Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski cynically dismissed concerns about reports that a migrant girl with Down syndrome had been separated from her mother at the southwest U.S. border as a result of the White House’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.
“Womp, womp,” Lewandowski said to fellow panelist Zac Petkanas during an appearance on Fox News Tuesday night after Petkanas, a Democratic strategist, said he had read about a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome “who was taken from her mother and put in a cage.”
“Did you say ‘womp, womp’ to a 10-year-old with Down syndrome being separated from her mother?” a shocked Petkanas asked. “How dare you.”
“What I said is you can pick anything you want to, but the bottom line is very clear: when you cross the border illegally you have given up the rights of…
