OK, my "filters" are turned off. This will be raw!

[Atticus]

As if it wasn't bad enough that Trump's ICE raids in Mississippi left young children lost, homeless, alone and terrified, the slimy disgusting bag of pus is now bragging about it! He told reporters today that he thought the crying kids were a "good deterrent" to future "illegal immigrants".

In other words, the pain we saw etched on the faces of those sobbing little ones was not an unintended consequence; it was the purpose of the unprecedented sweep!

If someone had intentionally harmed YOUR kids in that way, how would you respond? Would you maybe have just a little goddam bit of righteous indignation going on? Would you maybe say something like you "wish you could get your hands on that sonofabitch!" Well, here's a newsflash for you, folks: those ARE "your kids"! And mine! And, you damn betcha I'd like to discuss these cruelties with their instigator "up close and personal"!

I'll say it: I am ASHAMED of my country. And, any lurking Trumper who might suggest that I, too, "love it or leave it" can KISS MY ASS!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. The cruelty is the point.

[pangaia]

35. a really sadistic fuck

[shanti]

2. Right

It's a feature, not a bug.

[Shaddox]

3. Well said, Atticus.

[Sherman A1]

4. This joke of a human being is truly

the south end of a north bound horse.

[2naSalit]

5. Heard this said many times this week already...

and it is the awful truth.

[NanceGreggs]

6. If you traumatize children ...

... as a means to any end, you are completely devoid of morals.

[rzemanfl]

31. He and Melania used a two month old orphan as a prop.

As if the kid's life isn't already a mess.

[usaf-vet]

39. This country has one sick president & some deranged followers.... the uncle and aunt?

[zentrum]

42. Hope this isn't off-topic, but....

...didn't the media make a HUGE deal when Michele Obama wore sleeveless dresses?

[dchill]

7. I, too am ashamed of the USA...

USA USA USA!!!!

[dlk]

8. Sadism on Steroids...

[pwb]

9. Whats next public execution? That would be a good deterrent .

Trumps soul and memory??? I cant find a sign of either.

[world wide wally]

11. Maybe beheadings on Tuesday afternoons?

That's what they do in Saudi Arabia.

[pwb]

13. I was thinking that. Trumps good buddies.

.

[Farmer-Rick]

10. You know what would be an even better deterrent?

Putting people's heads on spikes Or dead bodies rammed on posts. What a f*cking idiot.

What are we going back to medieval times what with walls and deterrants to refugees?

[Harker]

12. I'm not ashamed of our country.

I'm disgusted with and ashamed of the regime running it, though.

[Perseus]

14. People who have been harmed by this piece of sh*& will not forget

And I feel the future will bring some kind of violence that we were not expecting, unintended consequences that no one has given any thought. Pain like this stays within people.

[groundloop]

24. That's a point that's totally lost on tRump and his followers

These children who have had their parents snatched away won't grow up understanding that this was a blip in time showcasing amoral administration led by a psychopath, they'll grow up hating the United States. Some of them will slowly get over it, but others will grow up to become the next generation of terrorist.

[Leith]

15. I'm with you all the way

Probably most of us are.

[Hortensis]

16. I'm ashamed FOR, angry at and afraid of the Trump/Repub RW.

I'm disgusted and filled with contempt and anger for the 40% who didn't vote against Trump's racist threats and massive Republican corruption. The exact same for those who claimed to share my progressive goals but voted spitefully and/or delusionally to destroy them.

I am NOT ashamed of my country. This can and does happen in any democracy where the wrong people become ascendant. I know who to blame, who to stand proudly with, who to put my hope in, and who to be afraid of. There's so much good to lose, and I'm afraid for my country.

[alwaysinasnit]

17. +1000

[smirkymonkey]

18. I have never hated him more than I do right now.

And I am sure I will be able to repeat that phrase every day from now until he is dead.

[Bayard]

19. The whole country will have to be treated for PTSD once he's gone.

[cornball 24]

20. As Dr. Michael Eric Dyson just stated on MSNBC, we are the United States of Amnesia. Stuff

happens and after a day or two, proof...gone!!

