John Roberts pulls out the thesaurus for one of Trump's nearly 11,000 lies

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

John Roberts pulls out the thesaurus for one of Trump’s nearly 11,000 lies

By Dana Milbank
Columnist
June 28 at 3:28 PM

Chief Justice John Roberts used every euphemism in the thesaurus this week to accuse the Trump administration of lying.

“The evidence tells a story that does not match the .?.?. explanation.”

“The sole stated reason — seems to have been contrived.”

There was “a significant mismatch between the decision .?.?. and the rationale.”

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The chief justice, writing for the majority in the closely watched census case, was referring to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s baldfaced lie: He testified to Congress that he added a citizenship question to the census “solely” because the Justice Department requested it to help with enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. Three separate judges found that to be false , and evidence emerging since the trials confirmed appearances: The real rationale was to reduce the power of nonwhite people and Democrats.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-supreme-court-throws-the-thesaurus-at-trumps-lies/2019/06/28/0103906e-99b4-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.html

[vlyons]

1. and yet the Dem House

has not held Ross in contempt

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Yes, they should indeed. Time to start flexing some muscles and what not. Ross is in a ...

class by himself, a crook and worse according to the stories I read about him. Ugly as sin too ... I know I shouldn't resort to kid tactics but I said this because I wanted to show that his sins (ripping off money in former financial positions (like rump)) is as ugly as he is too. Disgusting.