Political Quotes

“this past April, Attorney General Sessions announced a new zero tolerance policy--those were his words--for the southern border. Last month, the Chief of Staff to the President said that this new zero tolerance policy ``could be a tough deterrent. . . . The children will be taken care of--put into foster care or whatever.'' That is what he said. To justify his zero tolerance policy, Attorney General Sessions cited Romans 8, a Bible passage that was used throughout our history to justify human slavery. The administration knew precisely what the effect of this action would be; yet they did it anyway. The result is that over 2,300 children have been separated by the U.S. Government in the name of the American people since May. The results are the images we see of children caged in chain-link enclosures. We hear it in the young boys and girls crying for their parents--all done in the name of America. That is an image that has ricocheted all across the world, just as the image of Bull Connor's dogs tearing at Birmingham's children ricocheted across the world. It said to the world that we actually weren't upholding the high ideals that our Founders set out to create. Well, that is terrible, but what is also terrible is that President Trump will take no responsibility for what he has done and instead takes on a cheap political tactic, which I think he thinks he can get away with.…”