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Obama retools his political operation for post-Trump
Pollutico ^ | 1/9/2017 | EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE

Posted on 01/09/2017 9:27:56 AM PST by bkopto

And Obama has identified a few issues that would draw him out directly: a Muslim ban, though he still considers the chances of that remote, or moves that would cut back on the protections he put in place for the children, known as “dreamers,” who were brought to the country illegally as minors and who’ve been living here since.

“If he deports thousands of kids,” Obama has said several times in private meetings of late, according to people present, “I don’t know that I can sit on the sidelines.”

Also potentially on the list: a move by Trump to unravel the Iran deal or the Paris climate accord, or the shape of an Obamacare repeal and replacement.

“If things rise to the level where it’s a statement of who we are as a people and as a country, things that are important to him, then depending on the circumstances he will engage and he will talk,” said one of the people familiar with thinking about the post-presidency.

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To: bkopto

Barry Sotero better hope he doesn’t get deported himself.


21 posted on 01/09/2017 10:27:51 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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To: bkopto

Ahhh yes. It’s all those “kids” that are DREAMERS!!! Deport them and their illegal parents. AND, if the kid is a US citizen? Too bad. The parents can take them back with them.


22 posted on 01/09/2017 11:01:48 AM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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G*d D*amn him. Destroyer.


23 posted on 01/09/2017 11:19:05 AM PST by toddausauras (Trump 2016)
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