President Trump tuned in to the Democratic debate and didn’t like what he heard
After staying silent through the DNC’s Tuesday nightdebate, Trump felt a need to tweet on Wednesday after his border policies, which included family separation and children being detained in cages, came under fire.
“The cages for kids were built by the Obama Administration in 2014,” The president tweeted. “He had the policy of child separation. I ended it even as I realized that more families would then come to the Border!”
The cages for kids were built by the Obama Administration in 2014. He had the policy of child separation. I ended it even as I realized that more families would then come to the Border! @CNN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2019
Trump has on several occasions blamed his predecessor for the family separation policy that has seen immigrant children taken from their parents at detention facilities that critics have compared to concentration camps.
Multiple news agencies have taken issue with the president’s claims, including Politifcact, which reported the rarely used practice of family separation became “systematic” after the Trump administration implemented its “zero tolerance” policy in June 2018.
Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Congressman Michael Bennet of Colorado and entrepreneur Andrew Yang all spoke of cages during the debate.
“Our hearts break when we see these children at the detention facilities, when we see human beings crowded into cages in abhorrent, inhumane conditions,” Gabbard said.
Other than his cages comment, Trump tweeted nothing during the two-and-a-half-hour CNN event. He was silent Tuesday, too, but mocked the DNC debate’s ratings numbers once they were reported.
