John Kelly Blames Jeff Sessions For Family Separation Policy

[Lakhota]

Trump’s outgoing chief of staff bashed the administration for not foreseeing blowback over the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.

Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly says former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is to blame for the Trump administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, which separated children from parents who illegally crossed into the U.S. from Mexico.

Kelly spoke out about the policy ― as well as his tumultuous tenure in the White House ― in an interview published in The Los Angeles Times on Sunday.

The retired Marine general told the Times that the White House had been caught off guard by Sessions’ family separation announcement in April.

Sessions “was the one that instituted the zero-tolerance process on the border that resulted in both people being detained and the family separation,” Kelly said. “He surprised us.”

Without singling out anyone, Kelly blasted the administration for failing to anticipate the massive public outcry sparked by the policy. A federal judge in June ordered a halt to most family separations at the border and demanded families affected by the policy be reunified immediately.

In the interview, Kelly threw cold water on President Donald Trump’s longtime promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

John Kelly Blames Jeff Sessions For Family Separation Policy: 'He Surprised Us'

So, Kelly blames Sessions. I blame Trump. What do you think?

 

[Blackrook]

Wasn't it John Kelly's job as Chief of Staff to protect the President from this kind of public embarrassment? Seems to me he's blaming others for his own failure to communicate with the various departments of government.

 

[candycorn]

Trump’s outgoing chief of staff bashed the administration for not foreseeing blowback over the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.

Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly says former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is to blame for the Trump administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, which separated children from parents who illegally crossed into the U.S. from Mexico.

Kelly spoke out about the policy ― as well as his tumultuous tenure in the White House ― in an interview published in The Los Angeles Times on Sunday.

The retired Marine general told the Times that the White House had been caught off guard by Sessions’ family separation announcement in April.

Sessions “was the one that instituted the zero-tolerance process on the border that resulted in both people being detained and the family separation,” Kelly said. “He surprised us.”

Without singling out anyone, Kelly blasted the administration for failing to anticipate the massive public outcry sparked by the policy. A federal judge in June ordered a halt to most family separations at the border and demanded families affected by the policy be reunified immediately.

In the interview, Kelly threw cold water on President Donald Trump’s longtime promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

John Kelly Blames Jeff Sessions For Family Separation Policy: 'He Surprised Us'

So, Kelly blames Sessions. I blame Trump. What do you think?

Kelly deserves whatever obscurity awaits him. He supported the policy so he gets some of the blame too. He is an accomplice to the unthinkably cruel policy his President implemented. Get lost General Kelly.

 

[Lakhota]

Trump’s outgoing chief of staff bashed the administration for not foreseeing blowback over the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.

Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly says former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is to blame for the Trump administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, which separated children from parents who illegally crossed into the U.S. from Mexico.

Kelly spoke out about the policy ― as well as his tumultuous tenure in the White House ― in an interview published in The Los Angeles Times on Sunday.

The retired Marine general told the Times that the White House had been caught off guard by Sessions’ family separation announcement in April.

Sessions “was the one that instituted the zero-tolerance process on the border that resulted in both people being detained and the family separation,” Kelly said. “He surprised us.”

Without singling out anyone, Kelly blasted the administration for failing to anticipate the massive public outcry sparked by the policy. A federal judge in June ordered a halt to most family separations at the border and demanded families affected by the policy be reunified immediately.

In the interview, Kelly threw cold water on President Donald Trump’s longtime promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

John Kelly Blames Jeff Sessions For Family Separation Policy: 'He Surprised Us'

So, Kelly blames Sessions. I blame Trump. What do you think?

Kelly deserves whatever obscurity awaits him. He supported the policy so he gets some of the blame too. He is an accomplice to the unthinkably cruel policy his President implemented. Get lost General Kelly.

I agree - but Trump owns this mess.

 

[occupied]

Wasn't it John Kelly's job as Chief of Staff to protect the President from this kind of public embarrassment? Seems to me he's blaming others for his own failure to communicate with the various departments of government.

You have to have morals to anticipate moral outrage.

 

[Pete7469]

They really are that stupid folks, every last one of them, and they're somehow getting dumber every day.

 

[Lakhota]

Poor ole Jeff.

 

[longknife]

In spite of being let go, Kelly doesn't have anything bad to say about the president, actually claims he's the hardest working individual in the White House.

And that he listened to a lot of intelligence and input before deciding to pull out of Syria and Afghanistan.