finding a loophole after a federal judge last week said that anybody who crosses the border has a right to seek asylum by international law, by american law. so the president decided to close the border to ensure these families seeking asylum did not take a step forward on our ground. it really takes a moment for us as americans to try to reconcile what we re witnessing because we are the moral authority when it comes to refugees and asylum. and that picture that is now circulating around the world all of a sudden jeopardizes not just ethnic minorities in this country, people seeking asylum here but their ethnic minorities are vulnerable and up for option, and that is incredibly frightening, lawrence. ron klain, there s a simple option which only democrats in congress next year can find the answer, and that is who gave the order. the secretary of homeland security doesn t mention the use of tear gas and no one down the
washington post and now he s a pathological liar who uses tear gas on children. joining us now maria kumar, and ron klain is back with us. maria, your reaction to the president s realization that most people think that it is atrocious, unthinkable to use tear gas on children. and we know that the president knows that because he s denying that he did it. right. well, he saw the poll numbers this morning, probably saw something that even fox news was in agreement and all of a sudden he decided to pivot. let s be clear what the president did yesterday at the southern border basically throwing tear gas at families seeking asylum is his way of finding a loophole after a federal judge last week said that anybody who crosses the border has a right to seek asylum by international law, by american law. so the president decided to close the border to ensure these