Republicans break from Trump on migrant family separation

[DonViejo]

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann / Jun.18.2018 / 8:49 AM ET

WASHINGTON — The lowest points of Donald Trump’s presidency have tended to occur when a sizable portion of his own party has criticized him for his actions, policies and statements (even when the GOP doesn’t necessarily act on that criticism). Think Trump’s initial travel ban, the furor over Charlottesville, the Comey firing, the pardon of Joe Arpaio and the health care debate of 2017.

And Trump’s slight bump in his approval rating has coincided with a lack of intense GOP disagreement with Trump. Our June NBC/WSJ poll found the president’s job rating increasing to 44 percent among registered voters due in large part to his better numbers among Republicans and rural voters. But is that about to change with fellow Republicans and conservatives increasingly criticizing — in varying degrees — the Trump policy of separating migrant children from their families at the border?

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine: “What the administration has decided to do is to separate children from their parents to try to send a message that, if you cross the border with children, your children are going to be ripped away from you,” she told CBS yesterday. “That is traumatizing to the children who are innocent victims. And it is contrary to our values in this country."

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.: "President Trump could stop this policy with a phone call," he said on CNN. "I'll go tell him: If you don't like families being separated, you can tell DHS, 'Stop doing it.'"

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[Renew Deal]

1. What are they going to do about it?

[handmade34]

2. not enough

[Thomas Hurt]

3. This isn't about just punishing kids or illegals...this is about trying to extort the Democrats....

using children as leverage, as a negotiation tactic.

That is exactly how low the Pig will go and puts the lie to the "Oh the Pig isn't a racist"

[MiniMe]

4. Susan Collins, until you vote the way you talk about these things, your words mean nothing

Until your vote matches up with your rhetoric, I don't trust you at all