Several members of the media were offended by President Trump’s push for a tougher U.S. immigration policy on Easter Sunday, and one even suggested Trump should be impeached over the move.
Trump said Sunday that efforts to secure a new Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program are dead in light of Mexico’s failure to secure its side of the border, after a report that a caravan of more than 1,000 migrants was headed toward the United States.
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But on CNN Monday, two commentators implied Trump’s message was in poor taste on Easter morning.
“The fact he decides to go on offense and talk about a nuclear option against Dreamers on Easter morning says a lot about where his head and his heart is,” said John Avlon, editor in chief of the Daily Beast.
Immediately after, CNN political analyst Brian Karem also raised questions about the timing of Trump’s message.
“On Easter Sunday you’re going to tweet this out?” he asked.
Chief legal analyst @JeffreyToobin: “You know what never gets talked about these days anymore? … There are 800,000 human beings, there are people whose lives are in serious jeopardy of major, major disruption” because of DACA https://t.co/aCnipF4yOP pic.twitter.com/jtL6IKQNfm
— New Day (@NewDay) April 2, 2018
On Sunday, Scott Dworkin, a podcast host who is also an MSNBC contributor, said Trump should be impeached for tweeting about immigration on Easter.
Trump should be impeached for the tweets he just sent. He’s using Easter Sunday to attack DREAMers. Acting like they are terrorists trying to sneak into the country. Spreading another despicable scare tactic. It’s pathetic. And if you’re ok with this, you’re part of the problem.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) April 1, 2018
Filmmaker Michael Moore sarcastically said there is “no better way to celebrate Easter” than to pull the plug on a DACA deal for “Dreamers.”
No better way to celebrate Easter than to watch Trump, on his way into church, announce no more “deals” for those Dreamer kids, and then watch footage of Israeli soldiers shooting 773 Palestinian protesters, killing 17 of them. Or maybe it’s just April Fools Day.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 1, 2018
Others also took shots at Trump. CNN’s Manu Raju noted Trump’s “Easter message” over the weekend.
An Easter message from the President of the United States https://t.co/ScCJURbCW9
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 1, 2018
And Eugene Scott of the Washington Post lamented that Trump spent his Easter on an “anti-immigration tirade.”
Trump spent his Easter morning on an anti-immigrant tirade, declaring Sunday that there would be no deal to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” and threatening to exit the NAFTA unless Mexico increases border security. https://t.co/YbNNoEvGcY
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 1, 2018
