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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP fears midterms backlash from breaking up families at the border
"The images are devastating" for the GOP, said one Republican operative, referring to children and their families being separated.by Leigh Ann Caldwell / Jun.16.2018 / 2:35 PM ET / Updated Jun.16.2018 / 7:54 PM ET
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's policy of taking immigrant children from their parents at the southern border may have been designed to push Democrats to the negotiating table in Congress but it could end up costing Republican lawmakers.
The issue will "absolutely" be a factor in the midterm elections this fall, said a GOP operative working to elect Republicans to Congress, adding that "the images are devastating" for the GOP.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California called Trump's tactics "shameful."
"He's using children, whether they're Dreamers or whether they're little children at the border now, for a political purpose," Pelosi said.
The issue will "absolutely" be a factor in the midterm elections this fall, said a GOP operative working to elect Republicans to Congress, adding that "the images are devastating" for the GOP.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California called Trump's tactics "shameful."
"He's using children, whether they're Dreamers or whether they're little children at the border now, for a political purpose," Pelosi said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-fears-midterms-backlash-breaking-families-border-n883706
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GOP fears midterms backlash from breaking up families at the border (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Jun 2018
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Republicans should be haunted by this for the rest of their lives. Period.
Guilded Lilly
Jun 2018
#1
And call themselves Christian, pro-life, morally upright and pro family values
workinclasszero
Jun 2018
#3
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)1. Republicans should be haunted by this for the rest of their lives. Period.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)2. Yet will continue to sit there and prostitute themselves for Trump.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. And call themselves Christian, pro-life, morally upright and pro family values
SPIT
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)4. When anybody claims they are morally better than someone else, I know they are not good people.
GaYellowDawg
(4,452 posts)5. Sometimes I get impatient with Rep. Pelosi
Because I wish she was a little more of a fire-breather. But she beautifully and concisely hit the nail on the head with this quote:
"He's using children, whether they're Dreamers or whether they're little children at the border now, for a political purpose," Pelosi said.
I don't know how anyone could put it any better. I owe her gratitude for that.
thucythucy
(8,139 posts)6. So they're upset with the policy only because
they fear "midterm backlash."
Otherwise, no doubt, they'd be cool with it.
Nauseating.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)7. Right
They don't give a damn about the poor kids being terrorized, just how it makes them look!