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Cruel, but not cruel enough

Judd Legum
Apr 09, 2019
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Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen supported Trump's phony "national emergency" to secure money for a wall, asked the military to send troops to the southern border, and implemented a "zero tolerance" policy that separated thousands of children from their parents.

In the end, it wasn't enough. On Sunday, Trump forced Nielsen to resign.

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