Joey Jackson on Migrants, Shutdown: ‘This Administration Is About Putting Politics Above People’

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JACKSON: "Jim, it’s a great question. And the unfortunate answer is, I don’t know that they care. This Administration is about putting politics above people. Let’s address first as it relates to the Government shutdown. There are people in Washington that don’t have Mar-a-Lago residences to go to. That don’t have retreats around the country to go to. They’re depending upon the paychecks. But the President doesn’t want to do it. Hiding behind border security, build the wall, while people are in peril. So too, as you relate to the immigration policy itself, and you look at children, and you look at ripping kids away from their mothers, and you look at ripping children and children dying. The fact of the matter is, it’s about politics. The legal implications are slow and coming. Why? Because it’s about a court action. It’s about taking the President to court. And while you do that in that slow pace, you have people who are affected. I think at the end of the day, you know, let’s give George Bush his props and give him the credit he’s due. And I remember during that inauguration in 1989, he said something very compelling, Jim. And that was you may not have voted for me, but I want to be your President too. 20 years later, in 2008, Barack Obama, the same thing. I want to be your President too. It’s about the President’s base. And so, yeah, you can look at the issues of going to court. But it’s a slow way to move, as people are really suffering."