Flashback: Three Top Democrats Who All Thought Trump’s Temporary Halt of Immigration Was a Great Idea

Chuck Schumer may have been shedding crocodile tears over the ‘horrors’ of President Trump’s temporary restrictions on Syrian refugees, but the leading Democrat was crying something completely different just over a year ago.

While his party was arguing vehemently against suspending the program, Schumer argued the opposite, saying it may be necessary to halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.

“A pause may be necessary,” Schumer conceded at the time. “We’re going to look at it.”

Via The Hill (November 2015):

Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third ranking member of the Senate Democratic leadership, on Tuesday said it may be necessary to halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.

Republicans immediately seized on Schumer’s comment, which breaks with other Democrats who have argued against halting the program.

Schumer, however, declined to take the option off the table ahead of a special briefing scheduled for Wednesday afternoon on the process that is now used to vet refugees entering the United States.

“We’re waiting for the briefing tomorrow, a pause may be necessary. We’re going to look at it,” he said.

Schumer eventually decided a pause was not necessary, but the question remains, why would he ever even consider an option that he considers to be “mean-spirited and un-American,” an option that reduces him to tears?

The answer of course is, he’s a political hypocrite.

He’s not the only one however, check out this video of Democrats giving former President Bill Clinton a standing ovation when he proposed stronger border security and deporting illegals.

Transcript (HT Zero Hedge):

“We are a nation of immigrants.. but we are a nation of laws”

Our nation is rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country…

Illegal immigrants take jobs from citizens or legal immigrants, they impose burdens on our taxpayers…

That is why we are doubling the number of border guards, deporting more illegal immigrants than ever before, cracking down on illegal hiring, barring benefits to illegal aliens, and we will do more to speed the deportation of illegal immigrants arrest for crimes

It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws that has occurred in the last few years.. and we must do more to stop it.”

[Standing Ovation]

If that hypocrisy wasn’t enough for you, how about the woman that all of these Democrats, liberals, and the media would actually prefer as their president over Trump – Hillary Clinton?

If you recall, Hillary spoke in a post-9/11 interview about the need to profile Muslims. I repeat – Profile Muslims!

 

Hillary Clinton: “We have to do whatever it takes to keep our people safe.”

Sam Donaldson: “Including profiling, senator?”

Hillary Clinton: “I think we have to do whatever it takes, Sam. And I believe that, you know, Tuesday changed everything. Tuesday was a day that America has never, ever had to experience. And I hope to heaven that we never have to again. But we are in a war situation, and we’re going to have to do things people do in times of war.”

To recap, Chuck Schumer considered pausing the Syrian refugee program, Bill Clinton wanted to tighten border security and deport illegals, and Hillary Clinton wanted to profile Muslims because terrorist attacks called for actions similarly used in times of war.

Next time liberals try to criticize President Trump, just remind them that he simply got all of these ideas from the Democrats.

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Rusty Weiss has been covering politics for over 15 years. His writings have appeared in the Daily Caller, Fox... More about Rusty Weiss

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