O'Rourke on haunting photo: 'Trump is responsible for these deaths'

[DonViejo]

By DAVID SIDERS 06/26/2019 12:26 AM EDT

Beto O’Rourke on Tuesday blamed President Donald Trump directly for the deaths of a father and daughter who were found earlier this week along a bank of the Rio Grande.

“Trump is responsible for these deaths,” O’Rourke wrote on social media, sharing an Associated Press story and the image of drowned man and girl that was ricocheting around the internet.

“As his administration refuses to follow our laws — preventing refugees from presenting themselves for asylum at our ports of entry — they cause families to cross between ports, ensuring greater suffering and death,” O’Rourke wrote. “At the expense of our humanity, not to the benefit of our safety.”

O’Rourke, a former congressman from the border city of El Paso in West Texas, has long criticized Trump for immigration policies he has said are inhumane. The presidential candidate said on ABC’s “The View“ in May that existing barriers “contribute to death and suffering” by forcing immigrants to cross in more remote areas of the U.S.-Mexico border.

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[BeckyDem]

1. He is and I am glad he said it. Why can't we go after Trump on crimes against humanity?

I don't understand.

[Indygram]

2. You can bet Beto will talk about this tonight and he's going to Homestead tomorrow w/official rally

I suspect he will announce that during the debate and invite people to join him to protest. He did the same thing at Tornillo.