Trump Voter Shocked When Her Syrian Family Members Were Deported For No Reason
One of the president’s supporters was left in disbelief after a handful of her Syrian relatives were deported.
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.
One of the president’s supporters was left in disbelief after a handful of her Syrian relatives were deported.
“Let’s not mince words: The nomination of Judge Gorsuch is a huge gift to the giant corporations and wealthy individuals who have stolen a Supreme Court seat.”
“You aren’t doing enough to stop them,” Trump said. “I think your military is scared. Our military isn’t, so I just might send them down to take care of it.”
Cruz spoke for 21 hours on the Senate floor in 2013, all so he could take health insurance away from millions of Americans.
Gorsuch wasn’t only the most conservative of Trump’s two remaining frontrunners; he’s also to the right of Justice Samuel Alito and late Justice Antonin Scalia
Trump is ducking out of D.C. for a long weekend at his Mar-a-Lago Estate, leaving on Friday and returning on Monday, Feb. 6.
Donald Trump’s executive order seeks to solve a problem that doesn’t exist – and it’s already making America less safe.
Not only is this unusual, but it raises serious questions about how fair and independent the Department of Justice will be under the Trump administration.
“President Trump may be willing to ignore the Consitution and the laws of the United States of America … but the American people are not.”
“A policy which closes our doors to over 200 million legitimate travelers … will not achieve its aim of making our country safer.”
“The Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the executive order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so.”
Pro-ISIS social media accounts are rejoicing over Trump’s latest action, saying it will help them convince more American Muslims to join their ranks.
Trump has been silent on Russia since taking office, but he could be days away from dropping the crippling sanctions President Obama put on the country.
While the new president is taking harsh steps to cut off transparency, the good news is that Democrats and the agencies themselves are fighting back.
It’s clear the White House doesn’t have a clue what they’re doing – and it seems to span all levels of the administration.
There is very little, if anything, in the data to give the new administration hope that they have the support of the American people.
Even though Conway didn’t mean to call for higher wages, her accidental slip-up was likely the smartest thing she’s ever said.
Since Trump won the election last year, he and his supporters have slowly transitioned from saying that Mexico will pay or the wall to admitting that U.S. taxpayers will foot the bill.
Trump frequently attacked Hillary Clinton’s email use during the campaign, but it’s his use of Twitter that makes him a prime target for hackers.
The next four years will be a difficult time for the scientific community – and any Americans who care about the well-being of the planet.
Despite Trump’s promise to make huge investments in infrastructure, Republicans and the president are already pledging to oppose the Democratic plan.
Like most of Trump’s extreme campaign-season proposals, this is one the majority of Americans consistently oppose.
While the most devoted Trump loyalists will spin this move as a win for the “pro-life” cause, the real numbers – not the alternative facts – are pretty troubling.
The beginning of a president’s term is typically when the commander-in-chief is most widely supported. For Trump, his numbers are dismal on day one.
The Florida senator talked tough during Tillerson’s confirmation hearing but eventually sold out and voted in favor of the Putin puppet.
We will certainly miss President Obama when he officially becomes a private citizen. But the worst part will not be his absence from the White House – it’ll be Donald Trump’s presence.
These are crowd sizes Trump won’t be bragging about anytime soon.
The president-elect was hoping his inauguration celebration would be accompanied by “tanks and missile launchers.”
This is hardly surprising given Trump’s rhetoric during the campaign.
Fast forward 15 years and Comey’s behavior during the presidential campaign starts to make a little more sense.
It’s been a disastrous few days for Trump’s political appointments as they crumble before each committee that questions them.
“Do you think … if your family has not made hundreds of millions of dollars of contributions to the Republican Party, that you would be sitting here today?”
Sanders showed how all Trump nominees should be questioned going forward.
The president-elect is only making matters worse by continuing to lash out at the civil rights icon.
Not only will the swamp remain under a President Donald Trump – it may be deeper and murkier than ever.
Trump’s history of seeking business in the country that helped him win last year’s election is well-documented.
His uncertainty about taking the job is evidence that progressive opposition has been loud and effective.
In an ideal world where politics is centered around issues that matter, Hillary Clinton – not Trump – would be getting sworn in next week.
“I want to thank President Obama from the bottom of my heart because I would be dead if it weren’t for him.”
Lies weren’t being fed to the public from the media as much as they were from the Trump team.
It’s so bad for Trump that even those he’s chosen to serve in his administration are distancing himself from him – all so they can get a job.
The GOP move hampers the government’s ability to protect “public health and safety, the environment, workplace safety and consumer financial protections.”
Peña Nieto’s remarks come the same day Trump repeated his promise to get Mexico to pay for the project.
The president-elect will likely spend much of the next four years distracted by controversy instead of addressing the multitude of challenges the country faces.
There is a clear difference between the way Americans look at the current president and the incoming president, and it doesn’t bode well for Trump.
“I would never comment on investigations  …  in an open forum,” the FBI director said, straight face intact.
They’ve removed themselves from some of their business ties. But that’s not nearly enough.
“Our message to the Republicans is simple and straightforward: You are not going to get away with it.”
These standards are particularly important given the fact that many of Trump’s picks haven’t provided the proper ethics disclosures.
