I Have Praise for President Trump!

@GrinNude That's more often than he was right, but he was right on this one.

@LordShadowfire follow the news!

@LordShadowfire Probably because there were responses to someone's reply an hour ago.

@hunkalove I'm giving him credit for [i]signing[/i] it, IF he has. Haven't been able to confirm that, yet. He had nothing to do with any part of the bill, except for that.

@Piper is it now law?

@samueltyler2 Yes. It has many exemptions, but it's still better than nothing.

@bijouxbroussard Yes, that was quite notable to me...also. So is how people who call themselves "pro-"life", value the lives of embryos and fetuses [i]incapable[/i] of feeling or thought...more than the lives of living, breathing sentient beings.

@Piper and vote against improving the quality of life of children, vote against expanding Medicaid, vote against funding day care, etc., etc.

@samueltyler2 Yeah, and etc...😐

@PrincessVelvet It did. I [i]was[/i] wondering when I first learned that the bill had passed unanimously, whether some special interest group would talk Trump out of signing it. He has made it very clear through both words and legislative action, that he has little regard, respect or concern for the lives of animals.

@samueltyler2 No, I can't imagine a better proof that Ukraine needs weapons, than for a fascist dictatorship to invade them. Jesus Christ.

@BlueVeins I thought you listed only defensive weapons for Ukraine, it now says lethal, that was not something done by tRump.

@samueltyler2 Yeah, the weapons Trump sent only fire rainbows and love.

@Peapod True, and for [i]victimless[/i] crimes. Unlike Michael Vick for instance, who ended up not even being convicted on actual animal cruelty charges...and only spent 18 months in prison. The he whined about not being able to have a "family" dog, and was not long after [i]allowed[/i] to. 😖

@Piper, I will never forget that POS!! He got off so easy for his violent crimes. Uuugh.

@Peapod He got off disturbingly easy, I so agree.

@Piper What about withholding military aid to Pakistan?

@BlueVeins Oh MY, I'm going to going to go ahead and delete that comment that makes no sense...here on this post of mine. 😬

@samueltyler2 I am sadly aware of Trump's abysmal environmental actions, including those towards the protection of and treatment of wildlife. I would add to that his attempts to...and success in pushing for further destruction in our few remaining 'protected' wild places.

I'm giving him credit and "praise" for signing this long obstructed bill. I had been wondering if he would be influenced to [b]not[/b] do it.

@Piper did he actually sign it?

@samueltyler2 Yeah, he was scheduled to sign it around the time I submitted the post. He signed it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/animal-cruelty-felony-president-trump-signs-animal-cruelty-pact-act-bill-making-it-a-federal-felony-2019-11-25/

@Harriet03 Credit where credit is due, though.

@Harriet03 So sadly true. Both his sons do, but Jr. does seem to have a bit more lust for killing them. I hear Jr. is under some scrutiny again, for one of his latest endangered species kills.

Trump's record concerning wildlife protection, is of course abysmal.

@Piper 😖

@Piper exactly.. animal cruelty bad.

i havnt seen much worse then halal slaughter..

funny how profits get in the way of morals

@Piper I was referring to his way of responding, not so much to the content of the main post.

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout We definitely do agree that animal cruelty is "bad". Atrocious, heart-sickening, and abhorrent too.

I'm glad to say I've not actually witnessed halal slaughter in real time, just read and seen enough details about it to know it would be disturbing to me to [i]see[/i] it. Would be for kosher slaughter also, and what goes on regularly every day...in [i]any[/i] slaughter house.

Yeah, "funny"...

@DrWatson Both things are nothing but great, for sure. Amazingly enough, this legislation got near unanimous bipartisan support twice before, but was repeatedly blocked by one charming fellow who happened to be the House Judiciary Chairman.

@LeopoldBloom I did not know, that Michael Savage had been pushing this bill. That would be because I do not listen to, read about or ever even hear much about what he is saying. If he did have a part in Trump deciding to go ahead and sign it, I'm just glad that he [i]did[/i] sign it. Interesting, though.

What I DO know, is that it is two "Reps." from my state, who re-introduced the bill earlier this year, after it had been blocked at least twice before by a Republican who was House Judiciary Committee chairman.

@Piper Savage is an atypical conservative in that he is big on animal rights and has a low opinion of hunters.

I listen to Savage occasionally because in most areas, he is very dialed in to conservative trends.

@LeopoldBloom I see. So is the conservative and Republican who is one of the two Florida congressmen who reintroduced this bill, earlier this year; Vern Buchanan. He also cares about environmental issues, to some extent.

I'd have to agree about that being atypical for Republicans, in [i]general[/i].

@WellFrog and his son shot a "wild animal,"

@WellFrog I can understand that, on a very personal level.

While I'm painfully aware of many things Trump has both proposed and done as far as environmental and wildlife actions/policies, I was glad to be able to praise him for [i]something[/i].

@samueltyler2 One son and "wild animal"?

I am aware of that, @MsAnnThropy, except he DID [i]sign[/i] it.

@Piper Not out of necessity or importance. But to save face. He’s doing the same thing now with the whole police thing.

@MsAnnThropy I suspect he signed it not just because it passed with unanimous support in both the House and Senate, but because it would have [i]looked[/i] "bad" if he had not done so. The abhorrence MANY voters feel towards intentional cruelty inflicted on [i]certain[/i] animals, at least, is obviously not a 'partisan' issue.

As I mentioned before here, I'm giving him credit and "praise" for [u]signing [/u] this long obstructed bill. I had been wondering if he would be influenced to [b]not[/b] do it.

@QuixoticSoul It would not have surprised me at all, if someone had talked him out of signing it.

@JoePourMan Yes, it was great that he did go ahead and sign this long delayed action.

@Dainbramadge It is basically the severing of the trachea and esophagus of an animal, and them bleeding out.

@Dainbramadge halal certification

@RogueLoner Okay. We absolutely agree on the lifetime of some kind of probation part, in regards to [i]deliberate[/i] cruelty/abuse to [i]most[/i] any animal. That, and the animal abuser registry attempts that have so far mostly failed to pass in this country.

@RogueLoner, I agree with the life time probation. These are very deviant type people that don't get reformed easily.