Ivanka weirdly defends family separations
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| From her Instagram account |
In a highly publicized interview that aired on Sunday, CBS host Margaret Brennan asked Trump about the family separations policy in light of her concern for all children.
“We went and looked and Homeland Security says there’s still around 900 children who remain separated from their families,” Brennan told Trump. “Is that something that you continue to remain engaged on?”
“Well, immigration is not in part of my portfolio,” Trump replied. “Obviously, I think everyone should be engaged and the full force of the U.S. government is committed to this effort of border security, to protecting the most vulnerable.”
“That includes those being trafficked,” she continued, ignoring the thrust of Brennan’s question. “Which this president is committed to countering and combatting human trafficking in an incredibly comprehensive and aggressive way. So the full United States government has been focused on this issue starting with the president.”
“Ivanka Trump, thank you very much,” Brennan said.
That’s such a stretch and Brennan should have challenged her. They love to trot out the trafficking line but everyone knows that the kids were separated from their own parents and relatives in 99% of the cases. I guess she doesn’t have much choice — there’s really no excuse for this deprave policy — but it’s telling that the person who’s supposed to be the big advocate for women and children is perfectly fine adopting such a cynical, dishonest line.
I can hardly wait to see the cage match between her and Junior over who gets to be president next.
Yes, they’re actually talking about that.
Jared’s in the mix too.
God help us.
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