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brooklynite

(93,851 posts)
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 04:36 PM Mar 2017

Statement on Retracted IJR Article

Source: Independent Journal Review

IJR published an article that does not meet our editorial standards or represent IJR's vision or values. We have retracted the story, and we deeply regret the error.

The original is linked here.

Fmr President Obama Made 'Surprise Visit' to Hawaii, Days Before Judge Issued Travel Ban Ruling
By Kyle Becker

UPDATE: This story has been removed from IJR.com.

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to remove unnecessary speculation about the timing of the visit. We apologize for any undue conclusions that might have been drawn from the report.

Former President Barack Obama made a “surprise visit” to Oahu this week, just days ahead of a controversial ruling on President Trump's new travel ban executive order issued by a Hawaiian judge. The travel ban ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson, was blasted by President Trump as a case of “unprecedented judicial overreach.” Watson is a former Harvard classmate of President Obama


Read more: http://ijr.com/2017/03/826319-ex-president-obama-made-surprise-visit-hawaii-just-days-judge-issued-travel-ban-ruling/
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Statement on Retracted IJR Article (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2017 OP
Fake news! True Dough Mar 2017 #1
yet they still have the original on their site.. LOL lancelyons Mar 2017 #2
Sole Press coorespondent with Tillerson's trip to Korea is from IJR. cheyanne Mar 2017 #3
Yes, only RW media are permitted to go along on this trip. Farmed-out Ministry of Propaganda PSPS Mar 2017 #4
They're such slimy scumbags. They're still calling it a "surprise visit"..... George II Mar 2017 #5
Alternate headlines: geek tragedy Mar 2017 #6

True Dough

(17,091 posts)
1. Fake news!
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 04:40 PM
Mar 2017

Obama has a residence in Hawaii and goes there often. Good thing they reconsidered their insinuations.

George II

(67,782 posts)
5. They're such slimy scumbags. They're still calling it a "surprise visit".....
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 05:28 PM
Mar 2017

....(do they have Obama's full schedule in advance?) and connecting it to the Hawaiian court decision.

Did Obama immediately turn around and fly to Maryland prior to THEIR decision, too?

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