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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMayors from across the country are headed to the border.
Per local Seattle news, our Mayor Durkin and local news are headed to Texas with other mayors from across the country. People are PISSED.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Good for her! I love living in a state where our representatives are on the right side of almost every humanitarian issue.
BigmanPigman
(51,632 posts)The "left" is always on the right side on humanitarian issues.
forgotmylogin
(7,533 posts)peggysue2
(10,842 posts)He's dead wrong. Republicans will be skinned alive for this policy. Rightly so.
Tumbulu
(6,292 posts)but their depravity never ceases to amaze me!
peggysue2
(10,842 posts)The Republicans have sealed their fate with this ugliness. The Trumpster will have his rally in Minnesota tomorrow and get the loons to cheer. But in the end, he will be vilified.
Rightly so.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)If they think the deplorables are going to love this inhumane re-enactment of 1939-era Nazi tactics, why be so coy about it?
Maybe they know that the IDEA of mass deportations might sound "tough" (or whatever it is that their deplorable base enjoys about racism and human misery), but the REALITY (such as audio and video of traumatized toddlers) might be a bridge too far, even for their disgusting followers?
peggysue2
(10,842 posts)We will eventually see these kids, the babies and the girls. And just like the image of the 2-year old in her little red sneakers, the impact will be profound. They cannot hide the images and/or reality forever.
And when that happens, the backlash (which has already started) will be as vicious as they are.
As for the diehards? They're a lost cause because anyone who buys into this fiasco as a macho-man moment is already dead inside.
shraby
(21,946 posts)uppityperson
(115,681 posts)https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-mayor-durkan-to-travel-to-us-mexico-border-to-protest-immigration-policy/773220737
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle-mayor-going-to-us-mexico-border-to-protest-family-separation-policy/281-565786917
http://q13fox.com/2018/06/19/durkan-to-travel-to-border-this-week-with-us-conference-of-mayors-to-protest-family-separations/
http://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-mayor-to-visit-us-mexico-boarder-calling-for-end-to-zero-tolerance-policy
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-mayor-jenny-durkan-will-travel-to-mexican-border-to-join-protest-against-family-separations/