Happy Father’s Day to everyone except Paul Ryan! The Speaker of the House took to social media to post a video about how becoming a parent changed his ambitions and life focus. Cool story, bro. Maybe these sentiments would be more heartwarming if you weren’t supporting the Trump administrations hideous policy of separating families at the border. Maybe your love for children would be more believable is you weren’t complicit in building tent cities to imprison children. Just a thought.
My life changed the day I became a father. Liza, Charlie, and Sam are my highest priority. Wishing all of the dads out there a happy early #FathersDay pic.twitter.com/w3UsSkR4Lf
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) June 16, 2018
The Twitter backlash to Ryan’s tone deaf post has been swift and merciless, with some of our favorite celebrities and public figures weighing in. Here are some of our favorite clapbacks to the spineless Speaker of the House.
Seriously, fuck you. Reunite the families at the border and we can talk about father's day. https://t.co/bbG0gVqfzq
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 16, 2018
Happy early #FathersDay to those who didn't have our kids ripped away from us by the new @realDonaldTrump family separation policy that is being enabled by @SpeakerRyan. https://t.co/g52tqMrDmI
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 17, 2018
Paul Ryan is wishing a happy Father's Day to all the dads out there, except those who may be seeking asylum in this country and have had their young children ripped from their arms. Those dads get Paul Ryan's cowardly silence.https://t.co/LOzKu7Bqt7
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) June 16, 2018
Except dads seeking asylum. In those cases, you are sitting by while this administration rips their children away and detains them.
Those fathers will not be having a Happy Father's Day. https://t.co/oFe55Gh8JT
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 16, 2018
Hey @SpeakerRyan – while you get to make a video about the beauty of being a father – children are being taken away from their parents & being put behind bars. Today, on #FathersDay.
The bills that your party propose do not resolve family separation. #FamiliesBelongTogether https://t.co/W9ZVNDGvCY
— United We Dream (@UNITEDWEDREAM) June 17, 2018
the absolute nerve of this bootlicking milquetoast motherfucker. may he never have another pleasant Father's Day. may his kids understand how far he went to ruin other people's families. may his picture one day be in the dictionary next to the phrase "useless sack of shit." https://t.co/dBj0jtzsv2
— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) June 17, 2018
Are you horrified by the separation of parents and children at the border? You’re not alone, and efforts are mobilizing to to help the victims of this hideous policy. First, email/tweet/fax/call your representative and senators and urge them to join the fight against family separation. Second, support a non-profit working towards helping these families. Here are a few to get you started:
The ACLU, of course.
Al Otro Lado, a bi-national organization coordinating legal services for immigrants and refugees.
The Florence Project, which offers free legal services to people in ICE custody.
Kids in Need of Defense makes sure that no child appears in court without adequate legal representation.
RAICES is the largest immigration legal services provider in Texas.
And of course, for the love of all that is good and just, make sure you’re registered to vote.
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