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In reply to the discussion: Sen Jeff Merkley asked to leave when visiting a facility believed to be housing children taken.... [View all]Marthe48
(16,949 posts)Even if he had a security detail, don't forget how insane people are getting. Your post made me think of Jonestown, when Rep. Leo Ryan was murdered, along with 3 journalists and one of the people trying to leave the temple. Rep. Ryan was trying to negotiate a release of people who wanted to leave. And he was gunned down at the airport by a Jones supporter who posed as someone wanting to leave.
Rep. Merkley is making public what happened and how he was treated. He is a Senator and he should have access, and those people who stopped him need to explain what they are hiding. But Se. Merkley isn't going to help if he is dead.
I agree with you 100% that trump's government is treating these children vilely and the dictatorship needs to end before it roots any deeper in American soil. I hope he is condemned by the UN.