Trump knocks Dems for tweeting 2014 images of children in cages at border

President Trump blasted Democrats on Tuesday for mistakenly posting a series of photos online purporting to show undocumented immigrant children being held in cages, accusing liberals of trying to make his administration “look bad.”

“Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages,” Trump tweeted.

“They thought it was recent pictures in order to make us look bad, but backfires. Dems must agree to Wall and new Border Protection for good of country…Bipartisan Bill!”

Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages. They thought it was recent pictures in order to make us look bad, but backfires. Dems must agree to Wall and new Border Protection for good of country…Bipartisan Bill!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2018

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Some of the photos began surfacing this week on Twitter, with a handful of liberal activists claiming that the children in the images were being detained by the Trump administration. 

In fact, the photos were originally published in 2014 by the Arizona Republic, meaning that the children had been held by the Obama administration, rather than the Trump administration.

After the error was pointed out, many Twitter users deleted posts with the photos, although some remained online.

I saw this photo floating around and didn’t know if it was real.

It is.

Children of immigrants are being held in cages, like dogs, at ICE detention centers, sleeping on the floor. It’s an abomination.

FULL STORY: https://t.co/V4zRJ43Lvn pic.twitter.com/tbUWSb4B05

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 27, 2018

This is how America houses the undocumented children stolen from their parents.

THIS IS DISGUSTING!#WhereAreTheChildren pic.twitter.com/gMmR5rQtuP

— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) May 28, 2018

Trump accused Democrats over the weekend of refusing to repeal a law separating immigrant families at the border. The tweet came after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced earlier this month that the Trump administration would crack down on immigrant families entering the U.S.

“If you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It’s that simple,” Sessions said. “If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. And that child may be separated from you, as required by law.”