Mincing words about your country’s most iconic symbol of freedom is a surefire way to get the late night satirists on your case. White House policy advisor Stephen Miller learned that the hard way when John Oliver ripped him to shreds on “Last Week Tonight,” following an awkward exchange with CNN’s Jim Acosta over the poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty, written by Emma Lazarus in 1883. Acosta asked Miller if Lazarus’ poem included speaking English or being a computer programmer as a requirement for immigration, and Miller offered a weak response that those words were added later.
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“Wait, though. Just because it wasn’t part of the original does not mean it is worthless,” said Oliver. “Some of the best things ever made were changed part way through. For instance, did you know there...
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“Wait, though. Just because it wasn’t part of the original does not mean it is worthless,” said Oliver. “Some of the best things ever made were changed part way through. For instance, did you know there...
- 8/7/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Stephen Colbert went in on the Donald Trump administration and policy adviser Stephen Miller on Thursday’s “The Late Show,” ripping the White House for its new immigration policy. Colbert once again mocked Miller, whom he referred to as “senior policy advisor and national forehead reserve,” for the disastrous press conference he gave earlier this week attempting to sell the new point-system policy. The late-night host singled in on Miller’s statement that the famous Emma Lazarus poem — “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” — doesn’t represent the original meaning of the Statue of Liberty.
- 8/4/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
President Trump’s proposed revamp of legal immigration might already lessen the U.S. population by one, if the Anne Frank Center has its way. Reacting to White House adviser Miller’s fiery comments about the Statue of Liberty — and, in particular, the Emma Lazarus poem that accompanies the statue — during a press conference on Wednesday, Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect executive director Steven Goldstein suggested that Miller’s ignorance deems him ineligible for American citizenship and counseled him, “please leave.” “Stephen Miller has turned himself simultaneously into a Statue of Arrogance and a National Monument of Ignorance,” Goldstein said in a.
- 8/2/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Over a decade ago, Pink wrote a potent political song about then-president George W. Bush.
The open letter was penned for her fourth album, 2006's I'm Not Dead, and criticized some controversial policies, including the No Child Left Behind Act, Iraq War, and his disapproval of equal rights for the Lgbtq community.
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Though that song was specifically written about Bush, it's getting a fresh look now that the new president, Donald J. Trump, implemented an immigration ban over the weekend.
One of her fans asked via Twitter on Saturday if she would revamp "Dear Mr. President" in light of the new controversial executive order. Her biting response? "There aren't words for this shameful person."
That same day, the 37-year-old singer also shared an illustration of the Statue of Liberty with a quote from Emma Lazarus, reposted from the Huffington Post via Instagram, as well as...
The open letter was penned for her fourth album, 2006's I'm Not Dead, and criticized some controversial policies, including the No Child Left Behind Act, Iraq War, and his disapproval of equal rights for the Lgbtq community.
Watch: Pink's Newborn Son Rocks Adele-Inspired Onesie in Super Cute Pic
Though that song was specifically written about Bush, it's getting a fresh look now that the new president, Donald J. Trump, implemented an immigration ban over the weekend.
One of her fans asked via Twitter on Saturday if she would revamp "Dear Mr. President" in light of the new controversial executive order. Her biting response? "There aren't words for this shameful person."
That same day, the 37-year-old singer also shared an illustration of the Statue of Liberty with a quote from Emma Lazarus, reposted from the Huffington Post via Instagram, as well as...
- 1/29/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
This article originally appeared on Time.
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration Friday, many critics quickly took up a familiar rallying cry, lifting words from the Statue of Liberty that have for decades represented American immigration: “Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
Former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright all invoked those words — written by American author and poet Emma Lazarus in 1883 — as they condemned Trump’s suspension of the country’s Refugee Assistance Program.
Richard Spencer...
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration Friday, many critics quickly took up a familiar rallying cry, lifting words from the Statue of Liberty that have for decades represented American immigration: “Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
Former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright all invoked those words — written by American author and poet Emma Lazarus in 1883 — as they condemned Trump’s suspension of the country’s Refugee Assistance Program.
Richard Spencer...
- 1/28/2017
- by Katie Reilly
- PEOPLE.com
★★★★★ "Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" These lines from Emma Lazarus' poem The New Colossus, inscribed into the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, are testament to the immigrant as mythological figure. Migration is etched deeply into the American psyche and cinema is arguably the preeminent medium through which this most American of fables is told.
- 10/12/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Amid tensions involving the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin kicked off his weekend with a concise blog post in which he waxed political and unpacked his welcoming stance. The writer cited words from Emma Lazarus's "New Colossus" poem, which appears on the Statue of Liberty's base, and said that those opposing the refugees don't understand that for which America stands. "The Syrian refugees are as much victims of Isis as the dead in France," he wrote, referencing the devastating attacks from earlier this month. "Let them in. Santa Fe, at least, will welcome them." Martin proceeded to call out governors, along with Donald Trump, in his frustrated plea to recognize the U.S. as an immigrant nation. Read on for his full statement (emphases his own): [Emma Lazarus's] poem, "The New Colossus," appears in bronze on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
- 11/23/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
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