The Cruelty and the Crazy

Charlie Sykes: “Let’s stipulate of couple of things. First: there is a real problem at the border, and there’s a legitimate debate over how migrants should be handled and who should share the burden.”

“Abbott and DeSantis have every right to raise questions about border policies; they can make speeches, hold press conferences, run ads, raise money off anti-immigrant outrage, and even stage political events to highlight their positions.”

“And there is nothing inherently awful about political stunts, especially in our media-besotted political environment. But this one is different, because they chose to use people — including vulnerable children — as their pawns and props.”