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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's babbling carried weight in ruling against his Muslim ban
Greg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS 3h3 hours agoHere the court concludes that Trump's own words about 'Muslim ban' can be weighed in establishing discriminatory intent:
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Trump's babbling carried weight in ruling against his Muslim ban (Original Post)
bigtree
Feb 2017
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uponit7771
(90,335 posts)1. Yeap, saw the WA AG use Benedict Donald's Band Of Bigots words against them over and over again...
... to assert they meant the ban to be against Muslims
Cirque du So-What
(25,932 posts)2. Hoisted by his own petard
His mouth is his own worst enemy.
Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)3. Yep, why we want him to keep on tweeting
bdamomma
(63,845 posts)5. all that
tweeting is evidence.
procon
(15,805 posts)4. How sweet it is! Blabber Mouth Trump gets hoisted on his own petard. nt
Denzil_DC
(7,233 posts)6. I suspect Rudy didn't help:
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)7. As many have been told,
words do have consequences. And if you speak ill of others,that too will come back to haunt. Gee,you think?
Have to commend the 3 Justices in their very extensive opinion. Dolt 45 will see many of these in his future.