Their bill actually prohibits separating any child (including U.S. citizens!) from a parent almost anywhere in the U.S. by any officer of DHS, DOJ, or HHS. https://t.co/ugPw0BiLAZ
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
The Democrats' bill on family separation isn't tethered to migrants at all!
This is absurd! https://t.co/ugPw0BiLAZ pic.twitter.com/zOTZxiqVtN
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
Every Senate Democrat has now signed on to cosponsor this bill that they either did not bother to read or did not understand.
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
In other words … business as usual.
https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/1009136586410381312
Even when they’re in the majority, they pull this crap.
(I'm going to be charitable and assume that this is the product of terrible lawmaking, and that Democrats aren't actually trying to penalize the childless by protecting parents from most federal prosecutions in the United States.)
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
That’s probably more charitable than the Democrats deserve.
So, those progresssives who have been tweeting "OMG, ZERO REPUBLICANS HAVE SIGNED ON TO THIS!" basically can't be taken seriously.
The Feinstein bill, as currently constructed, is garbage. https://t.co/6R5nLdxM1E
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) June 19, 2018
This goes doubly for those progressives that were virtue signaling about the greatness of the Feinstein bill. https://t.co/8YgbiKoBid
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) June 19, 2018
Pathetic.
The astonishing this is how much promotion this bill has gotten in the media and on the left without anyone seemingly taking the time to understand what it actually does.
At least the title sounded nice. https://t.co/Ao4K9zVBCX
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 19, 2018
And sounding nice is all that matters. The same Democrats and liberals decrying the GOP — despite the fact that an increasing number of Republicans are speaking out against the family separation policy — for their inaction don’t seem terribly interested in the fact that GOP Sen. Ted Cruz also introduced a bill to help fix this mess.
https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1009136528071651328
Except @tedcruz literally introduced emergency legislation to do just that. https://t.co/cZOGDj2U0D https://t.co/FoTM2zHmRM
— Tré Goins-Phillips ? (@tregp) June 19, 2018
Cruz’s bill may not be perfect, but for the Democrats to pretend Republicans are just sitting this out is a damn lie. The Democrats are clearly more interested in protecting the narrative than in finding meaningful solutions that will protect children.
Now remember when I said the position of many Democrats is really open borders…and took a lot of heat for it?
Feinstein's bill is basically…open borders…as long as you drag a child along with you.
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) June 19, 2018
Dems don’t actually want to fix any of this. They love to use kids as a bargaining chip and aren’t about to give that up.
Serious thank you to @gabrielmalor for actually writing up the facts about the Feinstein bill.
Obviously, if you weren't already following him, you should be. #FF
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 19, 2018
True story. You can read his full Federalist piece here.
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Update:
More from Malor:
I admit I was also gobsmacked that this bill was read and referred to Senate Judiciary on June 7th, and nobody else has apparently bothered to understand the bill since then.
Hello? Reporters? Maybe ask some questions! https://t.co/AjgHYGG0Bw
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/BeagleyJustin/status/1009132405867757568
First, you didn't read my piece. If you had, you'd know that 2 out of 3 people in the U.S. live within 100 miles of the border.
Second, you didn't even read the screenshot, which says "near" ports of entry. Salt Lake City is a POE. So is Omaha, and St. Louis, and etc.
Read it! https://t.co/kY4NFi9Dcr
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
That's the authorized range for CBP activity.
— theSavage (@owabnw) June 19, 2018
Read. The. Column.
Nothing in the bill limits the prohibition on family separation to CBP. Under the bill text, the prohibition applies to all of DHS, DOJ, and HHS, and not just w/in 100 miles of the border, but near all ports of entry. https://t.co/FZYol5HYY8
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
I think many people may simply not know that there are dozens of ports of entry *inside* the U.S., not just at borders.
Basically, any place that has an airport that services international flights, either passenger or freight is a port of entry.
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
Don't feel bad if you didn't know that. Neither did the Democratic bill drafters, apparently.
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 19, 2018
Ouch.
All that mattered was they "did something". It doesn't matter if the solution is worse than the problem. https://t.co/xI4HeVUdxI
— BT (@back_ttys) June 19, 2018
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