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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."
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; affirmativeaction; ruling; scalia; woah
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To: Lazamataz
go smoke a joint and turn “Dark Side of The Moon” on....
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02/14/2016 12:16:00 PM PST
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kjam22
(America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
To: kjam22
Shut up*.
*I’ll be gone for a minute but I’ll be back to tell you to shut up. In the meantime, shut up.
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02/14/2016 12:16:30 PM PST
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: kjam22
Crap. Now I have to stay.
Shut up.
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:16:54 PM PST
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:16:59 PM PST
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kjam22
(America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
To: kjam22
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02/14/2016 12:17:20 PM PST
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: Lazamataz
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02/14/2016 12:17:38 PM PST
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kjam22
(America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
To: kjam22
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02/14/2016 12:18:18 PM PST
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:18:42 PM PST
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kjam22
(America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
To: Lazamataz
To: kjam22
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....
LOL, Really, we just need to take the house. No wait, we need the Senate, and then we will really stop Obama oh wait... we need the Presidency. Funny how Reagan was able to accomplish so much with so much less. These guys are yanking your chain.
To: kjam22
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02/14/2016 12:19:40 PM PST
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: magglepuss
It’ll take a GOP House and GOP Senate. Even then, it will have to be passed as part of a reconciliation budget bill to overcome Democrat obstruction. Then we will need a Republican President who supports defending Planned Parenthood, and that’s not a Trump.
To: spacejunkie2001
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: magglepuss
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02/14/2016 12:20:26 PM PST
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kjam22
(America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
To: Lazamataz
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02/14/2016 12:20:44 PM PST
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kjam22
(America needs forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
To: Lazamataz
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
THREAD WINNER! Well done.
Thank you for shutting up.
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02/14/2016 12:21:18 PM PST
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: Lazamataz
No, you may buy in to the totalitarian Trump worldview, but I won’t shut up. It’s still a free country. And the fact that you cannot offer an intelligent opinion is clear enough.
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02/14/2016 12:21:19 PM PST
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elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
To: kjam22
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: elhombrelibre
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Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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