Mika Brzezinski: “Ivanka Trump Says That It Was A Low Point For Her When The Separations Of Children From Their Family Were Happening Under Her Father’s Administration, Through Her Father’s Policy.”
[Morning Joe, MSNBC, 8/3/18; VIDEO]
John Heilmann: “But Also A Low Point For The Administration, As To Suggest That It’s Not Like It’s Something That Happened To The Administration As Opposed To Something That The Administration Inflicted On These Children. A Low Point For The Administration. Like The Weather.”
JOHN HEILMANN: “but also a low point for the administration, as into suggest that it’s not like it’s something that happened to the administration as opposed to something that the administration inflicted on these children. a low point for the administration. like the weather.” MIKA BRZEZINSKI: “A low point for her. i just want to say that because Ivanka trump has her own political aspirations you’re going to have to do this a little better. you’ll have to try and act like you care. you have to try and act like products. you’ll have to try and act like this matters to the fabric of what this country was created upon. who we are. this is not just a low point for you. this is not something you can throw away by calling it a low point for you. like maybe your company and all the people you had to fire because it’s no longer politically convenient for you. this is not something you throw away because it’s an out of production ivanka trump dress. no. these are people. these are children who right now we don’t know where they are. we don’t know exactly how many there are. we don’t know how they are. but we know that they are being abused because they have been ripped away from their families, and some of them will never see their families again.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 8/3/18; VIDEO]
Mika Brzezinski: “I Just Want To Point Out That This Administration, This Administration Was Warned About This Policy. You Heard The HHS Secy Early This Week Talking About The Effort To Warn This Administration, To Warn You.”
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: “I just want to point out that this administration, this administration was warned about this policy. you heard the hhs secretary early this week talking about the effort to warn this administration, to warn you, it was an hhs official, warning you that this was the prong thing to do. that there would be bad outcomes here. and yet the president put this policy into place. the attorney general announced it. the dhs secretary said we hope that people get the message, this policy will help them get the message. this policy ripped children away from their families and some of them will never see their families again. and you, counselor to the president finally speak on it and you call it a low point for you. i don’t think ate low point for you. i think it’s a national disgrace and i think there’s a lot of people who still want answers how these children are going to be reunited with their families feign care get yourself to the border and stay there until something really substantive is done. otherwise your words don’t matter. we actually don’t cares like for you. we care about the children. and we care about their families. we care about people coming here seeking asylum, coming to america the way many of our family members did, the way you talked about your mother. i believe you talked about people who come here from around the world, the melting pot that is america. you talked about it so positively. and yet what a low point for this administration and for you personally. it’s still going on. it’s not over. it’s still going on.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 8/3/18; VIDEO]
Willie Geist: “The Other Maddening Part About This Is Ivanka Trump Continues To Talk Like She’s A Bystander To All Of This. She’s The Senior Advisor For The President. She’s Supposed To Be In The President’s Ear.”
WILLIE GEIST: “the other maddening part about this is Ivanka trump continues to talk like she’s a bystander to all of this. she’s the senior advisor for the president. she’s supposed to be in the president’s ear. of all the children she’s the one.” MIKA BRZEZINSKI: “with her warning she could not stop it and bummed out for herself.” WILLIE GEIST: “again and again she comes in after the fact and talks about how distressing it was as though she has no say in the matter.” SUSAN PAGE: “ that’s exactly right. is she out there as the president’s daughter. she has a west wing role and she does nothing. she voiced no agenda. she did have one thing she was kind of involved with. this should be her agenda. and to talk about things in the way of what i was upset and my low point, stop it and do something. she is not on tv as the president’s daughter. that’s the question she was asked. that’s not how she was asked those questions. frankly she sold her doe be more involved in Washington what’s going on.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 8/3/18; VIDEO]
Mika Brzezinski: “The Trump Administration Says It Believes The Spotlight For Finding Hundreds Of Deported Parents Separated From Their Children At The Border Rests With Groups Like The ACLU And Not With The Federal Government.”
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: “the trump administration says it believes the spotlight for finding hundreds of deported parents separated from their children at the border rests with groups like the ACLU and not with the federal government. just think about that for a second, since the federal government did this. in court filings yesterday the justice department wrote that ACLU should quote use their considerable resources and their network of law firms, volunteers and others to contact the deported parents of separated children. the administration also suggested that the group find out if the estimated 431 parents who were deported without their children wished to be reconnected, or whether they waived that option. attorneys for the ACLU responded to the administration, saying it was trying to evade its responsibility bypassing its work off to private groups.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 8/3/18; VIDEO]