sirfrogsworth:

Rachel was given an AP News report live on air. She was not prepared for the information it contained. 

Babies are being taken away and placed in “tender age” shelters. 

She then tweeted what she could not say on air…

[ AP News Article ]

I’ve seen some conservatives claim that the liberals and Democrats don’t actually care about these kids. That we are faking outrage in order to condemn President Trump.

My rebuttal…

Bullshit. 

I care. 

My friends care. 

Rachel Maddow cares. 

We fucking care. 

They will then say that we didn’t seem to care when Obama was putting kids in cages and “ICE boxes.” 

The truth is, I didn’t know. Maybe that was a failure on my part. Perhaps I could have done a better job of informing myself. I don’t know. If I had known, I would have spoken out about it. 

But this situation is still very different. This is a NEW policy. They are taking kids away from their parents. They are willingly traumatizing young children. They are causing them Toxic Stress and may even be harming them for life. 

And they are doing it as a bargaining chip. 

Trump wants his wall. He wants more border security. He wants to restrict legal immigration as well. Ending visa lotteries and programs that help bring family members over. He thinks that most immigrants will not vote Republican so he wants to close up the U.S. completely.

And he is willing to take these kids… these babies… hostage. 

“Gimme The Wall or else!”

It’s… deplorable.

I CARE.