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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPOTUS had extraordinary meeting w/ Ginni Thomas's group that even he seemed taken aback by.
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Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving in the military before accusing White House aides of blocking Trump supporters from getting jobs in the administration, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events.
For 60 minutes, Mr. Trump sat, saying little but appearing taken aback, the three people said.
It is unusual for the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice to have such a meeting with the president, and some close to Mr. Trump said it was inappropriate for Ms. Thomas to have asked for a meeting with the head of a different branch of government.
Ms. Thomas has also drawn criticism for sharing social media posts promoting conspiracy theories, including one suggesting that George Soros was working against Mr. Trump and that Democrats had committed voter fraud in the midterm elections.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)...
A central focus for Ms. Hair and Ms. Thomas was administration appointments that they wanted made, and that they accused the presidents aides of blocking. People familiar with the situation indicated that the people Ms. Hair and Ms. Thomas wanted hired were rejected for a range of reasons, and in at least one case, someone was offered a job and declined it because the position was not considered senior enough. Another complaint was that Ms. Thomas had not actually shared the full list of people to be hired, said those familiar with the meeting.
Others attending the meeting included Frank Gaffney, the founder of the Center for Security Policy who has advocated curtailing immigration and has repeatedly denounced Muslims, and Rosemary Jenks, who works for the anti-immigration group NumbersUSA, according to the people familiar with the events.
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One woman in the group argued that women should not serve in the military because they do not have the physical capacity that men do, according to the people familiar with the events.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)and was the only female in her unit by being an air traffic controller at MacDill AFB in Tampa Florida.
May I be the first to tell her to fuck off. What has she ever done for her country besides looking like a fool and standing by her man during a sexual harassment suit?
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Fine if women are unable to fulfill assigned duties. The obvious solution is no more women in service. However, this time we're all out and we stay out and that includes all female members of the Nurse Corps. Further, no do overs, once out no coming back, even during a war.
Without a draft let's see how many men rush in to take our place.
Second that, Corgigal. You and I did more for this country in one day than she has her entire life. She can grab a prop and spin.
BTW, I put in some quality time at "One day in Tampa Bay" Plane Patch. Zoom, zoom.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)The rest of the women in the country don't give one rat's ass what your 16th century mind "thinks. "
1. The earth is a sphere.
2. It revolves around the sun.
3. We got the vote and we're not giving it up.
4. Go back to your kitchen and stfu if you can't handle the real 21st century world.
kimbutgar
(21,162 posts)His wife is a Major right wing nut who is insane. I bet she whips Thomas all the time. Down boy and do what I say.
Farmer-Rick
(10,185 posts)For 6 years he failed to report his wife's income which is a crime. It obviously was not a mistake because it was done repeatedly over a long time and was done to deceive the American public.
If you or I had wrongly filled out those form for 6 years, we would be fined $300,000 and could face prison time of up to 5 years or more...because the offense was repeated over and over we could face as much as 30 years in prison.
So what happened to Clarence? Nothing
matt819
(10,749 posts)Sounds like quite the fascist get-together.
spanone
(135,844 posts)Imagine the outrage if this were the wife of a LIBERAL Supreme Court justice?
I can hear the howls from here....someone would have had to apologize, step down or both.
The right is shameless.
UTUSN
(70,709 posts)**********QUOTE*********
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/noncitizens-voting-texas.html
.... ... The results of the investigation were referred on Friday to Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said he planned to open a potentially sprawling investigation.
The two announcements seemed certain to reignite partisan debates over the frequency and impact of voter fraud, which Republicans have claimed is rampant in America. Democrats scoff at that notion, and a voter fraud commission started by (and later angrily disbanded by) President Trump found no evidence of widespread electoral fraud. ....
Sam Taylor, a spokesman for the secretary of state, said the announcement on Friday did not mean that the authorities had discovered 95,000 registered voters who it knew for a fact were noncitizens.
Instead, the office was advising local officials to ask these voters via mail to provide proof of their citizenship. Mr. Taylor noted that it is a felony for noncitizens to vote in Texas, and a misdemeanor for them to register. ....
*********UNQUOTE******
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)is for ALL Texas voters to be required to submit proof of citizenship (including the governor and legislators).
That would go over like a lead balloon.......
(knowledgeable attorneys please step in here)
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)PatrickforO
(14,577 posts)Left Hand Path when they came to the fork in the road. Lord knows, they certainly don't seem to be promoting any actual biblical principles.
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DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)If Trump was taken aback. Nothing much seems to actually faze him.
calimary
(81,318 posts)I couldnt help notice the visible umbrage she took whenever her hapless husband was confronted with a question she didnt like. The frowns. The scowls. The looks of indignation and how DARE you!?! Written all over her face. I knew something was fishy about her. But I had no idea what an active wrong-wing partisan she was.
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Ginni must have to be very selective in her super right wing 'friends' who approve of her mixed marriage (in public but maybe not so much in private).
That crowd is usually not so 'understanding'.
Or maybe they find her a useful idiot because of hubby's position and name recognition.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)How're they hanging, Don?
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)"That can't be right...I'm confused..."