European headlines on Rachel Maddow

[syringis]

La Libre (Belgium) :
"Au bord des larmes, cette journaliste américaine n'a pu donner une information sur un centre de détention pour bébés"
In tears, an American journalist could not give information on a baby detention center


Le Soir (Belgium) :
"États-Unis: une journaliste fond en larmes en direct en parlant des camps pour bébés de migrants (vidéo)"
United States: journalist breaks into tears live as she talks about migrant baby camps (video)


RTL Info (tv Channel, Belgium) :
"Des enfants séparés de leurs parents aux USA: en direct à la télévision, une journaliste fond en larmes (vidéo)"
Children separated from their parents in the USA : a journalist weeps live on television (video)


L'Obs (France) :
"Etats-Unis : une journaliste fond en larmes en décrivant les camps pour bébés migrants"
United States: A journalist breaks into tears as she describes camps for migrant babies


France Info (France) :
"VIDÉO. Famille de migrants séparés à la frontière américaine : une journaliste fond en larmes en direct"
Family of separated migrants at US border: journalist weeps live


Le Parisien (France) :
"Enfants de migrants : une journaliste américaine fond en larmes à l’antenne"
Children of migrants: American journalist breaks down in tears on the air


Huffington Post (French version) :
"Des centres de détention pour bébés? Cette journaliste américaine n'a pas pu terminer son lancement"
Baby detention centers? This American journalist was unable to complete her introduction


Sud Ouest (France)
"Une journaliste fond en larmes en découvrant les "camps pour enfants" à la frontière" américaine
Journalist weeps as she discovers “children's camps” at U.S. border


L'essentiel (France)
"Une journaliste n'arrive pas à finir son lancement"
A journalist can't finish her introduction

[Siwsan]

1. And Rachel wasn't the only one

I wish that every tear shed over this horrible situation would sting like battery acid on trump*'s soul. Trouble is, I seriously doubt he has one.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. Other MSNBC reporters who were mothers were also nearly in tears as they talked.

I was going to say "reported," but these reporter-mothers were pissed, and they weren't afraid to let it show. Lawrence O'Donnell, who Rachel had tearfully handed off the story to, just let the reporters rant, knowing it was the best way to tell the story of the incarcerated babies.

[calimary]

34. Stephanie Ruhle was barely holding it together all day yesterday.

Both early in the day during her usual timeslot(s) and later in the evening, with Chris Hayes and Lawrence O'Donnell.

[Hela]

2. "Lancement" in this instance means "Introduction" n/t

[syringis]

3. Hi Hela, welcome on DU

True. I'll correct it. Thank you.

[lunatica]

5. The moment Rachel paused I knew she

was trying not to react emotionally and at that moment I started crying because I knew the news was going to be horrifiic.

I’ve never seen Lawrence look so grim when the screen split to show them both. He picked up the story like the consummate pro he is. And during his show he let the women say their tearful, enraged piece. And the last word was a Mexican American church Deacon who spoke of humanity and the need for love in our hearts to overcome this. Lawrence had asked him what he would say to Trump.

[PatSeg]

6. Trump must really be hating Rachel right now

How soon before his damn minions claim she faked the tears?

The last few days, I've noticed quite a few newscasters/commentators looking unusually grim and subdued. Some I was sure were on the brink of tears.

[NCjack]

8. Yes. Trump cannot understand what happened, as he cannot

weep for anyone but himself. He is a person misplaced in space and time. He really should have been a Nazi in Europe in the 1930s and '40s.

[PatSeg]

41. He easily fits the mold of a

Nazi. He definitely would have been a "Good German".

[Hekate]

57. "Good Germans" were the ones who kept their heads down & didn't make waves or rebel...

Trump could never be that. He'd be in the thick of the torture.

[PatSeg]

62. Oh no, you're right

He would have been a good Nazi, one who took great pleasure in his work.

[bleedingulcers]

29. I've already seen tweets referring to her an an actor

and stating that she was trained to be able to cry on cue. Some people just can't imagine a spontaneous emotion in response to horrible news...

[PatSeg]

40. People who accuse survivors

of mass shootings of being "crisis actors" are going to be brutal to anyone on the news who shows any genuine emotion. The insensitivity and cruelty are beyond belief.

[NastyRiffraff]

47. They have no capacity for empathy

so they can't understand anyone who has empathy, who can actually feel others' pain.

