Damn straight:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) blasted the Trump administration over family separations late Monday, saying the U.S. is not Nazi Germany.
"This is the United States of America. It isn't Nazi Germany, and there's a difference. And we don't take children from their parents until now and I think it's such a sad day. People are so upset," Feinstein said on MSNBC's "All In With Chris Hayes."
The senator went on to praise a recent op-ed by former first lady Laura Bush, also ripped the policy, calling it cruel.
"I just read a wonderful letter to the editor by Laura Bush. I can't believe that this is happening in the United States, and the president insists. So we, of course, will do everything we can to pass a bill which would prohibit this," Feinstein said.
FYI, Feinstein is on board with her colleague, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA), on this:
Harris isn't the only senator calling on Nielsen to resign, though. In conversation with Igor Bobic from Huffington Post, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said that Nielsen was going to be held "historically responsible for this, along with the president."
Additionally, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on Nielsen to resign after visiting one of the DHS-run detention facilities in San Diego, according to The Hill. During a press conference with other California lawmakers Feinstein and Harris, The Hill reports that Feinstein said, “This is not an immigration issue. This is a humanitarian issue. It’s about the children." When a reporter asked what she thought about Nielsen's role in the matter, Pelosi clarified that she thinks she should resign.
In a White House press briefing jointly shared with White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Nielsen made several false claims about the source of the family separation policy, according to NPR. The first false claim regards her argument that DHS is now simply enforcing the law; NPR is quick to cite PolitiFact's confirmation that there is no law specifying children should be separated from their parents at the border when seeking asylum.
Additionally, NPR reports that Nielsen falsely claimed that Democrats were to blame for the current policy, despite the fact that Republicans are currently in charge of Congress.
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