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On June 20, Paul Ryan promised that the House of Representatives will vote to end family separation the very next day.

It is now June 28.

There has been no vote and no vote has been scheduled.

c-span.org/video/?c473652…
There are over 2,000 kids separated from their parents. Republicans in Congress made a big show of of voicing their opposition to the policy.

They have since done absolutely nothing.
Meanwhile, the administration refuses to reunite families without Congressional action.

"I cannot reunite them," HHS Secretary Alex Azar said yesterday.

This is true only as long as the Trump administration sticks to it's "zero tolerance" policy that created the mess.
Meanwhile, the political conversation moves on and, with a big show of signing the executive order, many Americans believe this problem has been solved.

It has not been solved.
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What Democrat has requested a border wall made of steel?
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A total and humiliating capitation to a president with no interest in the truth.

The news media is supposed to inform the public.

They are now being used to disseminate government propaganda.
REMEMBER: When Obama wanted to address the nation on immigration, the networks refused to air it because they believe it would be "overtly political."

What a joke.

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The idea that a Democratic rebuttal or fact-checking will make this better is insulting.

If I break my arm and a doctor gives me a cast, I'm thankful.

If a doctor breaks my arm and hands me a band-aid, it's not a favor.
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Paul Ryan’s dream to cut taxes really wasn’t that hard once “conservatives” sat in a Heritage auditorium in June 2017 and said they didn’t want revenue-neutral tax reform.

All Ryan had to do was cut taxes and blow up the deficit.

Don’t pat yourself on the back too hard, Paul.
Paul Ryan also had a House majority that falsely believed tax cuts pay for themselves — m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59… — a Senate to pass it with 50, and a Party desperate to accomplish *something* after they failed on health care.

Again, don’t pat yourself on the back too hard.
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We shouldn’t forget that they basically cheated the traditional rules of Congress to pass a deficit-busting tax cut that did little for actual people.
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#VOTE like you remember family separation.

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#Vote like you remember “Fine people on both sides.”
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/Short FREAK'N THREAD 🔥🔥🔥

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UPDATE: Paul Ryan is shopping around his immigration proposal as a “fix” to family separation. That’s a lie. It does NOT solve this Trump-created crisis. It only makes it worse. Here’s what this bill would 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 do:

#KeepFamiliesTogether #FamiliesBelongTogether
❌ Jails families together — i.e., bigger cages for families
❌ INDEFINITE detention of children while parents are being prosecuted
❌ Would still result in separation of families if parent is sentenced to jail time
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