[PatSeg]

50. "There but fortune

go you or I" means nothing to them, often even when misfortune visits them. Many still can't see their own suffering in other people. Everything is subjective.

[Eyeball_Kid]

35. Trumpy is unredeemable. He's evil. He's committed to being evil.

His daughters can't help him. His wife can't help him. Putin IS helping him-- maintain his evilness. And that's where Trumpy is. He's with evil. Not necessarily "evil-doers". He's with the spirit of evil. So now he signs an E.O. to stop the separations, but MAINTAINS the zero tolerance policy, which means that he'll ignore pleas for sanctuary from refugees. He'll STILL arrest refugees and ignore their petitions. He STILL views them as animals who are infesting the nation. He only relented on pleas to end the separation policy because he was losing his political base, and quickly. It was not because he understood that he was acting immorally. He doesn't care about morality.

[PatSeg]

39. And there is no guarantee

that he will follow up on his promise. What he says and what he does are often quite different. Meanwhile, there are thousands of children who are displaced and traumatized. It is entirely possible that some will never be reunited with their families, as it doesn't appear that anyone was keeping accurate paperwork. It has been suggested that the government never intended to reunited them.

More stories will come out about the treatment of these children and being reporters and politicians were banned from many facilities, the stories are bound to be very disturbing. No matter what Trump does, it could be too late to redeem himself or DHS or the DOJ.

[MFM008]

60. I turnef to fox

For 2 minutes to see, Carlson was commenting about the "crying commentator"....

[PatSeg]

63. These people are shameless

I can remember when Tucker Carlson was just an annoying little asshole on CNN and later MSNBC, but now he has gone full-blown Fox crazy. Apparently there is no depth too low for these people once they join the Fox cult.

[potone]

74. They did immediately.

It was all over twitter. Many people claimed that those were "fake tears." The heartlessness was chilling.

[PatSeg]

76. I remember

after the Sandyhook shooting, people were claiming that Obama's tears were fake. Just because some people are heartless, they assume everyone else is as well.

[KT2000]

7. MSNBC has been great

Rachel did not even have to apologize in her tweet. She is doing a great job.

[syringis]

20. Hi KT2000

He doesn't have to apologize because she has a heart.

[Amaryllis]

52. Do you know how MSNBC responded? I have not heard anything.

[Hekate]

58. I think we can judge their response by the reporters they have sent to tell us about this crisis...

Good quality people, some of whom I've seen many times (like Chris Hayes) and others who ar new to me.

The company has no need of public statements when they send journalists to do what they are supposed to be doing.

[KT2000]

65. Have not heard anything

they probably let it stand as is.

[kimbutgar]

9. Thank you for posting this

I am so appalled this is happening in the country that everyone was supposed to look at as a beacon to look towards for freedom.

Freedom my ass!

[syringis]

21. Hi Kim, you're welcome

[trueblue2007]

10. RACHEL, YOU ARE A BLESSING. I love you girl.

[workinclasszero]

11. Rachel's tears helped to open the gates of Trump's "tender care" concentration camps

I really love her now!

[Cha]

12. Sweet, Rachel feels it deeply .. it really is surreally heartbreaking.. like

we're living in some nightmare we can't get out of. Imagine how the people feel who trump is torturing.

Merci beaucoup, syringis

[syringis]

22. Hi Cha

De rien, c'est avec plaisir.

[Upthevibe]

49. Cha, you've verbalized exactly what I'm feeling....

"like we're living in some nightmare we can't get out of." I broke down too when I saw Rachel.....

[flibbitygiblets]

13. Rachel is the face of American humanity. Trump is the face of ugliness, greed and authoritarianism.

What made Rachel's hand-off segment so poignant what that she was trying REALLY HARD not to cry. Anyone who calls her an actress is a liar and a fool. Only a monster would NOT cry. You know, like Corey Lewandowski, the Nazi who engineered this fiasco and then commented "WOMP WOMP" when a girl with Down's Syndrome was ripped from her mother at the border.

[bdamomma]

15. well look at fucking tRump

when he was campaigning and mocking a Learning Disabled reporter. He is a despicable person and karma will bite him hard.

[lagomorph777]

23. The entire RePutin Party has damaged their brand beyond repair.

Voters will bite them hard this fall.

[calimary]

77. But ONLY if we ALL turn out to VOTE!

[lagomorph777]

78. Yes! And Trump is tirelessly motivating our voters.

He's firing up thousands of Trumpanzees.

