White House Wanted Protests Over Travel Ban

[DonViejo]

February 28, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

Bloomberg: “In fact, it was no accident that the order was sprung without warning on a Friday afternoon. Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon arranged the timing in the expectation that opponents, freed from work on the weekend, would stage huge protests—drawing maximum attention and galvanizing Trump supporters as the president followed through on a controversial campaign promise, says a senior administration official.”

“The order did indeed spark nationwide demonstrations, but things veered off script from there, as the White House struggled to explain to law enforcement officials, federal agencies, and foreign governments what the hastily drafted document did and didn’t say.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/02/28/white-house-wanted-protests-travel-ban/

[leftstreet]

1. Makes sense

Although I don't think they have the slightest clue what their supporters are really like

DURec

[Lindsay]

2. Kinda like my cat

when she falls from a narrow space she's trying to navigate.

"I meant to do that."

[KT2000]

3. +1

[Kahuna7]

12. ...

[Justice]

4. They were hoping for violence but instead got smart, vocal opposition.

[msanthrope]

5. Sure they did. nt

[Doodley]

6. President Bannon failed bigly

[FSogol]

7. I don't buy the meme that Bannon is some sort of evil mastermind. There is no planning or timing or

strategy involved. They are throwing crap on the walls and seeing what sticks. If protests and the judiciary hadn't stepped in, they would have flooded us with poorly thought out EOs.

[gratuitous]

10. Bannon is evil, for sure

But remember the milieu he comes out of, an online blog. You don't have to worry about editions or deadlines or anything when you're posting to a blog (ditto with sources, facts, and those other niggling concerns of legitimate journalists). You just upload whatever crap you type, and it goes online. The timing of the release of the poorly-drafted, unconstitutional executive order exhibits the same sort of "upload" mentality, which they're now trying to play off as their plan all along.

Maybe next time these amateurs try drafting a legal document, they'll consult with an attorney. And if the attorney has any ethics at all, he or she will dissuade them from doing something that stupid again.

[FSogol]

13. That probably already happened. Remember they wanted to use 100k US troops to round up undocumented

workers. I'm sure Mathis had to explain why that was against the law.

I agree he's evil, he's just not a mastermind. Good points on the upload mentality, btw.

[Starry Messenger]

8. I doubt that sincerely

[gopiscrap]

9. these people are so fucking evil and stupid

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. So, how did that work out for them?

The order was ill-conceived and poorly drafted, not vetted or shared with the agencies charged with implementing it, it inconvenienced a lot of people for no good reason because the agencies in charge had no guidance, and, it made the opposition to Trump and his policies even stronger right out of the gate, and ultimately, the courts rejected it as unconstitutional. It appears that Trump is planning to take another bite at it, which will likely be doomed to failure as well. Kind of hard to believe that this is "winning" to them.