Trump’s Casting His Census Citizenship Question Ire At Wilbur Ross | Talking Points Memo

[discobot]

President Trump decided to post a cryptic tweet that befuddled members of his administration and broke with his own Justice Department on the census citizenship question after he had some long chats with conservative friends on the phone, Trump’s favorite mode of communication.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1233360

[steviedee111]

So the DOJ is supposed to tell SCOTUS “Our last reason for wanting the question wasn’t our REAL reason, heh, heh. Here is the real one. Seriously. We mean it. This time.”"

Sounds like a plan.

Do-overs. IOKIYAR.

[castor_troy]

…and privately believes that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is out to get him

k

[bboerner]

… and privately believes that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is out to get him.

This is nothing like Watergate at all.

[steviedee111]

[enceladus]

privately believes that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is out to get him.

the abomination doesn’t believe he’s above the law, he believes he is the law. if Roberts were to back down we’re finished until the next revolution.

[steviedee111]

@enceladus

if Roberts were to back down we’re finished until the next revolution.

Tea unsettles my stomach as it is. Sign me up for throwing a few cartons of the stuff overboard.

[michaelryerson]

Known in legal circles as the Maxwell Smart Convention as in, ‘Would you believe…’

[sickneffintired]

@enceladus

privately believes that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is out to get him.

the abomination doesn’t believe he’s above the law, he believes he is the law. if Roberts were to back down we’re finished until the next revolution.

Well Ya
“Fix this,” Trump has repeatedly told aides.
Your King has commanded you

[cervantes]

@discobot

He reportedly told advisers that he intends to make the citizenship question issue the Trump administration’s top priority in the next several days.

I can’t wait.

[zillacop]

We’re all out to get you, Donnie. Out of office.

[castor_troy]

@steviedee111

Sign me up for throwing a few cartons of the stuff overboard

Don’t waste it, just send it my way. Do enjoy a nice Tetley British Black Blend.

[cervantes]

@castor_troy

Don’t waste [the tea], just send it my way.

Oddly enough, that’s what one third of the colonists in Boston said, back in the day.

[steviedee111]

He reportedly told advisers that he intends to make the citizenship question issue the Trump administration’s top priority in the next several days.

SEEMS LEGIT

[castor_troy]

Well, count me amongst the practical ones.

[bankerpup]

Donnie isn’t even a competent king, let alone a competent president.

@sickneffintired

Your King has commanded you

[cervantes]

@enceladus

if Roberts were to back down we’re finished until the next revolution.

Leaving Roberts aside for a bit … there’s another problem …

 

@serendipitoussomnambulist

The Department of Justice has become a laughing stock as well as a blunt instrument to settle scores, wreak vengeance and vendetta for personal gain.

Is the Supreme Court just one Trump nominee away from the same fate?

All I know is that Breyer, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan had better be eating their veggies.

[cervantes]

@castor_troy

Well, count me amongst the practical ones.

They weren’t practical so much as they were Tories …

[castor_troy]

I haven’t been accused of that, I’m just a shameless grifter who doesn’t mind free stuff!

[kelaine]

@castor_troy

…and privately believes that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is out to get him

k

Who knew that Chief Justice Roberts would be the hero of the Deep State?