I am once again reminded of a Jewish friend who assured me Trump would be OK because his beloved Ivanka married a Jewish guy and he was totally fine with it.
You left out those damn women-kidnapping brainwashing sneaky Mormons. They’re only beholden to the Prophet in Salt Lake City. At least that’s what I’m always hearing from the bigots in the Republican Party. Oh, and from a few posters on this site, too.
Regarding his latest nonsense, I’m wondering how anyone can seriously say Trump is not anti-Semitic. He’s always been an anti-Semite. I’ve seen nothing to change that assessment.
Not since 2012, surely?
Individual 1 retweeted right wing demagogue Wayne Allyn Root:
This is the same President who said there were “very fine people” among the crowds carrying torches and chanting “Jews will not replace us!”? Or was that his evil twin Skippy?
I may be terribly out of shape, but my eyeroll muscles are getting a hell of a workout.
He once again thinks he’s above the Constitution.
He tried it last October. It didn’t work then and it won’t work now.
This is still being trotted out as “proof” that Trump can’t be an anti-Semite, by a wide variety of people who should know better. (I heard a cable-news anchor say it just today–and not on Fox. CNN or MSNBC, one or the other.)
If I hear “but he has Jewish grandkids!” one more time I believe I might upchuck.
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Are there ANY fact-checkers or sub-editors working at major news outlets these days?
Newsweek managed to misspell the name of U.C. Berkeley, and the court case U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark.
I’m also pretty sure that Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the pre-eminent constitutional scholars in the United States, did NOT say that “the president would need Congress to support the change and vote to ratify the amendment.” As Chemerinsky is well aware, but as Newsweek seems to have misunderstood, what the president would need is for each house of Congress to vote for an amendment with a two-thirds majority, and THEN for three out of four states to ratify the amendment. Their quote implies that Congress can change the Constitution by itself.
[Still off topic] Here are the paragraphs in question:
Note that Chemerinsky is not directly quoted as saying that “the president would need Congress to support the change and vote to ratify the amendment.” As you rightly pointed out, that is not factually correct, but it is not attributed to Chemerinsky in the article. I think the error lies solely with Newsweek. Perhaps it’s implied, but it’s not a direct quote.
Carry on.
It iis factually correct though, unless someone wanted to try another convention. It also needs to get state approval, but Congress is (generally) the gatekeeper. They could have added the line about the states, but that’s modern journalism.
As an aside - in the modern political climate, the Constitution is basically unchangeable. I can’t think of a single proposal that could get through Congress, much less 3/4 of the states.
He’s also the guy who said he liked to have his money counted by “guys in those little hats.”
I assume he has the same predilection for Italian barbers, English butlers, and French maids.
Will all the Republicans who mocked Obama in 2008 for being “the Chosen One” (something he never said about himself) now be similarly scornful of POTUS?: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/21/i-am-the-chosen-one-trump-proclaims-as-he-defends-china-trade-war.html
I’m gonna go with “no” on that one. Such a reaction would require self-awareness and a conscience.
I can’t find a link and don’t recall offhand which show, but I recall hearing on one of the news/commentary shows last night that somewhere in his [DEL]press briefing[/DEL] verbal diarrhea-fest yesterday Trump said he plans to be President for “twelve or thirteen years.” Can someone confirm or contradict?
I don’t know if Trump mentioned it during yesterday’s rant, but he has in the past.
Here’s a recap of yesterday:
The 7 Most Unhinged Things Trump Said on Wednesday
If Trump did say it, it didn’t make the top 7 in this list:
- Trump embraces “King of Israel” comparison
- Trump lobs more insults at the Danes because they won’t sell Greenland
- Trump says he still wants to end birthright citizenship
- Trump declares himself “the chosen one”
- Trump threatens to unleash ISIS fighters on Europe
- Trump promises pills that will reduce veteran suicides
- Trump says he’d like to give himself Medal of Honor
Yeah, the website is questionable, but the information is true. Individual 1 has in the past suggested postponing the 2020 election.
Trump has over 2,000 conflicts of interest since he’s taken office: report
Even Reagan and the Bushes divested. Trump blatantly ignores the emoluments clause and relies on the sluggish pace of the court system to wrangle with it until long after he leaves office. He claimed to have ceded control of The Trump Organization to Don Jr., but it’s a revocable and non-blind trust. He can withdraw money with permission from the trustee – Don Jr.
As long as he’s got Moscow Mitch and the Republican-controlled Senate backing him up, he can get away with mass murder while screaming WITCH HUNT! NO COLLUSION! and Fox News ignores it all. We’re fucked fucked fucked.
It was on last night’s (21 August) Rachel Maddow. I can’t figure out how to link to an individual video, but it starts at 2:10 of the segment labeled “Trump admin coverage maxim: Watch what they do, not what they say” (in which she also mentions King Cannot bloviating so long that at least one reporter’s phone shut off due to the heat). And yes, it’s not the first time; I must have been in one of my periodic hide-under-the-bed phases every time it happened before.
August of 2019, actually.