If you remember the name Ammon Bundy, you might be very surprised to hear that he\u2019s very publicly criticizing President Trump\u2019s immigration policy.<\/p>\n
Bundy and his father made national headlines back in 2014 when they led an armed standoff with the federal government at their ranch. Later, Bundy took part in another armed standoff in Oregon which ended when federal officials shot one of Bundy\u2019s fellow protestors to death.<\/p>\n
But in a recent video post to his Facebook page, Bundy went after Trump for his rhetorical attacks on the caravan of migrants seeking asylum in the United States and Mexico.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has basically called them all criminals and said they\u2019re not coming in here,\u201d Bundy says. \u201cBut what about those who have come here for reasons of need? . . . What about the fathers, the mothers, the children, who have come here and are willing to go through the process to apply for asylum so they can come into this country and benefit from not having to be oppressed continually by criminals?”<\/p>\n
In the 17-minute-video, Bundy goes on to use his own Mormon faith to criticize his usual allies on the right side of the right side of the political spectrum who lean on their faith when advocating policies.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been frankly surprised, disappointed and even at times disgusted [by] the amount of people who profess to be Christians but will not truly adhere to what Christ said,\u201d Bundy says.<\/p>\n
Bundy admits he was not entirely up to speed on the caravan debate, so he began researching the issue from a variety of different media sources outside of partisan outlets on the left and right. While saying he believes law enforcement has a right and duty to protect the borders, he said humanitarian reasons cannot be ignored either.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, they come to the border, and they have a right \u2014 a legal right \u2014 to apply to come into this country,\u201d he said of those in the caravan. \u201cEach one of them should be considered individually.\u201d<\/p>\n
None of this is to make Bundy out as some kind of hero. He has engaged in armed confrontations with the federal government and been accused to being little more than an attention seeking crook by some of his critics. Yet even as a baseline of comparison, it\u2019s still a powerful contrast with the president.\u00a0 As a number of readers have pointed out, if anything this is a reminder that even those on the political fringes of American society seem to have a more basic grasp of compassion and common decency than our commander-in-chief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are people, the majority of them need help,\u201d Bundy says later in the video. \u201cThere is a possibility of danger with some of them, they need to be vetted. And then they need to be brought in here and added to this great, wonderful country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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