Michelle Obama assailed President Donald Trump on Monday for ripping migrant children from their parents and throwing them into cages, picking up on a frequent and distorted point made widely by Democrats.
She’s right that Trump’s now-suspended policy at the U.S.-Mexico border separated thousands of children from their families in ways that had not been done before. But what she did not say is that the very same “cages” were built and used in her husband’s administration, for the same purpose of holding migrant kids temporarily.
A look at her remark in the keynote address at the opening night of the remote Democratic National Convention:
MICHELLE OBAMA, on Americans: “They watch in horror as children are torn from their families and thrown into cages.”
THE FACTS: The reference to cages is misleading and a matter that Democrats have persistently distorted.
Trump used facilities that were built during the Obama-Biden administration to house children at the border. They are chain-link enclosures inside border facilities where migrants were temporarily housed, separated by sex and age.
At the height of the controversy over Trump’s zero-tolerance policy at the border, photos that circulated online of children in the enclosures generated great anger. But those photos — by The Associated Press — were taken in 2014 and depicted some of the thousands of unaccompanied children held by President Barack Obama.
When that fact came to light, some Democrats and activists who had tweeted the photos deleted their tweets. But prominent Democrats have continued to cite cages for children as a distinctive cruelty of Trump.
The former first lady was correct, however, in addressing the removal of children from parents at the border.
The Obama administration separated migrant children from families under certain limited circumstances, like when the child’s safety appeared at risk or when the parent had a serious criminal history.
But family separations as a matter of routine came about because of Trump’s “zero tolerance” enforcement policy, which he eventually suspended because of the uproar. Obama had no such policy.
(AP)
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You picked one line from an 18 minute speech that you found to be a “lie” (then in the article changed to “misleading”. When Mr Trump speaks, you’d hope to point out one truth in 18 minutes.
Credit to WYN for accurate headline. That was not the only lie she spouted . The whole speech was 100% pure lie and demagoguery. Marxist Democrats believe their own lies because for them the end justifies the means.
Why did’t she mentioned white 5 year old Cannon Hinnant being executed point blank shot to the head by a black racist thug? Is it because all Democrats believe that only Black Lives Matter?
You are blatent liar. Separation was the emphasis not the cages which were temporarily used for unacompanied children that required to be protected.
She did say she’s suffering from a mild depression. Perhaps it’s more than just mild. She must be a bit confused too. So sad.
One more note. Look at your headline, “Michelle Obama, Blatant Liar”. Then the article calls it “misleading” and towards the end actually justifies it. You have to ask yourself, “Who is the blatant liar”?
She’s not a “blatant liar”, although she is a hypocrite.
the dems have little positive to offer, so they attack the president as being a nasty person.
so what’s the lie? the term “cages” instead of “enclosed areas”? everyone realized that she war exaggerating.
There always had to be a place to detain immigrants, they couldn’t be wandering around the streets. As the article points out, Obama did not have the “zero tolerance” policy of trump, children were only separated in cases of safety concerns. Trump’s policy was specifically designed to discourage immigrants from coming, it was punitive and not for safety.
Democrats are the biggest hypocrites
She talks like a lunatic with nothing substantial to say…. How can intelligent people even listen to her?
It seems that American Orthodox Jewry are the only Orthodox Jews worldwide who cannot see Trump for what he is.
He is a morally bankrupt, power-hungry and genuinely repugnant individual with a track record of lying almost constantly.
He has openly admitted to being pro-Israel to placate evangelical voters, who believe that Jews should return to Israel in order that their Messiah return.
Any pro-Israel or pro-Jewish views will be associated with Trump and his followers for many years to come. Don’t think about just the next 4 years when you vote, think about the next 20.
mkylb, thank you for your hysterical Democrat troll rant.
Mkylb wrote down my observations without missing anything.
And as for the notorious MIG, thank you for once again bringing the reality of mental illness in the frum community to public attention. Hold in there until Trumps emasculated post office can find the time to get yours meds to you.
Trump emasculates the post office – you are completely off of your medication.
The real question is on “orthodox” jews who listen to Democrat lies and cannot understand them. It’s one hoax after another, and an inability to perceive the difference.