Tammy Baldwin’s Hypocrisy Exposed by CNN

Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI) went on CNN and unexpectedly was grilled by host Brooke Baldwin over her hypocrisy on family separation at the border.

Brooke asked, “As so many people in this country were certainly outraged by the cages, thermal blankets, and the facilities housing these kids — you know, they were all there in 2014 under President Obama. My questions to you, Senator Baldwin, is did you speak up against them then?”

Baldwin kept stammering in an incoherent response: “You know, on this issue, when we uh, get into a moment when we’re making progress, and then when it — uh, when it stalls, uh, we turn around, I think we all need to continue to be focused on it and press it through. The American people need confidence that we can solve problems. Nobody believes that we have, uh, an immigration system that works. It is broken, it needs fixing, and we’ve just got to resolve to do that.”

CNN’s Brooke Baldwin repeated, “But were you worried about it then? Did you raise your voice under the Obama Administration?”

Baldwin responded: “You know, in numbers of cases, usually, umm, I remember a constituent who was in detention at the border, uh, arguably very inappropriately, um, and we, uh, you know, raised our voice in that instance and many others. But that’s, uh, we’ve got to do this now in unison. It’s not enough to do it case-by-case, or Senator or House member by House member. We’ve got to resolve to fix this issue.”

Through mentioning some random border detention unrelated to a family separation issue, Sen. Baldwin basically admits she is only bringing the issue up under the Trump Administration.

Her Republican Challenger, Marine Kevin Nicholson blasted Sen. Baldwin in a statement.

Nicholson said, “career politicians like Tammy Baldwin only care about the complex issues surrounding illegal immigration policies when it can be used in a partisan manner — and Wisconsin voters are sick of this politics-as-usual behavior.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this is an Obama-Baldwin induced immigration ‘crisis.’ Baldwin’s inaction, as fully displayed on CNN today, proves that point.

You can trust that my decisions and actions in Washington will always be driven by what is best for the people of Wisconsin — not by party leaders, beltway elites, or faux election year outrage.”