After the tragic shooting of two West Virginian National Guard members deployed in Washington, D.C. last week, President Trump promised to pause migration from “Third World Countries.” Presidential historian and former Biden speechwriter Jon Meacham appeared on MS NOW Friday night to criticize how Trump had supposedly “confused” the office’s voice by irresponsibly tangling together separate issues.
Before greeting her guest, host of The 11th Hour Stephanie Ruhle, of course, framed the topic of discussion as an “anti-immigrant” issue: “In the wake of the horrific National Guard shooting in Washington, we’ve seen a rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric. And it is coming at a time when the administration is threatening more limitations to migration.”
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. steve malzberg
