White House Blames President Obama After Muslim Ban Backfires On Trump

[babylonsister]

Of course they did.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/29/white-house-blames-president-obama-muslim-ban-backfires-trump.html

White House Blames President Obama After Muslim Ban Backfires On Trump

By Jason Easley on Sun, Jan 29th, 2017 at 10:58 am



During an interview on ABC’s This Week, White House press secretary Sean Spicer tried to blame the Obama administration for the seven Muslim-majority countries that were listed in Trump’s Muslim ban.

Video @ link:


Spicer was asked what this executive order says to Muslims in other countries.

The White House press secretary answered, “What this says is we are going to protect our country and our people. There are forty-six other countries that are not part of this, and I think that’s an important thing to note. Whether you’re talking about Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, or the UAE. There’s forty-six Muslim-majority countries that are not in this set. These seven countries were identified by the Obama administration as needing further travel scrutiny.”

Nine days into the Trump administration and the nation has been given its first blame Obama excuse from the White House. There is a big policy difference between suggesting nations needing more scrutiny and imposing a ban that is causing chaos across the country. President Trump made the decision to have this executive order drafted. Trump signed the executive order with pride in front of national television cameras.

There is no “blame Obama” here. This is all on Trump.

The Muslim ban has backfired on Trump, and the argument that it isn’t so bad because all the Muslims aren’t banned revealed the weak footing that the administration is on with this issue.

Obama isn’t occupying the White House anymore, so when bad decisions lead to bad policies, the responsibility belongs to President Trump.

As it relates to the Muslim ban, Trump signed it, so he owns it.

[dalton99a]

1. Sure enough

[JTFrog]

2. I don't think so.

I don't think these fuckers understand that shit is about to get real. People aren't gonna just stand around and wait for Congress or Impeachment.

[2naSalit]

14. Most likely....nt

[Yavin4]

3. Poor Bill Clinton.

They use to blame his penis for such things, but I guess we all move on, huh?

[IronLionZion]

18. Trump had blamed President Johnson before on the campaign trail

saying America was great before the 1965 immigration reform

[KingCharlemagne]

23. it was great before that whole slavery abolition thing back

In 1865.

[IronLionZion]

32. It was great before insurgents rebelled against the government in 1776

[Cha]

57. It was Great before...

[IronLionZion]

58. Increasing diversity through immigration

was a big part of the civil rights movement. Those leader had great foresight.

[NewJeffCT]

43. I've also heard them say that since Jimmy Carter

banned Iranians following the hostage crisis that it was OK for Trump to do what he did.

[underpants]

53. Oh that will be a talking point

Because, they are just soooo worried about Iranians

[bdamomma]

4. of course they would

to defect the sins off them

this is to be expected from them now how many more times are they going to saying this. Is to protect Bannon

What fucking Liars. Yes Trump did proudly sign it.

[Barack_America]

5. He didn't just sign it, his administration drafted it.

This is ALL them.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Weak.

That's a pretty feeble excuse. So why don't they rescind it?

[sarcasmo]

7. Nazi's blame the black man, Shocker.

[meow2u3]

8. I knew that was coming

Evil always pins the blame on good for their own wickedness.

[Else You Are Mad]

9. Expect Obama to be blamed...

For everything action that Trump takes that backfires on him. And, if that fails, they will blame the 'lying media'.

[CottonBear]

10. Is it too early for President Obama to call out t'Rumps lies?

Every day is worse than the one before.

[exboyfil]

19. Since he brought Obama up

I think it is time to make a speech in prime time or appear on 60 Minutes.

[CottonBear]

26. I wonder how he's doing?

I cannot even imagine how he deals with right wing smears and lies that are never ending even now after he has left office.

[ginnyinWI]

42. picture him brushing dust off of his shoulder.

He's not going to let it bother him. He said Trump is just a comma in the flow of history.

[underpants]

52. Relaxing

It's got to be quiet an adjustment from his schedule,of just 10 days ago

[Sunlei]

48. To soon, let t(R)ump stand alone.

[MrPurple]

35. Think Obama needs to stay out of the picture for a while, so that he'll have more impact later

He probably needs to keep a low profile until the buildup to the midterms. Maybe an occasional comment, but he'll have less impact when it counts if he gets overexposed before.

[Rorey]

45. He needs to have some R&R and then....

I'm quite confident that after he relaxes and devotes some time to himself and family that he'll be back. And he won't have the constraints he had as president. He'll be very effective when the appropriate time comes. In the meantime, trump and the repukes can keep digging their graves.

[Sunlei]

50. Obamas never been a keep a 'low profile' man. He will speak out if needed.

you can read his Obama foundation or personal twitter for updates. or the Detroit radio Obama 'follows'.

[MrPurple]

61. Not a question of him lacking the integrity or courage to speak out

But that strategically, he will have more impact if he is perceived as not critizing Trump from nearly day 1 and having given him a grace period before he engages. He needs to influence people who are on the fence, not those who already hate trump. And then, he needs to help mobilize Democrats to vote at election time. He also needs to get people registered, with whatever ID hurdles the Republicans try to put up.

[neeksgeek]

11. Bannon plotted it, Trump signed it

It's theirs. Lock. Stock. And barrel.

[smirkymonkey]

12. How fucking dare they!

This is the most evil, corrupt administration ever to set foot in the White House. Without a doubt.

