{"id":16328,"date":"2018-06-22T10:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T15:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=16328"},"modified":"2018-06-22T10:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T15:43:28","slug":"a-suggested-rejoinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/06\/22\/a-suggested-rejoinder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Suggested Rejoinder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Benen of <em><strong>Maddowblog<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/what-peter-king-may-not-understand-about-us-attitudes-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notes<\/a> that the conservative leadership has decided on its message to cover up the fact that it was indulging in sadism when it was separating children from their illegal immigrant parents:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Donald Trump\u2019s family-separation policy has sparked international attention and a swift public backlash, which his Republican Party probably would\u2019ve preferred to avoid less five months before the midterm elections. But as TPM <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/dc\/pete-king-no-political-consequences-family-separations-border\" rel=\"nofollow\">noted<\/a>, some GOP lawmakers are less concerned than others.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[M]any vulnerable GOP lawmakers are fearing the political ramifications of their inaction in the face of public outrage over the mass separation of migrant children and families.<\/p>\n<p>But Rep. Pete King (R-NY) is not too concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans care more about Americans,\u201d he told TPM.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Similar assessments have been percolating for a while, but the New York Republican crystalized the sentiment in a handy, five-word phrase: \u201cAmericans care more about Americans.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Update<\/em>: Conservative media is picking up on a similar message, with one host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmfa\/status\/1010135249836281856\" rel=\"nofollow\">arguing<\/a> this morning, \u201cThese aren\u2019t our kids.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My suggestion if you run into someone spouting that as a defense?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Is that what Jesus would say?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The moment these families are taken into custody, they become <em>our<\/em> responsibility, and if we damage them, that&#8217;s our responsibility, too. To their credit, the Methodists have reprimanded Attorney General Sessions for his part in this tragic episode; it&#8217;s now time for the Evangelical Churches to step up to the plate and destroy this immoral defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Benen of Maddowblog notes that the conservative leadership has decided on its message to cover up the fact that it was indulging in sadism when it was separating children from their illegal immigrant parents: Donald Trump\u2019s family-separation policy has sparked international attention and a swift public backlash, which his \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/06\/22\/a-suggested-rejoinder\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16329,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328\/revisions\/16329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}