Michelle Obama on Laura Bush's op-ed: 'Sometimes truth transcends party'

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

Former first lady Michelle Obama weighed in the controversy surrounding the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy of-of separating undocumented children from their parents at the southern border, citing fellow former first lady Laura Bush's op-ed blasting the policy on Monday.

"Sometimes truth transcends party," Obama said in a tweet, referring to Bush's op-ed.

Link to tweet

Former President Obama quickly retweeted his wife's post.

Obama's tweet comes after Bush ripped the policy in a Washington Post op-ed on Sunday, calling it "cruel" and "immoral."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/392814-michelle-obama-on-laura-bushs-op-ed-sometimes-truth-transcends

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. key word is "sometimes" - perhaps better "rarely"

[Brother Buzz]

2. Back in the day it happened reasonably often

That was then, this is now. I'm just saying.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. couldn't agree more!

[trueblue2007]

3. thank you former FIRST LADIES BUSH AND OBAMA.

[demmiblue]

4. And Secretary Clinton... I tuned into MSNBC but only caught a smidge of her speech. n/t

[demmiblue]

5. Found it:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[thucythucy]

7. Unfortunately, for most Republicans

party transcends truth.