Trump Blames Democrats For Deaths Of Two Migrant Children

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Donald Trump went on a Twitter rant this afternoon blaming, of all people, the Democrats for the deaths of two children that were in custody of the Border Patrol.

This is the first time Trump has even commented on the children who died.

The Trumpster wrote, "Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally."

Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They can’t. If we had a Wall, they wouldn’t even try! The two.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2018

...children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2018

No sympathy, no remorse regarding the deaths of an 8-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl while in the custody of the Border Patrol.

How Democrats have the power to make people 'think' a long trek across anywhere will 'allow' them to enter the US is beyond me.

It's a fact that Democrats have allocated billions for better border security.

From The New York Times:

Despite Mr. Trump’s assertions to the contrary, most Democrats support increased funding for border security. Many Senate Democrats, for instance, voted to allocate tens of billions of dollars for security enhancements in 2013, including roughly doubling the size of the border patrol, creating new electronic monitoring systems and even some additional physical barriers at certain points along the border.

But that money was in the context of a comprehensive immigration overhaul that would have tried to address systemic problems. By contrast, they view Mr. Trump’s border wall as a costly and ineffective proposal. What is more, they have pointed to government accounting documents that show the Trump administration has spent only a fraction of the money allocated by Congress last year for a physical barrier along the border.

The Donald ended the rant by ironically taking responsibility for the shutdown saying, "Now we have to do it the hard way, with a Shutdown. Too bad!"

For those that naively ask why didn’t the Republicans get approval to build the Wall over the last year, it is because IN THE SENATE WE NEED 10 DEMOCRAT VOTES, and they will gives us “NONE” for Border Security! Now we have to do it the hard way, with a Shutdown. Too bad! @FoxNews

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2018