Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is clearly auditioning to be the next white supremacist attorney general when popular vote loser Donald Trump finally decides to fire the current one, Jeff Sessions.
Never mind that the legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)—which every Democrat has signed onto—has several provisions explicitly designed to protect children in cases of suspected trafficking.
Cotton is just reiterating the worst of Trump’s white supremacist rantings. These aren’t families fleeing terror and violence, but “animals” that are trying to “infest our Country.” Trump is purposefully using the language that white supremacists and regimes intent on genocide—and yes, Nazis—have always used to dehumanize the other, to justify inhumane, immoral ethnic cleansing policies. Cotton is totally on board.
And so is every other Republican who refuses to take real, concrete action to stand up to Trump.
Can you give $5 to help keep immigrant families together—or bring them back together after separation?