Trump looking 'very strongly' at delaying census

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

President Trump said Monday he's looking “very strongly” at delaying the 2020 census if the administration is not allowed to add a citizenship question, an unprecedented move that would surely trigger new legal challenges.

“We’re looking at that,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about a delay. “So you can ask other things, but you can’t ask whether or not somebody is a citizen? So we are trying to do that. We’re looking at that very strongly.”

Legal experts have said delaying the census would violate the Constitution, which says it must take place every 10 years and must count all people living in the U.S. Under federal law, the census must begin by April 1, 2020.

The president said it’s crucial the question be asked because “it’s very important to find out if somebody’s a citizen as opposed to an illegal.” He said, without citing evidence, that immigrants living illegally in the U.S. are “treated better than the coal miner” suffering from black lung.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/451248-trump-looking-very-strongly-at-delaying-census

[BlueIdaho]

1. Violation of the Constitution?

Another reason to impeach.

[RainCaster]

2. Impeach? Let's jail that MF instead.

[BlueIdaho]

5. Oooo I like how you think...

I’d pay money to see him in a prison jumpsuit, handcuffs, and a buzz cut. I’d pay lots of money to see that.

[The Liberal Lion]

3. Hmmmm, wondering if this would be enough for the Speaker to lead the House to impeach

I wonder...............

[left-of-center2012]

4. Maybe he'll delay the 2020 election?

[Eugene]

7. I suspect he's looking at that seriously.

To a wannabe despot like Trump, the Constitution and laws are merely a suggestion.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Look for an announcement at his Fourth of July Rally at the Lincoln Memorial.

[shanny]

6. keep looking, asshole

the view won't change

btw, your own DoJ (so-called) has just been arguing that the census cannot be delayed. Sad!

[Boomerproud]

8. He is totally out of control.

Megalomania run amok.

[a kennedy]

9. WTF, WTF,WTF,WTF,WTF,WTF,WTF,WTF,WTF,WTF,WTF,

WTF. He can not do this can he??? THIS IS INSANE.

[beachbum bob]

10. get more popcorn, the show is getting interesting now

put every GOP'er on the spot about violating the Constitution.

[dchill]

15. It hasn't bothered them yet, in the least.

"It's just a goddamn piece of paper!"

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

11. Fat Donnie divides people into "citizens" and "illegals"

Now we know why he's fighting so hard for the citizenship question. "Illegals" are less than human and don't deserve acknowledgment of their very existence.

[dalton99a]

13. Many people are looking very strongly at throwing your fat ass in jail, asshole

[elleng]

14. In Article 1, Section 2, the Constitution includes the phrase:

[An] Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.

[Bayard]

16. I don't see anything in that wording

That says the president has control of the process.

[elleng]

17. Right

[Initech]

18. What a whiny, crybaby, racist piece of shit!