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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 05:43 PM Feb 2017

'If something happens blame him': Trump breaks 20-hour Twitter silence to lash out at federal judge [View all]

Source: RawStory



DAVID FERGUSON
05 FEB 2017 AT 16:23 ET

Pres. Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday afternoon to lash out at the Washington federal judge who blocked his executive order banning travelers from certain Muslim-majority nations from entering the country.

“Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!” the president tweeted.

He followed up by saying, “I have instructed Homeland Security to check people coming into our country VERY CAREFULLY. The courts are making the job very difficult!”

Trump’s Muslim ban was chaotically implemented and ultimately unconstitutional, say critics. In spite of an injunction by Washington federal Judge James Robart halting the executive order, Trump has vowed to continue to fight for the Muslim ban in court.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/if-something-happens-blame-him-trump-breaks-20-hour-twitter-silence-to-lash-out-at-federal-judge/

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hes going to LET something haappen MFM008 Feb 2017 #1
He seems to be rooting for it elehhhhna Feb 2017 #8
This is what I'm afraid of PatSeg Feb 2017 #9
Then he will say we all have to come together.. coco22 Feb 2017 #13
I think quite a few of us have felt this since the con took the oath. KewlKat Feb 2017 #21
LIHOP nyrnyr1994 Feb 2017 #22
And whose approval rating went up immediately following 9/11 TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #36
He's going to MAKE something happen. hamsterjill Feb 2017 #40
k&r uppityperson Feb 2017 #2
"I've instructed them to check very carefully"??? Beartracks Feb 2017 #3
Exactly PatSeg Feb 2017 #10
+1000 dchill Feb 2017 #28
You didnt instruct them to check them you twit, you instructed them to be banned from entering for cstanleytech Feb 2017 #4
Gin up the fear and hate so his base IdiotsforPalin Feb 2017 #5
Sorry! Pig Pen Bannon has all the gin. longship Feb 2017 #6
Imagine the abuse if the judge was Muslim or Hispanic. dalton99a Feb 2017 #23
Every thing is now on twitler randr Feb 2017 #7
Yeah, Don't Blame The President Who Blows Off Security Briefings... TomCADem Feb 2017 #11
Blame Comrade Trump for skipping intelligence briefings. Worse than Bush, who was asleep in his. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #12
And if anything happens to that judge, we'll blame YOU, Pathwalker Feb 2017 #14
Clearly, I am not an attorney, okwmember Feb 2017 #15
If #45 can't solve the problems required to keep us safe NCjack Feb 2017 #16
If/when something happens, the blame will be squarely on an inept, incoherent, petronius Feb 2017 #17
To me, this really echoes of, GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 #18
It's meddlesome priest. dchill Feb 2017 #31
Not entirely clear on the exact quote... GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 #33
I don't trust them Worried senior Feb 2017 #19
If "something happens" it's the POTUS must be blamed jpak Feb 2017 #20
Odds are, if something does it won't be from one of the 7 countries with the ban mobeau69 Feb 2017 #24
America Needs You, Harry Truman mobeau69 Feb 2017 #25
His people may make it happen nt doc03 Feb 2017 #26
That's fair Glamrock Feb 2017 #27
You know we once had a President Va Lefty Feb 2017 #29
It seems that this could be a turning point that will knock Trump's approval to below 40 Doodley Feb 2017 #30
So let me understand this, if a white supremacist, KKK, a sovereign citizen, or still_one Feb 2017 #32
Narcissistic narcissist orangecrush Feb 2017 #34
Narcissistic narcissist is narcissistic. n/t Beartracks Feb 2017 #35
Fair enough. Does that mean he's responsible Amimnoch Feb 2017 #37
Right out of the Nazi Play book! mdbl Feb 2017 #38
The last repug let some massive attacks occur here, and let thousands die. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #39
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