CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King was absolutely unhinged on Monday, putting aside any pretense of objectivity as she blasted the Trump administration’s policy of separating the children of illegal immigrants: King excoriated it as a form of “child abuse,” an indication of “zero humanity” and lectured viewers at the start of the show that the “Statue of Liberty weeps” at the action.

King, a Democratic donor as well as co-host, reported live from the southern border. Clearly disgusted, she began: “We went straight to the facility, the location where kids and their parents were reunited. All I can say after talking to the people, watching the people, listening to the people, the Statue of Liberty, I think, is weeping right now.”

Talking to Manuel Padilla Jr., the chief of the Rio Grande valley sector of Customs and Border Protection, King began with this loaded question: “People say that this zero tolerance policy actually means zero humanity. What do you say of that? ” She didn’t identify who the “people” were, but one can assume King meant herself and other CBS journalists.

When Padilla pointed out that detaining families began in 2014, King dismissed: “I don’t want to go back to 2014.” She lectured: “What people are talking about is this is cruel and inhuman behavior, is how it’s perceived.” King peppered Padilla, demanding to know if the policy “seems cruel to you.”

In the 7:30 hour, King talked to Colleen Kraft, the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics President. Again, the co-host referred to unidentified “people” who hate the policy:

I heard some describe this and the rhetoric is very heated right now, the conversation is very heated, I've heard some people describe this as a form of child abuse. Do you see it that way?

Yes, the rhetoric is very “heated” because of the type of language King uses. Clearly, this policy is controversial and there are a wide variety of views on it. (Some conservatives oppose it.) But it doesn’t help the situation when CBS decides there is only one opinion and it’s this: “The Statue of Liberty weeps.”

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