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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,863 posts)
Wed Nov 21, 2018, 09:17 PM Nov 2018

Grassley defends Trump in feud with Chief Justice Roberts: Roberts didn't attack Obama for 2010 swip

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) defended President Trump on Wednesday after the president traded criticisms with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

In a tweet, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said he did not recall Roberts "attacking" former President Obama when he criticized a Supreme Court ruling in his 2010 State of the Union address.

"Chief Justice Roberts rebuked Trump for a comment he made abt judge’s decision on asylum," Grassley wrote on Twitter. "I don’t recall the Chief attacking Obama when that Prez rebuked Alito during a State of the Union."




Grassley's comments came after Roberts rebuked Trump earlier Wednesday for calling a federal judge who ruled against his administration's asylum policy an "Obama judge."

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/417952-grassley-defends-trump-in-feud-with-chief-justice-roberts-dont-recall-roberts

I think there's a difference between disagreeing with a decision and a personal attack. Sorry if that's not obvious to you Grassley.
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Grassley defends Trump in feud with Chief Justice Roberts: Roberts didn't attack Obama for 2010 swip (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP
Grassley is part of the problem of why Iliyah Nov 2018 #1
Grassley is a horses ass kimbutgar Nov 2018 #2
Roberts didn't "rebuke" Trump. He merely stated that judges pnwmom Nov 2018 #3
of course he does NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #5
Gr.Assley C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #4

kimbutgar

(21,111 posts)
2. Grassley is a horses ass
Wed Nov 21, 2018, 09:25 PM
Nov 2018

He is suffering from cult brainwashed dementia or is insane. He seems to forget that President Obama criticized as an attack on our democracy and money corrupting our politics. He seems to forget that Alito mouthed no when he brought up foreign influence in our elections. Which is precisely what happened in 2016.

pnwmom

(108,973 posts)
3. Roberts didn't "rebuke" Trump. He merely stated that judges
Wed Nov 21, 2018, 09:29 PM
Nov 2018

are independent of the Presidents who appoint them, after DT criticized a judge as being an "Obama judge" because of his decision on asylum.

Funny that Grassley should view that as a rebuke.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
5. of course he does
Wed Nov 21, 2018, 11:20 PM
Nov 2018

Trump viewed it as a rebuke, so Grassley is just following Trump's lead.

Expect to hear that Roberts & family have received threatening calls/messages since the Trump tweet

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