Well, We Still Have One Ace in the Hole

[Solomon]

You just know that some serious abuses have occurred with those separated children. You know it.

Americans have never been able detain and incarcerate groups of people without abusing them in shocking ways. Never.

I can't wait until that all gets exposed.

[FSogol]

1. Odds are also that some dropped dead from neglected health issues.

It might take a while, but that will all come out one day.

[Solly Mack]

2. They'll blame a few bad apples and carry on like it's an aberration.

Been there, done that.

All we got was free range war criminals.

Not even a t-shirt.

[lunatica]

4. We do have something to win

or lose. We have our voice. Our condemnation. All of which will be on the right side of history.

If that’s all I get then I’m grateful to have it.

Sometimes the losing side is the right side.

[Solly Mack]

7. Oh, I'll continue to condemn - my remark was a condemnation, btw

[lunatica]

8. I know. Do you know mine is too?

Win or lose, I am actively fighting this fight.

[Solly Mack]

10. No other way to be. Not for me.

Fight, because I don't know any other way.

[lagomorph777]

3. We need Avenatti, GOFundmes, whatever it takes to get massive videos smuggled out of baby jails.

[enough]

5. Never a good idea to start counting on atrocities as your ace in the hole. NT

[Solomon]

13. Whatever. It needs to be exposed.

We'll see what happens when it does.

[FarPoint]

6. Of course there are injuries, disease and death....

All that will be kept secret.. Realize.. immunization is not always accessible in South America in gangster areas.. think about it. Plus, TB

[Still In Wisconsin]

9. I'm sure the Republicans will be concerned and maybe even troubled.

Will they do anything to rein in their corpulent king?


Nah....

[lame54]

11. Combine that with a stat the R's are throwing around..

That says that 52% of Ice Agents are Hispanic
They have their scapegoats

[Solomon]

15. Go ahead and try to twist it.

I get sick thinking about it. It needs to be exposed. It pisses me off and it ought to piss off everyone.

[JHB]

14. That's not exactly an ace...

Inevitable, and the inevitable product of those inclined to such monstrosities, but I have no definition of "ace in the hole" that allows me to put it in that category.

[MadDAsHell]

16. The idea that abused kids are somehow a political "ace in the hole" sickens me.

Excuse me while I vomit.

[lunatica]

18. You're absolutely right

This is something that should go down in history. At the very least historians should know about this when they write about it.

[MontanaMama]

19. How are abused children an "ace in the hole"?

If that is happening, how in the world is that a win for anyone? Please explain this because your statement is upsetting to say the least. I want to give you the benefit of the doubt.

[elehhhhna]

20. wth ace in the hole

Alerting on op

[MontanaMama]

21. Thanks.

I didn’t think to do that.

[elehhhhna]

23. Didn't work tho. Borderline comment I guess...

[pintobean]

22. WTF are we becoming?

[Orsino]

24. America's history is unfortunately one of detaining and incarcerating groups of people.

When we're not actually killing them.

While it's heartening to see so much outrage over the recently separated children, it doesn't seem to extend to others facing similar imprisonment.

If there's any hope for change, it lies on a path beginning with exposure--but that will be a long slog.

[GoCubsGo]

25. Our real "Ace in the Hole" is that there are way more of us than there are of them.

But, that card is useless if we don't mobilize, and if we don't vote in overwhelming numbers against them in November.

[Clarity2]

26. We know for certain

that at least one particular detainee center was plying kids with multiple drugs, so yeah, there is confirmed abuse.