Cynthia Nixon, the former “Sex and the City” actress running to become New York’s first female governor, took a swipe at President Trump on Thursday, saying she hoped he would sign more executive orders “protecting all of us from him.”
Nixon made the comment on ABC’s “The View,” while commenting on Trump’s executive order to end the practice of separating children from parents accused of illegally crossing the border.
“I am glad he has signed this executive order against himself, protecting them from him,” Nixon said. “I wish he would sign some more executive orders protecting all of us from him.”
New York gubernatorial candidate @CynthiaNixon calls images of families separated at the border “devastating”: “I am glad he has signed this executive order against himself, protecting them from him. I wish he would sign some more executive orders protecting all of us from him.” pic.twitter.com/tmIVrnES7Y
— The View (@TheView) June 21, 2018
Nixon reiterated on Thursday her call to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement because families “are not just being separated at the border.”
“They are being separated throughout this country by ICE,” she said.
“They have strayed so far from the interests of the American people and the interests of humanity — we need to abolish it” rather than replacing it, Nixon added.
New York gubernatorial candidate @CynthiaNixon calls to abolish ICE, and says “we don’t need to replace” the federal agency.
“They have strayed so far from the interests of the American people and the interests of humanity — we need to abolish it.” https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/eBt3VvbAjd
— The View (@TheView) June 21, 2018
Nixon’s comments follow Trump signing an executive order Wednesday to end the practice of taking children away from parents or guardians accused of illegally crossing the border, who are being prosecuted by the Justice Department as part of his zero tolerance immigration policy.
Nixon has already secured the New York Working Families Party’s gubernatorial nomination, but she is petitioning to be included on the Democratic Party’s ballot against incumbent New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ahead of the primary on Sept. 13. She failed to earn enough votes at the New York Democratic Party’s nominating convention in June, which would have guaranteed her a spot in the primary.
