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pnwmom

(109,032 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 10:36 PM Jan 2017

Unlike DT, Hillary called for a 550% increase in Syrian refugees, [View all]

from 10,000 to 65,000 -- and DT and his band of haters attacked her for that.

(The Catholic Bishops had urged the US to take 100,000 Syrian refugees, to put her figure into context.)

One more example of the huge gulf between the policies of Democrats and Republicans.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-wants-let-500-pe/

During a Sept. 20 appearance on CBS' Face the Nation, Clinton was asked if President Barack Obama's plan to increase the number allowed into the United States to 10,000 was enough. (The United States had accepted about 2,000 in 2015.)

"Look, we’re facing the worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II, and I think the United States has to do more, and I would like to see us move from what is a good start with 10,000 to 65,000 and begin immediately to put into place the mechanisms for vetting the people that we would take in," Clinton said.

Clinton said she would be "looking to really emphasize some of those who are most vulnerable, a lot of the persecuted religious minorities, including Christians, and some who have been brutalized, like the Yazidi women."

A jump to 65,000 would be a 550 percent increase.

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