Posted on 06/05/2016 12:50:20 PM PDT by reaganaut1
Donald J. Trump said Sunday that a Muslim judge might have trouble remaining neutral in a lawsuit against him, extending his race-based criticism of the jurist overseeing the case to include religion and opening another path for Democrats who have criticized him sharply for his remarks.
The comments, in an interview with John Dickerson, the host of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” come amid growing disapproval from fellow Republicans over his attacks on Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel, a federal judge in California overseeing a suit against the defunct Trump University, whose impartiality Mr. Trump questioned based on the judge’s Mexican heritage.
And they came as Republicans, concerned about how his remarks could harm their ability to retain control of the United States Senate and have a detrimental effect in races further down the ballot, continue to grapple with how to distance themselves from Mr. Trump’s rhetoric without alienating his die-hard voters.
Mr. Trump has called Judge Curiel, who was born in Indiana to Mexican immigrants, a “Mexican” and said he has a “conflict of interest” in the case because of Mr. Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico. The case that Judge Curiel is overseeing is a class-action suit in which students of the for-profit operation say they were defrauded.
Mr. Dickerson asked Mr. Trump if, in his view, a Muslim judge would be similarly biased because of the Republican presumptive nominee’s call for a ban on Muslim immigrants. “It’s possible, yes,” Mr. Trump said. “Yeah. That would be possible. Absolutely.”
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He’s right.
The case against Trump is as phony as a $3 bill.
A white Muslim?
I don’t really care if the GOP establishment defends liberal activist judges.
Who really has a conflict of interest here?
It’s not the judges heritage. It’s the judges association with La Raza, and his distinct prejudice to all matters La Raza. Trump is correct.
The Judge should recuse himself, and the case be handled by an objective unbiased court.
The only thing a muslim is neutral on is whether to use a hatchet or saw.
California thrives on the illegals. My friends moved to CA...It’s little Mexico just like Florida is little Cuba.
The judge belongs to a racist group which has partnered with a group called “No Border Wall”
What possible conflict could there be?
Republican establishment figures who attack Trump, forget that people hate journalists and out of control judges.
They’re not exactly on people’s popularity lists.
The friggin’ Judge is a La Raza supporter!!”Everything for the race,nothing for others is their motto.”
If this isn’t a conflict of interest for the judge,then what would be?
Add scimitar to that list
This also shows that he is able to develop policies that will reign in the Judiciary by requiring that defendants, when on trial, have a judge of their own race and religion.
Well,if you consider Hispanics to be white then yes.
bttt
If the Muslim judge was a card carrying member of ISIS I would say there would be a big problem as to the judge’s fairness.
Is the New York Times neutral in its reporting on Trump?
Maggie Haberman hit piece says NO!
If we had the rule of law instead of the rule of men’s whims, it wouldn’t matter. Vague, delayed, and personally-determined “law” is a tool of dictatorship.
Just ask Mark Steyn.
What race are Hispanics?
There are four races:
Negroid
Caucasoid
Mongoloid
South Sea Islanders
Hispanics are either caucasian or caucasian/mongoloid mix. The indigenous people of the Americas are mongoloids that came over the land bridge between Asia and the American continent.
If Hillary faced a biased judge, you can bet the MSM would be falling all over itself to support her request for a recusal.
But when Trump does it, its r-a-a-c-i-s-t!
No bias here.
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