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Michelle Obama on Laura Bush's op-ed: 'Sometimes truth transcends party'
Source: The Hill
Former first lady Michelle Obama weighed in the controversy surrounding the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy of-of separating undocumented children from their parents at the southern border, citing fellow former first lady Laura Bush's op-ed blasting the policy on Monday.
"Sometimes truth transcends party," Obama said in a tweet, referring to Bush's op-ed.
Link to tweet
Former President Obama quickly retweeted his wife's post.
Obama's tweet comes after Bush ripped the policy in a Washington Post op-ed on Sunday, calling it "cruel" and "immoral."
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/392814-michelle-obama-on-laura-bushs-op-ed-sometimes-truth-transcends
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Michelle Obama on Laura Bush's op-ed: 'Sometimes truth transcends party' (Original Post)
demmiblue
Jun 2018
OP
And Secretary Clinton... I tuned into MSNBC but only caught a smidge of her speech. n/t
demmiblue
Jun 2018
#4
NRaleighLiberal
(60,038 posts)1. key word is "sometimes" - perhaps better "rarely"
Brother Buzz
(36,505 posts)2. Back in the day it happened reasonably often
That was then, this is now. I'm just saying.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,038 posts)6. couldn't agree more!
trueblue2007
(17,250 posts)3. thank you former FIRST LADIES BUSH AND OBAMA.
demmiblue
(36,920 posts)4. And Secretary Clinton... I tuned into MSNBC but only caught a smidge of her speech. n/t
demmiblue
(36,920 posts)5. Found it:
thucythucy
(8,134 posts)7. Unfortunately, for most Republicans
party transcends truth.