Trump asks lawyers if census can be delayed, calls Supreme Court decision 'totally ridiculous'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



By John Wagner June 27 at 1:58 PM

President Trump said Thursday that he is seeking to delay the constitutionally mandated census to give administration officials more time to come up with a better explanation for why it should include a citizenship question.

Trump’s announcement, in a tweet sent from Japan, came hours after the Supreme Court put on hold his administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, saying it had provided a “contrived” reason for wanting the information.

“Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed Country, cannot ask a basic question of Citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important Census, in this case for 2020,” Trump wrote in his tweet. “I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter.”

Trump’s tweet was sent shortly after 2:30 a.m. local time in Osaka, where he is attending a summit with other global leaders.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Well there you go.

What more proof does our Nation need as to the Lawlessness of this POS.

[durablend]

2. He clearly thinks he's king.

[lagomorph777]

3. Maybe delaying the census until we flip a few more states would be a good thing.

[SharonAnn]

4. Better yet, let's accerate the Presidential Election and Inauguration Day.

[FlyByNight]

5. Can we please just start the impeachment inquiry already?!

This fascist creamsicle is mind-numbing.

[SunSeeker]

12. Right? So fucking frustrating.

[CottonBear]

6. The Constitution mandates a census every 10 years. N/T

[BigmanPigman]

18. He doesn't read or need no stinkin' Constitution...

He is dictator/king in his own twisted and warped pea brain.

Impeachment ASAP!

[SergeStorms]

20. And it says to...

count every person, not just citizens. So cram it where the sun don't shine, Donnie!

[turbinetree]

7. Maybe the sexual predator should be handed this and forced to read it

after all he swore to upheld it when he was swore in.........................



https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/Article_1_Section_2.pdf

[Bayard]

8. You can't ask citizenship questions on job interviews any longer

The most you can do is ask, do you have the legal right to work in this country, or do you require sponsorship?

[lark]

9. Sadly, he's probably right that with a better lie,, SCOTUS would approve it.

Roberts just didn't want to be punked like that but give him a better lie and he will conveniently "forget" that it's a lie and vote the way he wanted to all along, giving the Russian Repugs everything they want including the destruction of the constitution.

[ColesCountyDem]

10. Trump simply doesn't believe that the law applies to him.

I've actually pondered many of his statements and positions, looking for a deeper or more complex explanation, but there isn't one. If it walks like a duck ....

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Hallmark of a sociopath/psychopath, total disregard for the law. nt

[Harker]

13. Trumpsky and McConnell stack the court

then call a ruling ridiculous?

That's ridiculous.

[Brainfodder]

15. Ironic Justice?

[Harker]

16. I hope the fiend is

outraged regularly.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Trump is always telling you the EXACT OPPOSITE of what is true

and then denounces the truth as Fake News

This is a game of credibility.

We have to attack his lies, methods, and strategy - OFTEN and LOUDLY so the public will hear.

We don't need to convince everyone. We need to convince 7% of his supporters

Keep telling these people: Trump is always telling you the EXACT OPPOSITE of what is true

[Delmette2.0]

17. Please proceed.

Keep disparaging Chief Justice Roberts, that will help someone sometime soon.. ( But it won't be you.)

[Eugene]

19. This shows the Trump was not joking about adding two extra years to his term.

F*ck the Constitution. My hand-picked judges will let me do anything.