Thread by @LisPower1

As it's being reported that Trump wants to reinstate family separation, Fox News is going all in to suggest families separated at the border aren't actually families

"You talk about family separation, this is separating a child from an adult who *may or may not* be their parent"

Fox & Friends pushed a "grab any kid" line this morning

Kilmeade: "Now parents are grabbing any kid, sometimes they're not parents"

Earhardt: "The president said, 'These people, they know how to game the system. They grab a child ...'"

'Straight News' Anchor Bill Hemmer tried to push this narrative about family units actually being smugglers with kids.

Hemmer: 'The smugglers have figured out our system .. they know if you show up with kids ... they release them into the country.'

Guest: You grab a kid, you set 1 foot on American soil, you say the magic word ... you get to stay here.

Fox anchor: The visual, 'grab a kid,' we know these children from our own reporting are on what we call a conveyor belt. They get sent back and used again. Wow what a visual

Another "grab any child" mention. Serial bullshitter Matt Schlapp on a Fox 'news side' show

Schlapp: "The changes we made to the laws that allow people who *grab any child* to somehow be able to come here and get some kind of legal temporary status was a huge mistake."