Fri Jun 23, 2017, 09:34 PM

SummerSnow (12,608 posts)

Do you think that Trump will get rid of the Americans with Disability Act?

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Do you think that Trump will get rid of the Americans with Disability Act? (Original post)	SummerSnow	Jun 2017	OP
If he knows what it is	Corgigal	Jun 2017	#1
I'm sure he knows. It cost him money to make his buildings ada compliant.nt.	drray23	Jun 2017	#5
YES, within a second.	Doreen	Jun 2017	#2
He can't, but if Congress voted to repeal it he'd sign on.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2017	#3
I think it's just a matter of time.	LonePirate	Jun 2017	#6
"Donald Trumps Properties Were Sued At Least Eight Times For Disabilities Violations"	emulatorloo	Jun 2017	#4
Was not this on McConnell's Bucket list.	Wellstone ruled	Jun 2017	#7

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Fri Jun 23, 2017, 09:35 PM

Corgigal (8,141 posts)

1. If he knows what it is

Sure. They erased the disability portion on the White House website on the first day.

He will sign anything, just call it something better.

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Fri Jun 23, 2017, 09:44 PM

drray23 (5,553 posts)

5. I'm sure he knows. It cost him money to make his buildings ada compliant.nt.

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Fri Jun 23, 2017, 09:37 PM

Doreen (10,831 posts)

2. YES, within a second.

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Fri Jun 23, 2017, 09:42 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (92,676 posts)

3. He can't, but if Congress voted to repeal it he'd sign on.

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Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:00 PM

LonePirate (11,053 posts)

6. I think it's just a matter of time.

Once they raid the treasury with the health care bill and raid it a second time with their tax reform bill, they will start dismantling laws and regulations passed since the Civil War. The ADA is just one of the laws on the chopping block.

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Fri Jun 23, 2017, 09:43 PM

emulatorloo (38,000 posts)

4. "Donald Trumps Properties Were Sued At Least Eight Times For Disabilities Violations"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-disabilities-violations_us_57e44c0be4b08d73b8307075

Donald Trump’s Properties Were Sued At Least Eight Times For Disabilities Violations

Donald Trump’s Properties Were Sued At Least Eight Times For Disabilities Violations
Trump dragged some cases out for years.
By Ben Walsh
09/23/2016 11:41 am ET | Updated Sep 25, 2016

At least eight times over the last 19 years, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s properties have been subject to lawsuits for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, court records show. Additionally, a federal inspection found ADA violations at one of his properties.

Only once did Trump come close to winning, in a suit that was dismissed at the request of both sides. Five of the cases were settled, while two ended in consent decrees requiring building modifications and one met its end in a Trump property bankruptcy.

When a disabled Purple Heart veteran filed a lawsuit in 2004 alleging that the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York lacked proper handicapped-accessible emergency exits, guest rooms and restrooms, Trump dragged the case out for three years. He tried to get the lawsuit dismissed and counter-sued his own architects to try and shift liability to them, but a judge dismissed that attempt. Trump eventually settled and agreed to make changes to the hotel.

“What was so striking and frankly appalling was the way he tried to fight [the violations],” said Helena Berger, the president and CEO of the nonprofit American Association of People with Disabilities. “That, I think, is really telling.”

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Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:42 PM

Wellstone ruled (34,661 posts)

7. Was not this on McConnell's Bucket list.

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