One of Trump’s first acts as president will be showing his supporters that he was just playing them for suckers. Will they notice?
“American intelligence agencies intercepted communications in the aftermath of the election in which Russian officials congratulated themselves on the outcome.”
As more information comes out, Trump is becoming increasingly alone in his politically suicidal mission to defend Russia instead of the U.S.
“Effective immediately, Ambassador Woolsey is no longer a Senior Advisor to President-Elect Trump or the Transition.”
“If a small minority in the Tea Party can stop President Obama, then we the majority can stop a petty tyrant named Trump.”
2016 marks the seventh straight year of gains for an industry that was on the verge of collapse when Obama took office.
“I won’t vote for a terrible budget just to repeal Obamacare,” Paul said on the Senate floor.
While Trump tweets about putting America first, Clinton is actually showing what it means to put the country above herself and her politics. Disappointed liberals should give her credit for that.
Once again, the man who will lead the country and its intelligence community is taking a stand for Russia and against the United States.
But let’s not pretend that taking a series of questions from reporters – without Don King waving flags by his side – is something that should be praised.
She repeated Trump’s line that it’s time to “move on” from the cyberattack and called Obama’s tough retaliation “symbolic.”
Trump’s response suggests that holding Russia accountable for its unprecedented election meddling isn’t that high on his list of priorities.
If you’re keeping score at home, the number of new jobs Trump helped add to the economy today was zero.
Obama has protected more federal land and water than any single previous president.
Before the Trump campaign was even an idea, the economy was growing, the stock market was soaring, and deficits were falling.
Not only has the foundation forked over hundreds of thousands of dollars to non-charitable causes, but Trump himself gave little of his own money to the organization.
Not only is the president looking to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. electoral process, but he’s hoping to do it in a way that Trump can’t undo.
Conway alternated between playing dumb and pretending that Trump never proposed the nuclear expansion in the first place.
The president is acting quickly to ensure that Trump cannot establish a Muslim registry.
The fact that physical appearance weighed heavily into Trump’s cabinet picks is outrageous, but it’s not surprising.
“The legislature may not be willing to undo their unconstitutional overreach and respect the rights of LGBT people, so we’ll just have to see them in court.”
Trump voters, in particular, would be in a world of trouble if the man they supported follows through.
As Hurricane Trump picks up steam on its way to the White House, the American people are coming to grips with just how good things have been under Barack Obama.
The incoming president appears to be turning a blind eye to the growing threat of Russia.
In 2008, the same poll found that a combined 62 percent of Americans thought Barack Obama would either be a “good” president or “one of the greatest.”
“I am appalled,” one lawyer told USA TODAY of the FBI’s pre-election actions.
If the proposed bill passes, it “would mandate a new select Senate committee on cybersecurity” which would investigate the election-season cyber attack.
Not only is Trump maintaining the swamp of corruption in Washington, but he’s filling it in a whole new way.
Blaming an entire religion for the senseless violence of a few is a whole lot easier than actually knowing what you’re talking about.
When Donald Trump takes office next month, he will be inheriting a country in much better shape than when the current president took office in 2009. For that, he should be saying, “Thanks, Obama.”
“Before the election, you people are like wild beasts, wild animals,” Trump said of his supporters.
The Republican strategy on the health care law boils down to this: Repeal it first and figure out what to replace it with later.
If Warren is planning to launch a candidacy in four years, this is a smart move in bolstering her credentials.
Republican opinions of Putin spiked around the same time Trump called on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails.
“Ultimately, the CIA has assessed, the Russian government wanted to elect Donald Trump,” NBC News reported.
“The low-key approach of the F.B.I. meant that Russian hackers could roam freely through the committee’s network for nearly seven months before top D.N.C. officials were alerted to the attack…”
The moment came shortly after Ryan himself was at the podium and didn’t mention Trump once.
Kasich traded one extremist, anti-choice measure for another.
We’ve reached a dangerous point in our politics where people are divided not just by political views, but also by their belief in reality.
Trump, showing marginal growth from the campaign, did not encourage his supporters to inflict physical harm on the hecklers.
Alone, this news would be shocking, but this type of thing is the norm for the incoming president.
The reason the thin-skinned president-elect is so angry is because the union leader dropped a major truth bomb about Trump’s recent PR stunt with Carrier.
Despite Trump’s emphasis on McMahon’s business acumen, the real reasons for the pick are likely more Trumpian than that.
If this extremist attack on reproductive rights proves anything, it’s that elections matter.
It’s an irresponsible way to treat a spending bill, particularly since the failure to pass it would result in a government shutdown.
If we start giving an unhinged president the power to choose which forms of speech should be free, it sets our country on a dangerous course.
Given the magazine’s criteria, Trump has a good chance of being named ‘Person of the Year’.
Whether Trump will admit it or not (Hint: He won’t), his rhetoric is at least partly responsible for these disturbing incidents.
Even though Barack Obama will not be president after Jan. 20, 2017, it’s clear he wants to hold the world together after he’s gone.
If there’s any 78-year-old who can pull it off, it’s Joe Biden.
In the long term, Trump’s deal with Carrier could do more damage than good.