Tag: #FamiliesBelongTogether
Reporters fact-check Trump on family separation to his face, Trump keeps lying anyway
The following article by Rebekah Entralgo was posted on the ThinkProgress website June 15, 2018:
“I hate the children being taken away. The Democrats need to change their law.”
Speaking with a gaggle of reporters on the White House lawn Friday, President Donald Trump once again blamed Democrats for his administration’s policy of separating families.
“I hate the children being taken away. The Democrats have to change their law. That’s their law […] The children, the children can be taken care of quickly, beautifully and immediately. The Democrats forced that law upon our nation. I hate to see separation of parents and children.” Continue reading “Reporters fact-check Trump on family separation to his face, Trump keeps lying anyway”
This Is Who We Have to Be
The following article by Connie Schultz was posted on the Creators.com website June 13, 2018:
Last week, in a discussion thread on my public Facebook wall about the current political climate, a reader asked a question that’s been needling me: “How do we keep from demonizing those who would demonize others?”
In attempting to answer her, I realized how much I’ve been wrestling with this since the 2016 presidential campaign.
I am not isolated from Donald Trump voters. A close relative voted for him, as did some longtime friends. People I’ve trusted with everything from our home to our pets voted for Trump, too. It is impossible for me to demonize all of these people in my life and be done with them. We have too much shared history that forces me to remember all those other parts of them I loved and admired before they broke my heart.
I wasn’t raised to give up on people. Nearly 20 years after her death, I am still my mother’s daughter. She was used to being underestimated by so many people who later told her she had changed their lives. It hurt her sometimes when people initially dismissed her, but she put her faith in God and second chances. Had she not been willing to wait out their growth spurts, she would never have known the magnitude of her impact. Continue reading “This Is Who We Have to Be”