...and MILLIONS of decent Americans desperate to take him out.

[renate]

42. Somehow I forgot he was mocking HIS victim of HIS policy

He wasn’t just defending the indefensible as a Trump lackey... he was absolutely reveling in the anguish that he had himself created.

I had thought no human could be any worse than he had seemed... but there are no moral depths to which he will not plummet.

[House of Roberts]

46. Wasn't the information breaking news she hadn't seen?

She hadn't had time to react in private, then get her emotion under control.

[bdamomma]

14. Well we are here.

we need to undo this or we will be isolated forever.

[Ilsa]

16. I emailed her a link for your thread. nt

[lillypaddle]

18. Thank you for doing that

That's why I like twitter so much, you can tag people so they can see what you are saying.

[Ilsa]

38. I tweet, but mostly retweet and reply to stuff.

I'm not very good at tagging. I'm not proficient in Twitter, so I emailed her from her msnbc website.

[syringis]

26. Hi Ilsa

I love her, she is a great human being, and she does a wonderful job !

[Pathwalker]

36. Please, if you would want to, ask her what can we do?

Seriously, We called our congress cretin's office, and they got very snarky, but late yesterday, he came out against the policy. We are too old and infirm to march, live on a fixed income, but we want to do something. How can we the people affect this?

[Ilsa]

37. I think we already have.

Someone on MTP Daily said that Rs in Congress were bombarded with calls from constituents. Their base would give them cover to defy trump.

There are marches going on around the nation June 30 near processing facilities. I don't remember the website, maybe MoveOn.

[blake2012]

17. The world needs to come help save us. The USA has been force for good

On balance for many decades. We the people are fucked right now and can’t do it alone.

[syringis]

24. Hi Blake

We know what you're undergoing.

We are doing what we can as citizens, many officials too. Many US ambassadors are aware of how fast America is loosing its credibility.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

19. KR NT

[grantcart]

25. Kick

[Bradshaw3]

27. Thanks, it's good to know Europeans know

That drumpf and his minions are not representative of America. I know probably know already but I just want them and those in Canada, Mexico and the rest of the world to know the rest of us are working to change this horrible situation our country is in.

[Grammy23]

28. After Rachel handed off to Lawrence,

Stephanie Rhule also tried to report but was distraught, as well. So there were many reporters who were overcome with emotion at the situation they were trying to tell about. Just imagine how these parents and children feel if reporters can’t even report the situation without breaking down.

And this was done in our names. Silence is approval. Speak up when there is wrong doing. Enough loud voices are effective. tRump signed the executive order after it was clear he was losing on this issue.

[HipChick]

30. Not too many folks know who Maddow is over here

I'm over in Europe right now...but everyone who viewed knew what they saw..

[mountain grammy]

31. Elijah Cummings broke down during House hearing

I hope the world knows we're weeping.

[erpowers]

32. The Sad and Shocking Thing About Those Headlines

The sad and shocking thing about those headlines is that a year to ten years ago no one would have believed those headlines would be written about America. Those are headlines that people would have associated with other countries. In addition, just about everyone would have expected the United States of America to lead the charge to end such a policy.

[onlyadream]

33. Thank you, Rachel, for showing the world that we aren't heartless.

Only Trump and his deplorables are.

[mnhtnbb]

43. Some of us are old enough to remember Walter Cronkite

removing his glasses to wipe the tears when he had to report that JFK was dead.

He was weeping not just for the man, our young and beloved President, but also for our country.

I was watching Rachel last night and her tears took me back to the assassination of JFK. The country was in shock then and a lot of us are in shock now that this orange one could be so cruel as to order baby jails for babies and toddlers taken from their refugee parents coming here to request asylum.

[Honeycombe8]

45. I was in school. They played it over the intercom. So I didn't see him do that.

I wish I had. It may have been rerun later, but I don't remember. I was a kid.

[Honeycombe8]

44. k&r nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

48. K&R

[Pachamama]

51. I broke down crying yesterday too

I was in transit in Frankfurt airport and had to buy something in an airport store. The sales clerk was an immigrant with a middle eastern name on his name lapel. He asked me simply how I felt as an American about what Trump is doing to immigrants and the children in camps. I had just learned the news too after reading it online and I looked at the man and I broke down with tears rolling my cheeks saying how sorry I am and this is not my country. It came out of no where I was sobbing. The man took my hand and try to calm and soothe me. I told him I am in shock and am scared and so worried what is happening. He told me he was Egyptian and came to Germany 15 years ago and was married to a German woman and his children born in Germany. He said that there was beginning to be more and more xenophobia in Germany too, but clearly not what is happening in US and with what Trump is doing. But he had a very sad look in his eyes and said America had always been the symbol of hope and human rights and opportunity and what was right. When I told him the news of the tender age Camps he shook his head and said “I can’t belive this - America?....”

