'It is immoral': Former first lady Laura Bush criticizes the separation of migrant children

[Arkansas Granny]

Former US first lady Laura Bush rarely speaks out on political issues but on Sunday she openly criticized the Trump administration's separation of children from their parents along the border.

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"The reason for these separations is a zero-tolerance policy for their parents, who are accused of illegally crossing our borders. I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart," Bush wrote.

"Our government should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores or making plans to place them in tent cities in the desert outside of El Paso."

Bush then said the detention facilities being used to house thousands of children are "eerily reminiscent" of the internment camps that held 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, and are "now considered to have been one of the most shameful episodes in U.S. history."

https://www.businessinsider.com/laura-bush-calls-separation-of-migrant-children-from-parents-immoral-2018-6

We need more Republicans to take a stand on this issue.

[obamanut2012]

1. tbh I'm not sure Laura Bush is a Republican

Her daughters definitely aren't.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. You have a point there.

[IrishEyes]

6. Yes, neither of the Bush daughters are registered republicans

They are not registered democrats either.

[LiberalArkie]

10. I have found that most none evangelical women are conservative

This article explained it for me

https://www.alternet.org/2019/07/how-southern-white-women-drove-the-gop-to-donald-trump/

[ananda]

11. Neither were the Reagan kids.

nt

[geardaddy]

13. At least one of them was

I think Michael Reagan is very conservative.

[malaise]

3. Wow!

She finally found her voice

[IrishEyes]

5. She has spoken up against Trump's policies before.

[LittleGirl]

4. Where the fuck

Is the rest of the republicans? Damn it.

[mcar]

7. K&R

[Aristus]

8. Wow. When a member of the Bush family castigates you for killing innocent brown-skinned people,

you know you've crossed a line somewhere...

[Duppers]

17. Isn't that the truth! nt

[LuvNewcastle]

19. It all depends on which deity they bow down to.

Or more specifically, what the deity's name is.

[AlexSFCA]

9. like repubs are going to even pretend to listen to her

W is quiet though so is Jeb?

[Texin]

12. W did criticize him publically in a speech within the past couple of weeks.

I can't recall the specifics of that particular speech, but I seem to recall it was about his family separation policy. Regardless, he is one of the first ex-presidents in my lifetime who has spoken outright and critically against a current serving POTUS with the exception of Carter last week when he correctly stated Shitler is illegitimate.

[snort]

14. Sure,

but its totally moral to slaughter Iraqi children for oil.

[llmart]

15. I'll give her a kudos for stating this publicly.

Now, what are you going to do about it, Laura?

Actions speak louder than words.

[keithbvadu2]

16. Trump's Christians/Evangelicals find his concentration camps plenty 'moral'.

Trump's Christians/Evangelicals find his concentration camps plenty 'moral'.

[shadowmayor]

18. It's not separation

It's kidnapping gawddammit!

[ancianita]

20. Kinda slow on the moral uptake, I'd say.

[FiveGoodMen]

21. When you've gone too low for Dubya's clan...