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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump declares U.S. census 'meaningless' without citizenship question
Source: Reuters
POLITICS APRIL 1, 2019 / 9:18 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Trump declares U.S. census 'meaningless' without citizenship question
Susan Heavey, Jonathan Stempel
5 MIN READ
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday injected himself into one of the most consequential cases of the current Supreme Court term, saying the nations 2020 census would be meaningless without adding a citizenship question to the questionnaire.
The comment on Twitter came ahead of an expected Supreme Court ruling by the end of June on whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross decision to add the citizenship question violated federal law.
Can you believe that the Radical Left Democrats want to do our new and very important Census Report without the all important Citizenship Question, Trump tweeted. Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!
Trumps critics have accused the White House of encouraging an undercount by dissuading Hispanics and other immigrants from participating in the census, disproportionately affecting Democratic-leaning states and municipalities.
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Trump declares U.S. census 'meaningless' without citizenship question
Susan Heavey, Jonathan Stempel
5 MIN READ
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday injected himself into one of the most consequential cases of the current Supreme Court term, saying the nations 2020 census would be meaningless without adding a citizenship question to the questionnaire.
The comment on Twitter came ahead of an expected Supreme Court ruling by the end of June on whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross decision to add the citizenship question violated federal law.
Can you believe that the Radical Left Democrats want to do our new and very important Census Report without the all important Citizenship Question, Trump tweeted. Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!
Trumps critics have accused the White House of encouraging an undercount by dissuading Hispanics and other immigrants from participating in the census, disproportionately affecting Democratic-leaning states and municipalities.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-census/trump-declares-u-s-census-meaningless-without-citizenship-question-idUSKCN1RD2DS
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Trump declares U.S. census 'meaningless' without citizenship question (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2019
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Holy moly! We've been doing the census since 1790! And nobody has ever thought it was meaningless,
struggle4progress
Apr 2019
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Control-Z
(15,682 posts)1. Does he know what the census is?
I'm afraid he doesn't. Wait until he finds out and starts in on us with another one of his "lessons" like he does with every new word or concept he's just learned.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)2. Rest of country declines to give a shit about his declaration.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)3. *meaningless* yeah, only for him and his criminal enterprise...nt
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)4. Holy moly! We've been doing the census since 1790! And nobody has ever thought it was meaningless,
until "Stubby Fingers" came along. What other American institutions does he consider meaningless? Elections? The Post Office? Getting along with countries besides Russia and North Korea?