Trump Shocked About Census Cost | Talking Points Memo

Just days after asking to “delay the census,” President Donald Trump harped on the costs behind conducting it during a press conference in Osaka Saturday.


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“I figured it would not be expensive

Once again, with such a command of financial matters, it’s a wonder so many of his casinos went bankrupt.

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Wait till he finds out how much the military costs.

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Who knew that it could cost so much just to find out whether or not ICE can deport a few million people?

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Has anybody ever complained more than Prez Rac( p )ist about doing his job?

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Or known less about it?

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Yes, they are considered toxic employees and they taint the work attitude/ethic of those around him/her.

I would tweak your question: (insert question), and keep his/her job?

What, you mean it costs more than his golf trips?

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I’m betting that the real reason he wants to delay the census is to figure out a way to monetize it to the benefit of himself & his merry band of grifters.

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Trump is shocked about the cost of the census. Well, I am shocked that he is the president!

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From the asshole who was surprised to discover that healthcare was hard.

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Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution:
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year
by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the
Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State
Legislature.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five
Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when
elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which
may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be
determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to
Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other
Persons. The actual 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. The Number of Representatives shall not
exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one
Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire
shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence
Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight,
Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and
Georgia three.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority
thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall
have the sole Power of Impeachment.

Question. Is a failure to hold the constitutionally mandated census within the specified decennial time limit an impeachable offence?

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Could violate the “take care” clause.

This is the same guy who paid over a hundred grand for five minutes with Stormy?

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ANOTHER impeachable offense…

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Standard tactic for him to complain about the cost of a thing when he wants to bash it. Defending Western Europe, federal funds for states that voted against him, a census he wants to make a political tool, when he doesn’t like a thing he suddenly gets very cautious with other people’s money.

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He HAS to close these establishments down when they become too well known ( ALL part of his Money Laundering System ) .

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The $Billions is the cost of the lawyers trying to delay the cencus .

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Is this the same slob who has spent 100 million in tax dollars golfing? Priorities may be a tad askew.

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