Washington – White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Democrats and the news media exploited for political purposes a widely circulated photograph of a 2-year-old Honduran girl as her mother is searched near the U.S.-Mexico border.
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It was widely assumed the toddler and her mother had been separated under President Donald Trump’s now-rescinded policy that resulted in separating families entering the U.S. illegally.
But the girl’s father told The Washington Post on Thursday that his daughter and her mother are together.
Sanders tweeted Friday: “It’s shameful that dems and the media exploited this photo of a little girl to push their agenda. She was not separated from her mom. The separation here is from the facts.”
She called on Democrats to help Trump fix the immigration system — after Trump said Republicans should wait until after November’s congressional elections.
Fake News had it on the headlines of all papers and magazines
Trumpie’s triple flip-flop on GOP immigration bill has killed it until next year. No leadership in WH, even for GOP bill. But it would be ‘ssoooooo easy’ to pass a bill, on Day One. No wall, no bill, no brains. FEH.
Fake News, again. Media cannot be trusted
The President is exploiting photos of Americans killed by illegal immigrants. He is signing them at some rally. Do you see a difference between the two behaviors? Me neither.