Trump Offers Deeply Insightful Commentary on Democratic Debate

By Rafi Schwartz | June 27, 2019 | 2:03am

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Making good on his threat to live-tweet Wednesday’s Democratic primary debate, President Donald Trump weighed in with some characteristically lofty commentary.

Trump’s input came at the exact moment debate moderators asked candidates to respond to the horrific image of the bodies of Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria—two undocumented migrants who died trying to cross into the United States to claim asylum.

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