Trump’s pathetic attack on Democrats over deaths of two migrant children

Exactly, @MalcolmNance. Good for you for pulling no punches. Trump aids, abets, and enables the needless deaths of innocent children. And does so without pity or responsibility, blaming anyone but himself. Donald Redrum Trump. Pathetic excuse for a human being. https://t.co/jRMEYl9cKp

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 29, 2018

Pretty sure this is a new low. (Also, what he calls Democratic policies were in place for decades and kids weren’t dying in US govt custody.) https://t.co/0Zig4dqNZh

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) December 29, 2018

President Trump didn’t just wrongly blame Democrats for two Guatemalan children dying in @CBP custody, on his watch. He also blamed the father of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal for her death, telling an outright lie about how “he hadn’t given her water for days.” https://t.co/53ThXccV3y

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 29, 2018

This is pretty depraved but also an amazing window into his mind. It’s not that the government bureaucracy has failed or the system is overwhelmed and needs to be changed. It’s that his opponents are to blame. https://t.co/mJqhkUXFnC

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 29, 2018

The tweets marked Trump’s first public comments about the deaths of the immigrant children, and he offered no empathy to the families and took no responsibility for the government’s handling of their cases. https://t.co/AOlg6EEKWv

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) December 30, 2018

Think about this for a second. The guy is supposed to be President of the United States of America…all of America. Think about what he’s saying here. There are no more lines to be crossed. https://t.co/yoy3bsJvvj

— Mike Barnicle (@mikebarnicle) December 29, 2018

"White House officials say that the president, who is concerned about the collapse of his own political support, feels good about his stance on the shutdown, and sees no urgency toward making a deal with the incoming Democratic majority." https://t.co/GwVuFBUIaa

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 29, 2018

This isn’t what either the families nor CBP are saying. CBP is investigating both deaths. The extent to which Trump, in the name of defending Border Patrol, runs roughshod over what the people closer to the ground are actually doing is really underappreciated. https://t.co/FF5RF6LAlq

— Dara Lind (@DLind) December 29, 2018

Trump’s casual cruelty is always breathtaking. We can’t become immune to it. https://t.co/u3rPsMVSMq

— Elise Jordan (@Elise_Jordan) December 29, 2018

What would be the reaction if another president blamed another political party for children who died in his government’s custody?

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 29, 2018

Any sympathy for the dead child? https://t.co/Y87K2dqVYc

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 29, 2018

Donald Trump implemented a series of new policies that resulted in the deaths of two young children in a few weeks and Trump’s first comment was to blame Democrats and use their deaths to push for his “wall” rather than expressing any sympathy that two kids died in US custody.

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) December 29, 2018

Democrats in power for 10 years – 0 deaths, Trump in power for 2 years – 2 children dead. But sure, blame the democrats for the deaths you caused. pic.twitter.com/L58rKjmX5j

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) December 29, 2018

Trump tried to blame the recent deaths of two migrant children on Democrats. Before the two incidents this month, it had been more than a decade since a migrant child died in CBP custody.

— Jane’s not Tame (@JksKathryn) December 29, 2018

President Trump, lying? Naming fake scapegoats? No, not possible! https://t.co/iCdnA2NqIk

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 29, 2018

Fact check from June: "The Trump administration owns this family-separation policy, and its spin deserves Four Pinocchios." https://t.co/fEB7NAMKIQ https://t.co/UoaBK1YpYe

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 29, 2018