Senator Chris Murphy Posts Photo of Dead Syrian Boy to Blast Trump Exec Order
Senator Chris Murphy reacted to President Trump‘s immigration order banning Syrian refugees from entry into the U.S. by shaming his colleagues in Congress with a photo of a dead Syrian child:
To my colleagues: don't ever again lecture me on American moral leadership if you chose to be silent today. pic.twitter.com/XW7sjmCcXh
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 28, 2017
That picture tweeted is of Alan Kurdi, a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned when his parents were trying to flee the country.
Murphy got some criticism on Twitter for posting that photo, along with some people pointing out that Kurdi died in 2015 when Barack Obama was still president.
Murphy responded earlier today:
Few more thoughts: 1/ There is no moral equivalence between Obama's reluctance to militarily intervene in Syria and the #MuslimBan.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 28, 2017
2/ Obama reasonably believed military force would make Syria worse. #MuslimBan reverses decades of policy based on illogical, racist fear.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 28, 2017
3/ I have been a critic of Obama policy in Syria, but there is a legitimate debate about US intervention would have made it better or worse
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 28, 2017
4/ But until yesterday, the idea that America rescues those fleeing terror and persecution stood firm despite these disagreements.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 28, 2017
5/ If you can't agree on how to put out a fire, you should at least agree to stage a rescue of those trapped. Now we aren't doing either.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 28, 2017
[image via screengrab]
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