Trump, liberal hypocrisy and the future of the American left

As grassroots protests against Trump’s detention of migrant children spread across America, one of the striking things about the outrage from the liberal press and Democratic Party politicians is its shameless hypocrisy. These are pundits and politicians who, in many cases, supported President Obama's deportation policies, as well as the detention of unaccompanied children who had family members in the United States. What accounts for this selective, blatantly partisan outrage? Alex Whisson put this question to New York-based author, journalist and commentator Doug Henwood.