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‘President Trump’ Is Disqualified!
Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States is the last straw and officially “disqualifies” him from becoming President Trump. So said White House press secretary Josh Earnest during a Tuesday press briefing.
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“The fact is, what Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president,” Earnest said. For the presidential spokesman to say anything at all was nearly unprecedented, since it’s extremely unusual for a White House administration to make such a public statement regarding an opposing party’s nominating contest.
Trump’s radical plan to ban ALL Muslims from entering the United States shocked the world. However, it was the reaction of his fanatic followers that was the most startling.
“I think that we should definitely disallow any Muslims from coming in. Any of them. The reason is simple: we can’t identify what their attitude is,” said 75-year-old Charlie Marzka of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Marzka added he believes Islam “allows for the killing of people” and that Muslim culture “is absolutely contrary to our culture.”
Sadly, this misguided senior-citizen was just one of hundreds of radical Republicans to drink the Trump kool-aid.
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In response to Trump and his band of crazies, Earnest wisely pointed out that since every president must take an oath to “preserve, protect and defend” the U.S. Constitution, and since banning an entire group from entering the U.S. solely based on religion is unconstitutional, a “President Trump” would just not qualify.
A prominent expert on U.S. law agreed.
“Oh, for the love of God. This would not only violate international law, but do so by embracing open discrimination against one religion. It would make the United States a virtual pariah among nations,” said Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law expert at George Washington University.
“Saying ‘no Muslims allowed’ or ‘no Christians allowed’ would not be legal,” added Richard Primus, a constitutional law professor at the University of Michigan law school.
Khaled Abou El Fadl, a human rights law professor at the University of California Law School, noted that Trump’s religious discrimination plan could backfire by causing other countries to enact similar actions against Americans and/or Christians.
“Trump seems to have just not bothered to read the Constitution or any international law or even have any regard for it,” he said. “You’re not going to take an action like that without opening the door and validating other countries reciprocating in kind or choosing having their own choice of bogeyman.”
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Since all GOP presidential candidates signed a pledge to support whoever is the eventual nominee, Earnest offered harsh words for the GOP as a whole.
“For Republican candidates for president to stand by their pledge to support Mr. Trump, that in and of itself is disqualifying,” Earnest said. “The question now is about the rest of the Republican Party and whether or not they’re going to be dragged into the dustbin of history with him. And right now the current trajectory is not very good.”
That dustbin of history has just become more clouded, as backlash against Trump has now gone global.
British Prime Minister David Cameron broke the custom of British leaders remaining silent on American presidential contenders, by criticizing Trump’s proposal as “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong.”
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also spoke against Trump, saying he denounced “any kind of rhetoric that relies on Islamophobia, xenophobia, any other appeal to hate any groups.”
In response to all those who are offended by his plan, a callous Donald Trump shrugged it off and offered 3 words: “I don’t care.”
He then offered a new threat to those GOP colleagues who are suddenly racing to a TV camera to denounce the man and rhetoric THEY created: “Get off my back or I will quit the Republican Party and mount my own Independent campaign.” Hmmm…
Can this runaway train be stopped? Or is it just about time for Republicans to push the nuclear button and put an end to the concept of “President Trump?”
DJ: Can this runaway train be stopped? […] Yep. It can be stopped. But not before Trump does tremendous damage to the Republican Party (and deservedly so). And our national image is also taking a hit. DJ: Or is it just about time for Republicans to push the nuclear button and put an end to the concept of “President Trump?” […] Frankly, I don't believe the GOPe actually possesses the power to shut it down. Which means, defeating Trump will depend on the majority of American voters. If not in the Repub primary then most assuredly in the *General* election. I gave this issue a lot of thought last night. Trump does sound like he's either an out-and-out fascist demagogue(?) Or worse, he's pretending to be one in order to win the Repub nomination (which speaks VOLUMES about that party) But I have faith. I do NOT believe that We've… Read more »