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‘Womp Womp’: Lewandowski Mocks Child With Down Syndrome Separated From Mother

FILE -- Corey Lewandowski, then campaign manager of Donald Trump's presidential bid, during an event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 30, 2016. Of all the recent stories about the separation of immigrant children and parents at the U.S. border with Mexico, the Mexican foreign minister said on June 19, 2018, that one story was particularly heartbreaking: A 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome was taken away from her mother in South Texas.But Lewandowski, offered a different response when he heard about the girl while appearing on Fox News that night. “Womp womp,” he said. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)