Seems like some senators are more interested in grilling Sally Yates over her opposition to Trumpy’s travel ban order than the stuff they’re supposed to be talking about today. A–holes.
The one where her views on the Muslim Ban were quickly and repeatedly vindicated by federal court opinions? That one?
Weird because it was never a “muslim” ban and most of the list was sorted by the Obama administration.
From the Washington Post…
On July 24 last year, Trump sat for an interview with Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press”. Todd prodded Trump on whether his new proposal targeting specific countries represents a “rollback” of his original Muslim ban. Trump denied that it was a rollback at all:
TRUMP: I don’t think so. I actually don’t think it’s a rollback. In fact, you could say it’s an expansion. I’m looking now at territories. People were so upset when I used the word Muslim. Oh, you can’t use the word Muslim. Remember this. And I’m okay with that, because I’m talking territory instead of Muslim.
If you take this in the “muslim ban” context
You are implying there is an “if” there, when there isn’t. It’s Trump’s own words.
I could see how one might see it that way
I think you mean “Trump saw it that way”. It’s Trump’s own words.
even Muslims here understood the basis for the concern due to the radicals amongst them which they did not support.
That’s irrelvant to the point you were making. You said “it was never a muslim ban”. Trump said it was, it’s Trump’s own words.
The Constitution of the United States implicitly allows the President to make these types of decisions whether you and I like it or not. Instead of requiring only radical muslims to be vetted to hell and back before they can enter it requires all people from those countries including Muslims to go through it before entering. It was done this way so as not to discriminate against religious freedoms.
This whole debacle has become annoying as shit, regardless of who is in the right or wrong. It literally is sucking all the joy and life of the forum.
I agree 100%. If people who say they aren’t going to get involved and complain about this stuff wouldn’t get involved and then continue drag it out in other threads it wouldn’t get like it does. I can only affect or take blame for my own participation but I am not the only one participating so the others will have to speak for themselves.