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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 09:15 AM Mar 2017

Trump Says 'We Ought To Go Back To The First' Travel Ban Order

Source: Talking Points Memo



By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published MARCH 16, 2017, 7:10 AM EDT

After a federal judge in Hawaii put on hold President Donald Trump's revised executive order barring travel from a list of predominantly Muslim countries, Trump complained at a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, that he did not want the "watered-down" version of the order.

"Remember this, I wasn’t thrilled that the lawyers all said, ‘Oh, let’s tailor it.’ This is a watered-down version of the first one," he told the crowd. "This is a watered down version, and let me tell you something. I think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way, which is what I wanted to do in the first place.”

Trump vowed to defend his order.

"This ruling makes us look weak. Which by the way, we no longer are, believe me. Just look at our borders. We are going to fight this terrible rule," he said at the rally.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-complaints-ruling-travel-ban

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George II

(67,782 posts)
5. We ought to go back to the 2012 election results.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 09:29 AM
Mar 2017

When he said "makes us look weak", he was speaking of himself and his hangers on.

world wide wally

(21,739 posts)
8. He said that as a threat as if he is the parent and the courts are the child.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 09:44 AM
Mar 2017

"If you keep this up, I'll take away your phone too"!

Gothmog

(145,046 posts)
9. Trump is helping the ACLU and the plainitffs
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 09:47 AM
Mar 2017

The DOJ lawyers are cringing at that statement. Trump is making their job impossible to do

DK504

(3,847 posts)
12. Does he remember the first one got shot down?
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:55 AM
Mar 2017

Is he going off the I can do what ever I want 'cause I'm the prezdent.

tclambert

(11,085 posts)
14. "We are going to fight this terrible rule." I presume that means the Constitution.
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:27 PM
Mar 2017

That is the rule the courts say he broke with the Muslim ban.

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