Va. GOP Senate candidate stumbles on family separations

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Virginia Republican Senate nominee Corey Stewart on Monday stumbled over a question about what mandated the separation of children and parents at the southern border.

In an interview with Hill.TV's “Rising,” Stewart, who is squaring off with incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in November, blamed Democrats for a law that required family separations at the border.

President Trump also repeatedly blamed Democrats for the issue, but it was his administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which expedited the prosecution of people caught crossing the border illegally, that led to families being separated. Under pressure, Trump signed an executive order last week to would keep families together through the detention process.

“I think that it was an unnecessary requirement based upon the law that the Democrats passed that required the separation,” Stewart said.

When pressed by “Rising” co-host Krystal Ball on what law required separations, Stewart stumbled over his answer that it was a law required by the Department of Health and Human Services “to take care of the children” while border agents arrest and incarcerate the parents.

When asked if he was referring to the Flores settlement, a 1997 consent decree that doesn’t allow the government to keep children detained for more than 20 days, Stewart attempted to recover, pointing to the president “actually enforcing the law at the border.”

http://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/393945-va-gop-senate-candidate-stumbles-on-family-separations

Thank God this douchebag is not likely to be elected.

[dameatball]

1. It is embarrassing, as a Virginia resident, to think this dirtbag is one step away from the Senate.

Although I do not think he will beat Tim Kaine.