ABC News reports:
After repeatedly saying Congress needs to solve the immigration problem, President Donald Trump on Friday called on lawmakers to delay dealing with the critical issue until after the midterm elections — while accusing Democrats of concocting politically motivated “phony stories of stories of sadness and grief” on the border.
The tweets come as lawmakers are continuing to try to find a way forward on immigration. The House announced Thursday that it had postponed a vote on a moderate compromise immigration bill until next week. Another immigration measure, supported by conservatives, was defeated in a floor vote Thursday.
We must maintain a Strong Southern Border. We cannot allow our Country to be overrun by illegal immigrants as the Democrats tell their phony stories of sadness and grief, hoping it will help them in the elections. Obama and others had the same pictures, and did nothing about it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2018
80% of Mexico’s Exports come to the United States. They totally rely on us, which is fine with me. They do have, though, very strong Immigration Laws. The U.S. has pathetically weak and ineffective Immigration Laws that the Democrats refuse to help us fix. Will speak to Mexico!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2018
“phony stories of sadness and grief” — sounds a lot like what people like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter have been telling their audiences https://t.co/pKdHXXNJZF
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 22, 2018
“Jewry throughout the world knew that it could conduct its battle against National Socialist Germany only through lies, slander, distortion, and dirty tricks” — NSDAP, 1933
“…phony stories of sadness and grief, hoping it will help them in the elections.” — Donald Trump, 2018 https://t.co/dad80rQBDb
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 22, 2018
Phony? The pain is all too real. only phony thing here is trump story that the law forced family separations. Is his best defense “they did it too” – which isn’t true? There was clearly a policy change that led to this crisis. And now he has to fix it. #DOYOURJOB #reallycare https://t.co/k1qJpdcWKp
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) June 22, 2018
Trump: I signed this EO because I don’t like the “sight” or “feeling” of children being separated from their parents
Also Trump: Immigrant families are telling “phony stories of sadness and grief”— Allegra Kirkland (@allegrakirkland) June 22, 2018