He looks like Maine Governor Lapage.
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This reminds me of the scene in Stalag 17 when they are preparing the prisoners for a visit from the Red Cross representative. Gee, maybe Paul Ryan can send an angry letter.
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Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) has been repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to gain entry to an immigration detention facility for children age 13 and underâŚHe has reportedly been trying for a week to get in.
Kinda pervy if you ask meâŚ
âWelcome to Pleasant Hill Potemkin Village for Immigrant Kids.â
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Totally. But he so âcaresâ about these kids, too.
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His conscience would short-circuit from the sudden use?
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Actual concern, or campaign grandstanding? Iâm sure itâs a bit of both. He is tainted by this regardless by being a Republican, and being from the Presidentâs party yet denied access must be infuriating. Do you think he is becoming a tiny bit suspicious that conditions may not be quite as marvelous as they keep telling him?
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I guess the point to me is, whether this is grandstanding or not, who has the authority to deny access to a member of Congress? If I recall correctly, Senator Corey Booker also tried to get in last week. Exactly who is telling them No? Some prison wageslave? How, exactly, does that work? This is the bigger question to me. I donât really care if some of these folks want publicity - they are POLITICIANS for heavenâs sake! - but the act of turning them away takes my breath away. How is that Legal?
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Itâs easier to see the inside of the local jail, Congressman, that it is to see that kid detention facility. That ought to tell you something ainât quite right.
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Clearly, a very badly run Trump program.
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Funny. My first thought on seeing the picture was âAsshole Republican.â
My first thought on seeing the headline was âMust be a Democratâ.
Honestly, he probably doesnât care about the kids.
Being denied entry to something, though. I bet he is very angry about that.
âRâ shouldnât make a difference. Even if this wasnât in his district, a member of congress should be able to visit on shorter than 2 week notice.
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i hope he does.
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I donât think he really cares but itâs an election year.
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Denham said that the facilityâs staff had said that they needed a two-week warning before he could tour the facility. âŚ
Which is BS. At least in TX if Licensing shows up they have to be admitted.
Scheduling inspections defeats the purpose of inspections.
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Photographed and possibly royalties from said photograph.
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Yeah, but Iâll bet sheâs not trying to collect royalties on any of the jacket photosâŚ
Well, hope is a thing with feathers, so perhaps. But I do not think this mope suddenly sprouted a conscience.
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It is interesting not one reference to the irony of this facility in âPleasant Hillâ.
From what Iâve read, most of these detainees are being handed over to contractors and are protected behind multiple layers of bureaucratic red tape. Privatization provides opportunities to reward loyal campaign donors with no-bid contracts, as well as provide an end run around restrictive laws, guidelines, and review processes. This true in the international war arena, (see Blackwater, nee whatever they are called today), in National education, with charter schools, and here with prison-for-profit pop-ups.
Remember, these are children, often with a different native tongue and culture, stripped from there parents, and incarcerated in who knows what conditions. I donât care if this person is grandstanding, is a Republican (where are all those oh so compassionate California Dâs), or is trying to salvage a career in politics. He is asking a question vital to all our society: âWhat the hell is going on in there?â We had every right, and a moral responsibility, to demand an answer.
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