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In reply to the discussion: Do we need fact-checkers here at Democratic Underground? [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,078 posts)Fact: The images of children in foil blankets were from the Obama administration - NOT the Trump administratoin
Response on DU: What are you talking about - Trump was worse.
Nowhere (now or at the time) did I suggest the policies were similar, although on immigration in general there is more similarity than I am comfortable across all of the last 3 administrations.
The fact I pointed out was when the photographs were taken (and, by extension, whether Trump was responsible for whatever happened to those specific children). Trump has zero to do with those specific images, because they were - in fact - taken during Obama's administration.
Once the facts are accurate, we can discuss the implications of those facts - but responding correction of a fact by diverting attention to something else - without acknowledging the factual accuracy, is a problem.
In case you really have forgotten the images, and are not just continuing the lie:
https://apnews.com/article/a98f26f7c9424b44b7fa927ea1acd4d4