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Winning? SAD!

So far this week...

Trump has suggested - you know, that lover and defender of the US Constitution - that any NFL player who kneels during the national anthem "shouldn't be in the country."

Has lost a federal appeal and may not block Twitter users from his feed because, as most all of us know, it's a public site. Still holding sacred that 1st Amendment.

Has suggested that the Democrats are "sticking up for" MS-13, apparently the only gang to have ever existed. Because what he cannot and will not understand is that while we all want to eradicate gangs, referring to them as less than human not only precludes looking for a rational long-term solution but also alienates the very community whose help he needs in doing this.


...and has gone from threatening to "decimate" Lil' Rocket Man" to the incredibly vacillatory "We'll see what happens. Right now we're looking at it, we're talking about it. And they're talking to us. We have certain conditions. We'll see what happens. But there's a good chance." All while heading right back into stand-off mode.

No major debate point here. Simply utter astonishment that not only have we elected an unprecedentedly incompetent man for the nation's highest office, there are actually citizens who applaud his idiocy and condone his behavior.
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beckyromero · 36-40, F
[quote]Has lost a federal appeal and may not block Twitter users from his feed because, as most all of us know, it's a public site.[/quote]

Just to clarify:

Trump lost the court decision not because Twitter is a public site.

It's because he is using it for official government business and thus may not block users from reading what he is saying.

The court is essentially saying that Trump can no more block an American from reading his Tweets anymore than he can block someone from receiving a TV signal to watch his State of the Union address, news conferences or any other official action he takes that is otherwise being widely disseminated to the nation.

Court rulings like this one don't just apply to Trump, but to any governmental agency or elected official.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan cost his state $65,000 to settle a federal lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union after he blocked more than 400 people from his Facebook page. I say "[b]Lock him up![/b]" Why should taxpayers have to foot the bill for his nonsense?
Graylight · 51-55, F
@beckyromero Thank you for clarifying the fine points.