[orleans]

13. thanks for linking to this article & video!

i was youtubing and googling and couldn't find a thing about it

i saw it on the tv, and so i was posting about it on fb to a (liberal) friend but i was trying to find something / anything pertaining to it. i couldn't.

then i found YOU!

thank you!

[mnhtnbb]

15. "As it relates to the Muslim ban, Trump signed it, so he owns it."

[SHRED]

16. So Trump is Obama's puppet now??

[ffr]

17. Priceless! And there you have it, our new non-government run by children.

[Volaris]

20. So basicly, their excuse for this monstrosity of a FAIL is

'Thanks, Obama!' ???

Holy Godz, they're more incompetent than even any of US realized lol.

[onetexan]

21. so now the damn bastards are blaming O for their incompetence and extreme decision making?

[yardwork]

22. If they're blaming Obama it means it's blowing up in their faces.

The outcry is working. Keep it up.

Write your Congress critters!

[watoos]

24. The right wing site that I blog on

used the same argument. I guess the 7 countries weren't specifically listed in the EO, but someone in the Trump White House released the list, most likely Bannon since he is the acting president.

I had to argue up and down and still haven't convinced them. They are talking about the visa waiver program where president Obama gave extra scrutiny to people in visa waiver countries who traveled to those 7 countries.

[babylonsister]

30. As stated in the article...

There is a big policy difference between suggesting nations needing more scrutiny and imposing a ban that is causing chaos across the country.

And I am curious why you blog on a r/w site?

[Ligyron]

39. Hey, I do it too sometimes

It's called "Yahoo".

Seriously tho', sometimes I go on JPR and freeperville along with Redneck State altho a lot of times it doesn't make it past the censors.

IDK - it's fun? I believe also that some of them may be reachable.

[babylonsister]

46. No problem, I was just

wondering. I am involved in a few political groups on FB and to a person, they're uninformed and can post pretty disgusting stuff. I've decided they're not worth my effort. Until something hits them in the pocketbook or heart (if they have one), no one is changing anyone's opinions.

[MrScorpio]

25. To call these fools "shameless" is an understatement.

FDT.

[guillaumeb]

27. The first Muslims to arrive in America came around 1618..............

as slaves. Blame the English colonists.

[Blue_true]

28. Spending more time to vet people from certain

Countries isn't the same as an outright ban on anyone from those countries. Trump's order stopped people from entering who had completed extensive vetting and were deemed no threat.

[MrPurple]

38. College professors with legal permanent resident status

And when they're detained, they're asked their opinions of President Trump? Can you get more banana republic than that? Trump probably suggested that part of the protocol himself.

[TubbersUK]

29. Useful summary info

Link to tweet

[47of74]

31. That didn't take long

Yeah the Republicans will probably be blaming the President Obama every time their orange elephant comes in and shits on the rug.

Fuck you Orange Hitler, and all your minions. Shove that personal responsibility garbage up your ass in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, because it's just a goddamn shell game.

[IronLionZion]

33. Extra scrutiny is like a ban

the same way nationalists are like racists

If they can make leaps of login on who to ban, then they can make leaps in other ways too.

[Blue Idaho]

34. The Buck Stops Where?

The WH is now filled with cowards, weaklings and sycophants... it can only get worse from here.

[struggle4progress]

36. "We don't know what we're doing -- so let's blame the black guy we saw around here!"

[AlexSFCA]

37. mcmullin tweet

"There's no person in the country, indeed the world, more in need of extreme vetting than @realDonaldTrump."

[SunSeeker]

47. So true!

Trump has already more damage to our country than any refugee ever did!

[Fritz Walter]

40. Reminds me of the "Three Envelopes" joke

Decades ago, I heard the joke about the corporate executive who found three numbered and sealed envelopes and a note on his desk on day-one.

The note read: "Open these when you run into a problem you can't solve."

Several weeks later, the new executive was faced with his first crisis, so he opened the first envelope. It had a slip of paper inside with these words, "Blame your predecessor." The exec tried that, his board of directors bought that excuse, and things settled down for a bit.

Then, several weeks later, another emergency hit. He opened the second envelope, where the note read "Blame the media." Again, the ploy worked and things settled down.

Finally, the third disaster hit, much worse than the first two. In desperation, the executive opened the third envelope. The note read: "Prepare three envelopes."

It seems that Drumpf couldn't even get this sequence of steps right. But then, Shorn Sphincter and the rest of the swamp dwellers have been in "Ready - Fire - Aim" mode since they arrived.

[annabanana]

49. very good!.. . . . n/t

[underpants]

55. Michael Douglas told that in "Traffic"

Great joke

[mfcorey1]

41. If they are following what Obama did, we will continue to have

the Affordable Care 'act. That's just another alt fact from the Minister of Propaganda.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

44. Lame excuse from the party of personal responsibility

[Mr. Evil]

51. It was only a matter of time. n/t

[HassleCat]

54. Wrong as usual.

The Suspicious Seven have been around since well before Obama was elected. I worked for TSA in 2005, and we had to give additional screening to passengers from those countries. So it would be Bush 43.

[hibbing]

56. "in this set", what the check does that mean?

Does that mean they will be rolling out more "sets" ?

Peace

[mainer]

59. It's the new GOP meme. "Obama did it, and you didn't complain."

Washington Post has a good analysis of the differences between Obama's and Trump's orders.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/29/trumps-facile-claim-that-his-refugee-policy-is-similar-to-obama-in-2011/?utm_term=.33022ce860dc

[Mc Mike]

60. Oh, it was Obama.

Feeble minded nazis.