“Sleeping with an adult film star and then paying thousands of dollars to keep it quiet, that is a ‘private matter’ to be worked out between attorneys. Fleeing death and violence, rape and torture, that’s a public matter. And our leaders should know better.”
Rape and abuse, that's just a private matter between a man and a woman according to the chief law enforcement officer of our country. That's just a private matter between a man and a woman; between the family and the gang of terrorists they are facing.
Only in a
So wife-beating isn't a private matter in
But according to the Attorney General, it is a private matter between a man and a woman. He expects every domestic violence victim to hire a lawyer and sue their spouse, just get a court order.
Sleeping with an adult film star and then paying thousands of dollars to keep it quiet, that is a private matter to be worked out between attorneys. Fleeing death and violence, rape and torture, that's a public matter. And our leaders should know better.
A video of the Congressman's remarks is here: https://youtu.be/dTtpIPJH_BY
Rep.
Floor Remarks
Yesterday, a group of about 30 of us, including 10 Members of
We went down to the Ronald Reagan federal building on
So, John Lewis,
And when we blocked the entrance to the building - ironically a building named for the man who gave the famous "Shining City on a Hill" speech, who spoke so eloquently about immigrants and was no fan of walls - yes, we blocked the entrance to the
No, they feel comfortable arresting 10 year olds and taking 10-month old babies from their moms and dads, but when 10 Members of
But we will be back and we will do it again and again if we have to.
Right now - today - there are people who lawfully enter
And if they have children, the officers think of some pretext - maybe telling the parents that they are taking the child for food or for a bath - and then the kids are not returned.
And many are taken to facilities that are hundreds or thousands of miles away.
And the parent is given a mass trial - so their individual case may never be heard or evaluated - and most are deported back to the country they fled to face violence and rape again.
And are their children given back to them? We don't know and can't get answers, which is why we went to CBP.
Then, on Monday, Attorney General Sessions had one of the most stunning "new-speak" 1984, mind-control moments we have ever heard. He said that if a man beats a woman or if a family is systematically extorted, threatened or targeted by a gang, that is a private matter and can't be the basis of an asylum claim.
Rape and abuse, that's just a private matter between a man and a woman according to the chief law enforcement officer of our country.
That's just a private matter between a man and a woman; between the family and the gang of terrorists they are facing.
Only in a
My friend,
Go to his website and look at his biography. You can Google it right now. It says:
"As 7th Circuit Solicitor, Trey led an office of 25 attorneys and 65 total employees. During his tenure, he started a
Right there in his official bio. So wife-beating isn't a private matter in
Go listen to his speeches on his YouTube channel and his Facebook. Watch the video of his speech on the House floor in support of the Violence Against Women Act, it will move you to tears, no matter what your political party is.
But according to the Attorney General, it is a private matter between a man and a woman. He expects every domestic violence victim to hire a lawyer and sue their spouse, just get a court order.
We have a prosecutor for domestic violence in
But apparently not to our Attorney General or our President. To them, those are private matters.
That is just wrong.
Sleeping with an adult film star and then paying thousands of dollars to keep it quiet, that is a 'private matter' to be worked out between attorneys.
Fleeing death and violence, rape and torture, that's a public matter. And our leaders should know better.
Read this original document at: https://gutierrez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/day-after-protest-guti-rrez-returns-floor-call-out-sessions-and-trump
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