MSNBC’s Maddow uses Obama-era photos of immigrant children to slam Trump
‘They outfitted the kids with mylar blankets and a lump of padding,’ she said when describing a 2014 photo
By Brian Flood | Fox News
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow used powerful images on Tuesday of immigrant children sleeping on a floor to make a point that the Trump administration has “deliberately†hurt families -- but a pair of key photos used by the liberal host were actually from the Obama era.
“In terms of permanent damage done to humans, in terms of the severity of the damage deliberately done to humans, the Trump administration, no matter what else they do, they will never ever get out from the shadow of the fact that they really did, as a policy and a deliberate practice, they really did take little kids away from their moms and dads,†she said to open "The Rachel Maddow Show" as photos appeared on the screen.
One of the images featured immigrant children lying on the floor, covered in aluminum foil-looking blankets, at an Arizona facility in 2014. The very same photo was used by Al Jazeera in 2018 to prove family separation occurred during the Obama administration, too.
“They outfitted the kids with mylar blankets and a lump of padding that was supposed to qualify as a mattress, and they told them to sleep on the floor,†Maddow said as the Obama-era photo appeared on the screen.
Another image that Maddow used to bash Trump was also taken in 2014 back when Obama was in office and the current president hosted a reality television show. The powerful image of two children shot through a chain-link fence was used in a 2014 Los Angeles Times story headlined, “Obama administration acts to ease immigration legal crunch at border.â€
MSNBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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