Jake Tapper is the first journalist to put Trump's feet to the fire
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Anonymous
Politicians generally don't comment on jury decisions. But the issue of race, including the race of the jury was widely reported in the media. However, no-one objected to the fact that the judge was of japanese ancestry and therefore would be biased towards defendants of other minorities. |
Anonymous
Explain me how he picks and chooses which laws he wants to uphold? |
Anonymous
Well, if Stacey Dash says so... |
Anonymous
1. Trump did not say that the problem was the lawyers org, he said it was that the judge is Mexican. This is making excuses. 2. The lawyers org is not a militant org, its a place to give support, network, and do good work. There are lots of ethnic orgs in American society, Irish, Catholic, Jewish, etc. 3. When the group was first brought up, the scholarships were not mentioned - again after the fact excuse making. 4. This simply does not stand up legally. The bar to disqualify a judge is high. What this does show is that if you are creating a problem for Trump, he will use whatever he can against you. Including your gender, religion, or ethnicity. Even Newt Gingrich realizes there is a problem. |
Anonymous
| I'm guessing that because of Trump's statements about Mexicans and the high profile nature of the case, the judge would have bent over backwards to not appear biased and give trump grounds for appeals. Judges never want to have an appearance of bias that will undermine a verdict. But this is Trump in action, so if you are not an avid supporter, you are biased and should be crushed, and when he becomes president, there will be no Mexican judges, or Muslim ones, and the PGA will be required to use his golf courses. |
Anonymous
 Hey! I generally get all of my serious political commentary from Stacey Dash.
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Anonymous
Why a gif of Gabrielle Union? |
Anonymous
Because Jake didn't get the answer he was looking for. It's the same as Chris Matthews asking him about abortion. Trump's first answer was "some Republicans are in agreement of some sort of punishment ..." Clearly Trump didn't put himself in that camp. But no that's not the correct answer. He had to ask repeatedly until Trump caved in and said yes. These gotcha "journalism" won't work this year because most people don't believe the media anymore. Even congress has higher approval than the media. |
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Thing is, given his history, one couldn't accuse Judge Curiel of racially motivated bias against any other defendant. For that matter it would be a stretch to make a generic across the board statement about bias by Hispanic or Muslim judges as Trump did.
The only variable in play here is Trump - who's set himself up as a potential target for bias because he's been so caustic toward Hispanics and Muslims. If Trump weren't such a vicious ass none of this would even be getting discussed today. It's not about the judge. It's about Trump. |
Anonymous
It was a whole thing a couple months ago- (I'm considering this to be the dead end of the Dash posts in this thread, despite contributing to it 
“Who’s Stacey Dash?” That’s the question actress Gabrielle Union asked an Associated Press reporter this week, following the Sundance Film Festival premiere of The Birth of a Nation, in which Union has a supporting role. “Is she like related to Dame Dash? Was she on Roc-A-Fella?” Union joked. “I heard of a crazy lady once, but I don’t know what her name is.” Union was asked about Dash’s recent comments on the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars and the outcry from celebrities like Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith, neither of whom will attend the ceremony. “I think it’s ludicrous because we have to make up our minds,” Dash said on Fox News last week. “Either we want to have segregation or integration, and if we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black. If it were the other way around, we’d be up in arms. It’s a double standard.” The former Clueless star added “there shouldn’t be a Black History Month. We’re Americans, period. That’s it.” |
Anonymous
Seriously ? An undocumented person is here illegally. He not only didn't enforce immigration law, he rewarded the illegal status with a scholarship. |
Anonymous
There is no agenda until the interview exceeds 11 hours. |
Anonymous
So the judge should have sent the student to jail or would have deported when the student applied for scholarship, like how? Do you know that many undocumented students in this country get scholarship - even from places like Harvard? You seem to be totally confused about the roles or responsibility of a judge and the judges other roles outside his job. Please educate yourself. Your hatred is clouding your judgement. |
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And it's illegal. The judge knows this. And rewarded the behavior. Trump is right. Biased |