Sentence examples for pathetic policy from inspiring English sources

It's a pathetic policy that doesn't acknowledge the science.

Hours after being called a "wacko" by Donald Trump, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders fired back Monday at the Republican front-runner, saying he was pushing "pathetic policies" designed to benefit billionaires such as himself at the expense of misguided working-class voters who support him.

"Being called wacko by a pathological liar like Mr. Trump makes me think he is getting nervous that the American people are catching on to his pathetic policies, which include giving hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to billionaires like himself while refusing to raise the $7.25 an hour minimum wage," Sanders said in comments relayed through a spokesman.

He called the deaths of children at the border the "fault" of Democrats because of their "pathetic immigration policies" — even though his administration created new policies to slow the ability of immigrants to seek legal paths into the country.

"Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally.

President Donald Trump on Saturday pinned the recent deaths of two migrant children on the southern U.S. border on his usual political foe, the Democrats, along with what he called "their pathetic immigration policies".

Trump claimed the deaths were "strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally". His comments on Twitter came as his Homeland Security secretary met with medical professionals and ordered policy changes meant to better protect children detained at the border.

He added: "If we had a Wall, they wouldn't even try!" Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally.

The spectacle of Yeltsin's disintegration — his erratic gestures and misbegotten policies — is pathetic.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has called the themes of Obama's speech a "pathetic" rehash of unhelpful policies.

This is government policy at its pathetic worst.