'Stupid': Trump's team warned they are about to make a 'massive mistake'
During an appearance on MSNBC on Friday morning, President Barack Obama's former chief of staff claimed Donald Trump and his team are making a grievous mistake in their efforts to round up immigrants they believe have no place in the U.S.
Speaking with "Morning Joe" co-host Jonathan Lemire, Rahm Emanuel was asked what Democrats can do to get back in the good graces of voters after Republicans took over the White House and both chambers of Congress.
According to Emanuel, who also served as President Joe Biden's ambassador to Japan, efforts being led by Trump advisers like Stephen Miller and "border czar" Tom Homan to wage war on immigrants with invasive raids followed by mass deportations will hand Democrats a weapon to use against the president and the GOP when it comes to public opinion.
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"We can't ignore a set of issues because it makes us uncomfortable, that makes the American people uncomfortable if they get right on how they live their lives, how they want to raise their kids, how they want to see what goes on in their communities and in their cities, then we're going to be okay," he said of Democrats.
"And I'll give you a classic example," he added. "I think this idea on what President Trump is talking about, raiding schools and places of worship on immigration is as stupid as the Democrats closing schools in places of worship during Covid."
"And they are going to make a massive mistake of going after immigrants in schools, hospitals and places of worship," he elaborated. "And that's where Democrats can stand up and say, 'Look, you got a criminal background? Out of here!'"
"Schools, hospitals, places of worship?" he continued. "That's as crazy as what we did during Covid. And we advocated, and it was very clear within six months that it was bad, it was a wrong policy as it relates to public health and achieving educational goals."
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