FOX News: Trump immigration order met with shrugs and new demands from Dems: 'This isn't over'
After demanding for days that President Trump end the separation of illegal immigrant families at the border, Democrats responded to his executive order stopping the practice with only new appeals -- drawing GOP accusations that they're more interested in using the issue as a political cudgel.
The president, rarely one to back down from a fight, signed the order Wednesday allowing children to stay with parents caught crossing the border illegally. The move followed national outrage over the impact of the Justice Department's “zero tolerance” policy referring all illegal border crossers for prosecution. Children were separated due to a 1997 order and related decisions that forbid them from being detained with adults for extended periods.
For a solid week, the administration was pilloried by Democrats, journalists, activists and even members of his own party.
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WNU Editor: Did President Trump caved .... Trump’s migrant policy: First blowback, then about-face (AP). The answer is no. Yesterday .... the media were screaming that children should not be separated from their parents. Today .... the media is screaming that the children who are now with their parents are detained together. As I mentioned yesterday, the objective among those who have been protesting the family separation issue were (and are not) interested in this issue .... after-all it has been the law for over 20 years, migrant children have been treated far worse just 4 years ago, and there was never any massive media outcry. Their priority is open-borders, catch-and-release, and no criminal charges to those who cross the border illegally. Is this a winning issue for the Democrats and their supporters who are pushing it .... definitely not. Here is an easy prediction .... this story will be dead after this weekend because it is not politically advantageous to those who have been pushing it.
Update: Even the AP is now acknowledging that President Trump's base is backing him .... Supporters of Trump steadfast despite immigration uproar (AP)
Update #2: Someone has just emailed me that President Trump's executive order will be thrown out by the courts this week. Yes .... I know .... that was the whole point. The media narrative for the entire week has been that this is Trump's policy .... it is not. It is the law .... a law that was signed when the Democrats were in power 20 years ago .... and it is only Congress that can change it now. The fun part now is on how will the media go back on what they have been claiming all week .... that this is President Trump's policy and fault. I say .... good luck on that.
5 comments:
This is easy, no one is even talking about it other than news organizations. I have not heard one thing in circles about this - what a media sham!
Lol! Love the phony outrage. The president has an entire media empire behind him with the highest ratings and tens of millions of slavering rubes tuning in daily.
Yet, somehow, his message isn't being heard?
Keep 'em riled WNU editor!
My guess is that Trump backtracked ONLY because members of his own party badgered him, and he noted that doing this to babies did not look good politically. He would not change his view because of the Democrats. Has not yet done so.
Mikey
your circle perhaps consists of coffee drinkers at Dunkin rather than ALL the media, which notes too that Mrs Bush and many in GOP outraged. tip: widen circle
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