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Showing Original Post only (View all)Trump Voter Shocked When Her Syrian Family Members Were Deported For No Reason [View all]
Last edited Fri Feb 3, 2017, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)
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Its all fun and games until one of your family members gets deported, isnt it?
That was certainly the case for one Donald Trump supporter, who cast her ballot for the Republican last fall but was left in disbelief when a handful of her Syrian relatives two brothers-in-law, along with their wives and children were deported after the new president signed a travel ban targeting Muslims and refugees.
According to a report from Public Radio International, the family members of Sarmad Assali, a Syrian American Trump supporter, have valid U.S. visas but were still deported to Damascus, Syria from Philadelphia International Airport.
That was certainly the case for one Donald Trump supporter, who cast her ballot for the Republican last fall but was left in disbelief when a handful of her Syrian relatives two brothers-in-law, along with their wives and children were deported after the new president signed a travel ban targeting Muslims and refugees.
According to a report from Public Radio International, the family members of Sarmad Assali, a Syrian American Trump supporter, have valid U.S. visas but were still deported to Damascus, Syria from Philadelphia International Airport.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/02/01/trump-voter-shocked-syrian-relatives-u-s-visas-deported.html
I can feel sorry for the affected family members, but this is one example of an uninformed idiot casting what she thought was an informed vote.
As Lincoln said, you can fool some of the people all of the time. Welcome to the easily fooled club Ms. Assali.
Edited to add:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for meand there was no one left to speak for me.
They came for your family Ms Assali
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Trump Voter Shocked When Her Syrian Family Members Were Deported For No Reason [View all]
guillaumeb
Feb 2017
OP
You would be surprised at the numbers of racist, bigoted minorities who are against other minorities
nikibatts
Feb 2017
#2
What I hear is she voted for Trump to teach Democrats a lesson. Good for her. nt
Xipe Totec
Feb 2017
#29
This is one of the results when one party, the GOP, promotes xenophobia all of the time.
guillaumeb
Feb 2017
#46
And like Bob Marley said: You can fool some people some time but you can't fool all the people
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#55
Unfortunately, it is far easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2017
#83