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struggle4progress

(118,236 posts)
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:41 PM Jul 2019

Bungled citizenship question, start to finish

By Aaron Blake
July 2 at 5:57 PM

... Roberts seemed to leave a gaping hole for the citizenship question, saying in his opinion that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross should have broad berth when it comes to adding questions to the census.

The problem wasn’t that the government couldn’t do this, Roberts said; it was that its justification was basically fabricated ...

... this is actually par for course for the administration ...

Last week, when the Supreme Court’s decision came down, Trump floated the idea of delaying the 2020 Census. The only problem was that it didn’t seem like there was really a way to do that ... Despite this, Trump again made the threat Monday.

Less than 24 hours later, that threat has proved empty ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/02/trump-administration-bungled-census-citizenship-question-start-finish/?utm_term=.29c318e9d67b

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Bungled citizenship question, start to finish (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2019 OP
Next year's Webster's will have administration, bungled, and bunghole categorized as synonyms. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2019 #1
I was saying this last week, all Roberts really meant was come back.... Thomas Hurt Jul 2019 #2

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. I was saying this last week, all Roberts really meant was come back....
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:51 PM
Jul 2019

with a believable lie and we will rule in your favor.

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