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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRe the House gutting the ADA today - Trump's been sued again and again for disability violations
So this is the House Rethugs giving Trump what he wants.
Article from Sept. 2016:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-disabilities-violations_us_57e44c0be4b08d73b8307075
At least eight times over the last 19 years, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trumps properties have been subject to lawsuits for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, court records show. Additionally, a federal inspection found ADA violations at one of his properties.
Only once did Trump come close to winning, in a suit that was dismissed at the request of both sides. Five of the cases were settled, while two ended in consent decrees requiring building modifications and one met its end in a Trump property bankruptcy.
When a disabled Purple Heart veteran filed a lawsuit in 2004 alleging that the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York lacked proper handicapped-accessible emergency exits, guest rooms and restrooms, Trump dragged the case out for three years. He tried to get the lawsuit dismissed and counter-sued his own architects to try and shift liability to them, but a judge dismissed that attempt. Trump eventually settled and agreed to make changes to the hotel.
What was so striking and frankly appalling was the way he tried to fight [the violations], said Helena Berger, the president and CEO of the nonprofit American Association of People with Disabilities. That, I think, is really telling.
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Only once did Trump come close to winning, in a suit that was dismissed at the request of both sides. Five of the cases were settled, while two ended in consent decrees requiring building modifications and one met its end in a Trump property bankruptcy.
When a disabled Purple Heart veteran filed a lawsuit in 2004 alleging that the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York lacked proper handicapped-accessible emergency exits, guest rooms and restrooms, Trump dragged the case out for three years. He tried to get the lawsuit dismissed and counter-sued his own architects to try and shift liability to them, but a judge dismissed that attempt. Trump eventually settled and agreed to make changes to the hotel.
What was so striking and frankly appalling was the way he tried to fight [the violations], said Helena Berger, the president and CEO of the nonprofit American Association of People with Disabilities. That, I think, is really telling.
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Re the House gutting the ADA today - Trump's been sued again and again for disability violations (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Feb 2018
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Ilsa
(61,696 posts)1. K&R. nt
eppur_se_muova
(36,280 posts)2. Wow, that explains it alright. nt
Eyeball_Kid
(7,433 posts)3. Meaningless vote. Itll be killed by the Senate.
Not even close. Everyone knows it.