Trump: Persecuted Christian refugees will get priority

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

The United States could prioritize the resettlement of Christian refugees over members of other religious groups, President Trump said on Friday.

“They’ve been horribly treated,” Trump said in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network anchor David Brody. “Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough, to get into the United States?”

“If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible and the reason that was so unfair, everybody was persecuted in all fairness, but they were chopping off the heads of everybody but more so the Christians. And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them.”

When asked by Brody if he saw helping persecuted Christians abroad as a “priority,” Trump promptly replied, “yes.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316586-trump-persecuted-christian-refugees-are-priority

[Vinca]

1. So he's going to have to rethink that whole Syrian refugee thing since many of them are Christians.

[MurrayDelph]

12. That would require

being able to think rationally in the first place.

[shraby]

2. Wouldn't that be a violation of the Constitution and the separation of church and state?

[treestar]

5. Yes

Though the POTUS has a great deal of discretion in refugees, I seriously doubt this would be able to happen without a challenge.

[Initech]

7. I'm starting to think the constitution doesn't matter anymore.

Despite that these fuckers think we should take it literally.

[ck4829]

3. So All Lives Don't Matter?

[Rex]

4. So Trump is now King of the Christofascists? He works fast.

Jesus.

[spanone]

6. yep, theocracy creeps ever closer.... the christian states of america....coming to a town near you

[Initech]

10. And with a theocratic autocrat in the White House it will happen even sooner.

You know there was a time when wars were fought to stop meglomaniacs like Trump from gaining power.

[LonePirate]

8. Maybe these refugees can teach the Christians here by birth what actually is and is not in the Bible

The ones here by birth apparently think the Bible only contains two things - Jesus speaking out against abortions and homosexuals - two things which are nowhere to be found in that book.

[irisblue]

9. so pretending to be Christian as republicans do pretend.....

huh
the yam rolls on

[LisaM]

11. Next thing you know, he'll start a Crusade.

Because, you know, those always go well.

[doc03]

13. Doesn't the 1st Amendment kind of make that illegal?

[Calculating]

15. A variety of things make that illegal

Whether our government follows the law anymore is the question to ponder.

[Tanuki]

14. I guess he's never heard about the Yazidi people.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/lens/2016/11/30/documenting-the-genocide-of-iraqs-yazidi/?referer=