[calimary]

43. And that's EXACTLY the bet trump makes - every doggone day.

Distraction is his best friend.

[madashelltoo]

21. Totally Feeling You!

Apply every curse word known to man and you might catch up with me.

[Backseat Driver]

29. I've run out of adjectives, cuss words, and my neck is sore from the shaking...

Whatever karma is awaiting this bloated blot, BRING IT ON!

[zentrum]

22. Every day this goes on normalizes

...racism and cruelty based on racism. If these were blonde blue-eyed children, it simply wouldn't be happening.

[Raster]

28. No, would not be happening to "aryan" children...

...

[zentrum]

41. Yes. That's really it.

[Fla Dem]

23. Yes, I heard that as well and it turned my stomach. But we've come to expect horrific actions

and words from this man who has no soul, no empathy, and is only interested in himself.

[RainCaster]

25. Those baby lovin 'right to life' Christians support that maggot

[bucolic_frolic]

26. Has anyone tried reporting him to Social Services?

I can imagine THAT would summon the authorities, but not to the right place.

[Raster]

27. The deliberate cruelty is not a side attraction, it is the main event.

This "president" and his deliberate acts of cruelty will haunt this country for years to come.

[NBachers]

30. These kids are American citizens.

[Baitball Blogger]

32. Trump gave me an idea.

Trump crying in prison would be a great deterrent to other asswipes from overreaching into circles of power, where they get so much exposure that their ilicit ways eventually bring them down.

[crazytown]

33. He enjoys it

Enjoys the cries of distressed little children. We knew it, but it makes a difference him saying it. Monster.

[Evolve Dammit]

34. Child abuse pure and simple. Ordinarily, prosectutorial but ICE has no limits and

laws do not pertain to them. One of them was quoted today "We're not a social services agency." No. You're a fascist, out-of-control Nazi-like agency, working to fulfill the plans of neo-Nazis. Bannon, Miller, Herr Drumpf and a cast of thousands.

[NCjack]

36. Just an ol' fashion redneck dumping -- usually reserved for pets and used up farm animals.

There needs to be a way to bring ICE employees who did this to children to justice in the criminal system.

[pecosbob]

37. Anyone still thinking ICE can be reformed?

ICE, CPB and Homeland Security need to be ripped apart. CPB needs to be reformed as a government ageny and not a terrorist gang.

[MasonDreams]

38. I am not quite sure why we can't assist the International Criminal Court

And get him behind bars. Defending the Constitution against domestic enemies, sounds like a solid legal reason. Ok, maybe not this week, but is our plan to let him do this for another year and 5 months? I don't think he is faithfully performing the duties of his office. The ICC wants to investigate him about international law violations, I say we lend them a hand.

[Poiuyt]

40. John Kelly admitted that separating children from parents would act as a deterent.

Former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who is now White House chief of staff, told CNN's Wolf Blizter in March 2017 that the department was considering separating undocumented children from their parents at the border.

Kelly said he was considering any policy that would help deter "people from Central America to getting on this very, very dangerous network that brings them up through Mexico into the United States."

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He continued: "Yes I'm considering (that), in order to deter more movement along this terribly dangerous network. I am considering exactly that. They will be well cared for as we deal with their parents. ... It's more important to me, Wolf, to try to keep people off of this awful network."

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/immigration-border-children-separation/h_44f9b3d7d44378c063d267aa86e1c9ef

How do these people sleep at night?

[calimary]

44. And you have to suspect that migrants are fully aware of this by now.

Which immediately leads to the question about how much worse it must be in their homelands if they risk facing this when they struggle their way up here.

How much worse???

[PatrickforO]

45. More than a discussion, Atticus. There need to be trials.

These are crimes against humanity and the perpetrators MUST be held accountable by decent people.

[patphil]

46. Those raids were a deliberate act of terrorism.

If Democrats take the White House and Senate and hold onto the House, there should be criminal investigations into the actions of ICE and the people who directed them.
There needs to be accountability.
This is the only way we can get justice here.

[cwydro]

47. Rec.

[Demovictory9]

48. tRump is a real piece of work