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Trump: ‘I don’t like’ what Scalia said about affirmative action
The Hill ^ | December 13, 2015 | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 02/14/2016 10:10:13 AM PST by Maceman

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he does not agree with comments from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia questioning the efficacy of affirmative action.

"I don't like what he said, no, I don’t like what he said. I heard him, I was like, 'Let me read it again,' because I actually read it in print, and I’m going, I read a lot of stuff, and I’m going, 'Woah,'" Trump said in an interview televised Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

The billionaire said he thought Scalia's comments were "very tough to the African-American community."

Trump, who has supported affirmative action in the past but declined to say whether he was in favor of it today, said he has great friendships with black people.

"I have great African-American friendships," he said. "I have just amazing relationships. And so many positive things have happened."

In oral argument for a case challenging affirmative action at public universities earlier this week, Scalia posited that minority students who were not qualified for admission at elite universities would perform better at "less-advanced schools."

Scalia was excoriated by Democratic lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who called his comments "racist."


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KEYWORDS: 2016issues; affirmativeaction; ruling; scalia; woah
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To: Lazamataz

Never....


101 posted on 02/14/2016 12:07:49 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: kjam22

Shut up shutting up.


102 posted on 02/14/2016 12:08:16 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: KansasGirl
Any funding of Planned Parenthood funds abortions either directly or indirectly.


What is your plan to stop the funding then? Seriously?

Trump is pro-life.

103 posted on 02/14/2016 12:08:53 PM PST by magglepuss
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To: Lazamataz

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104 posted on 02/14/2016 12:09:00 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: Lazamataz

Never


106 posted on 02/14/2016 12:10:23 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: Lazamataz

Wow Laz, what’s up with you today? Did Darks give you coffee?


107 posted on 02/14/2016 12:10:52 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: Lazamataz

The truth is painful, isn’t it?


108 posted on 02/14/2016 12:11:31 PM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: magglepuss

The plan to stop funding planned parenthood is easy. Elect a president who will submit a budget that does not include funding for planned parenthood... and a congress that will pass it. That’s it. That’s the way the system works....


109 posted on 02/14/2016 12:11:34 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: spacejunkie2001

Shut up shutting up.


110 posted on 02/14/2016 12:12:19 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: kjam22

Shut up shutting up.


111 posted on 02/14/2016 12:12:38 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: Lazamataz

never


112 posted on 02/14/2016 12:13:01 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Shut up shutting up.


113 posted on 02/14/2016 12:13:07 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: Lazamataz

Have another drink, deep thinker.


114 posted on 02/14/2016 12:13:07 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
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To: kjam22

Shut up.


116 posted on 02/14/2016 12:13:35 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: Lazamataz

never


117 posted on 02/14/2016 12:14:28 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: kjam22

What’s your plan then? Truly what is your great plan. By the way, you know Trump was not praising abortions at PP. That is just dishonest.

It seems to me your plan is to mock or distort the truth about anyone who switches their position in such a way to have success on abortion restrictions. Gee I wonder how many new pro life supporters you will get when they see the dishonesty spread by a pro lifer. I’m sure they will give your position a listen. After all, it is more important to be right than successful.


118 posted on 02/14/2016 12:15:17 PM PST by magglepuss
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To: kjam22

Shut up.


119 posted on 02/14/2016 12:15:19 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: Lazamataz

never...


120 posted on 02/14/2016 12:15:32 PM PST by kjam22 (America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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