donnie's bid to revoke birthright citizenship is the ultimate attempt to reverse all things obama.

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he's trying to make his whole "birther" crap true by decree.

obama was born in the u.s. (hawaii) and had one white parent who was undeniably an america citizen, but he had another parent who was not a u.s. citizen (and who was, of course, black).

donnie has not let go of his horribly bigoted idea that obama is not a real american, and his contemplated executive order would attempt to make it official policy of the u.s. that people like obama aren't citizens.


even this supreme court should knock it down 9-0, ok, maybe 8-1, but donnie has always cared more about the message and the sentiment and the norms than actual government policy. the damage he does in even floating this trial balloon is horrendous.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He can't do it but the cult members don't know that.

It’s just more red meat for the election.

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2. right, the courts won't smack it down before the election, especially if he hasn't written it yet...

just yet another thing for bigots to get excited about voting for.

[dewsgirl]

3. How is this even any kind of possibility? I have always thought if you were born on U.S.

soil, you are a U.S. citizen. Period. No matter where your parents were born. I have taught my children this. Am I missing something?

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4. you're missing that donnie doesn't give a crap about the constitution.

the 14th amendment says if you're born here, you're a u.s. citizen, period. no qualifications about your parents or whether you or they were here with proper documentation.

but donnie doesn't care about such things.

at least, he's happy to ignore such things if he thinks it will boost his ratings.

still unclear whether he'll actually try it or if it's just a tease for his bigot base for the election.

[Wounded Bear]

6. He thinks of it like a contract...

that you can break and fight it out in court.

He's never honored a contract that he signed.

[dewsgirl]

8. I don't understand anyone believing this that even took the shortest

Civics class in school. How are these people so uneducated? This is so infuriating.

[Initech]

10. They're uneducated and uncultured, and they are proud of it.

And that's part of the problem.

[DesertRat]

5. What about his own young son?

Do we know Melania’s immigration status at the time of Barron’s birth?

[dewsgirl]

9. And his 3 oldest children.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Wasn't there tons of Russian women coming to Mar-a-Lago to give birth...

spawning lots of kids with dual citizenship that would be great as spies in sleeper cells?

Kind of counter-productive for his boss, Putin.