Yes, America.....my America...and I stood there sobbing.....

I feel what Rachel felt at that moment - it’s overwhelming and it’s a normal response to something so horrible....

[Demsrule86]

55. I did too.

[Hekate]

61. Oh Pachamama my friend, who could have imagined this?

[Pachamama]

66. Never did I imagine this - We all had concerns with GWB,

...in terms of our civil liberties, War etc....

But no, never did I think we would be having this happen...and especially after we had 8 years of our Nations first black President, the possibility of our first woman President....I thought our Nation had a bright and prosperous and peaceful and positive future....

I am weeping and scared now....I feel such sorrow and despair....I was so ashamed yesterday in front of this Man for my once great and admired Nation...

[Amaryllis]

53. This could be the best thing in months for our international reputation. Simliar to the

Muslim ban airport protests.

[LAS14]

54. An antidote to our horrible image abroad. nt

[syringis]

56. Hi LAS

Speaking as Belgian, and not only in my name, Trumpdumbass has horrible image.

We, as citizens, distinguish between you and him.

We are standing by your side.

[LAS14]

59. Thank you!! We need your encouragement!! nt

[worstexever]

64. Interesting that tRUmp has never mentioned her

He never insults her for having a low rated show, or being unintelligent or dishonest or any of the other things about which he has accused other women and people who speak against him.

She is a consummate professional and a person of utmost integrity.

I think he's afraid of her.

[Boomer]

72. Nope, can't agree with your assessment

If Trump was afraid of Maddow, he would attack her, viciously. Instead he ignores her completely.

I'm guessing the reason is that he just doesn't "get" her. She's a middle-aged gay woman who doesn't look or dress like the women Trump finds appealing. Her news show opens with long, discursive, historically-based monologues and are intentionally stripped of hyperbole. She doesn't rely on quick, snide sound-bytes that can be refuted by short Tweets. I doubt Trump could last more than 2-3 minutes watching her show. His attention would almost immediately wander away because her attacks on him are oblique or restrained enough that he wouldn't even register them.

All the reasons I admire Rachel Maddow are the same reasons Trump would not even see her as relevant to him.

[worstexever]

79. You make some good points

She is thorough and goes in depth and he wouldn't be able to pay attention long enough to get what she's saying. And her show doesn't lend itself to those 15 second or less video clips he likes to use. So, I think you're right. She's out of his league. Way too smart for him.

[uppityperson]

67. merci, syringis

A family with 3 young children came in after me to get lunch today. Looking at the kids, I had to leave before crying, thinking it is happening here.

[syringis]

69. Hi Uppityperson, de rien, c'est avec plaisir.

I can't do much on my own, but I do as much as can to share with you ours feelings, our reactions and support you, even if it is only a moral support.

Day after day, I also share with my fellow citizens, what is happening in the US, I rectify misinformation, and I keep hammering that most Americans did not vote Trump. I email the news, Mueller's probe progression, whatever I have to show that your are currently orphans. You do not have an official worthy of the name who represents you. That the orange asshole is not only a treat and a danger for you, but for also for the entire world.

I can't wait the blue wave in November !

[a la izquierda]

68. I'm in Europe right now and my friends here are pretty shocked...

My Dutch friends in particular find what's happening to be appalling.

[syringis]

70. Hi A la Izquierda

We are all shocked here. At least anyone with little self-esteem and with a little sens of humanity.

Less than an hour, I was talking with a friend of mine who's also lawyer. He thinks there's probably a way to sue Trump for his atrocities, especially now that hundreds of the children will never rejoin their parents.

[a la izquierda]

71. Hey there!

I'm currently in Germany, and this has been all over the news (though I only understand bits and pieces). Next week I'll be in Holland with friends to translate for me.
Cheers from Seligenstadt.

[Nitram]

73. It heartens me to know that the world sees that Trump is the evil, not the American people.

Of course, Putin and Comey couldn't have put Trump in office without the help of millions of American idiots.

[ck4829]

75. Kick