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Of course they did.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/29/white-house-blames-president-obama-muslim-ban-backfires-trump.html
White House Blames President Obama After Muslim Ban Backfires On Trump
By Jason Easley on Sun, Jan 29th, 2017 at 10:58 am
During an interview on ABCs This Week, White House press secretary Sean Spicer tried to blame the Obama administration for the seven Muslim-majority countries that were listed in Trumps Muslim ban.
Video @ link:
Spicer was asked what this executive order says to Muslims in other countries.
The White House press secretary answered, What this says is we are going to protect our country and our people. There are forty-six other countries that are not part of this, and I think thats an important thing to note. Whether youre talking about Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, or the UAE. Theres forty-six Muslim-majority countries that are not in this set. These seven countries were identified by the Obama administration as needing further travel scrutiny.
Nine days into the Trump administration and the nation has been given its first blame Obama excuse from the White House. There is a big policy difference between suggesting nations needing more scrutiny and imposing a ban that is causing chaos across the country. President Trump made the decision to have this executive order drafted. Trump signed the executive order with pride in front of national television cameras.
There is no blame Obama here. This is all on Trump.
The Muslim ban has backfired on Trump, and the argument that it isnt so bad because all the Muslims arent banned revealed the weak footing that the administration is on with this issue.
Obama isnt occupying the White House anymore, so when bad decisions lead to bad policies, the responsibility belongs to President Trump.
As it relates to the Muslim ban, Trump signed it, so he owns it.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)I don't think these fuckers understand that shit is about to get real. People aren't gonna just stand around and wait for Congress or Impeachment.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)Yavin4
(35,445 posts)They use to blame his penis for such things, but I guess we all move on, huh?
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)saying America was great before the 1965 immigration reform
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)In 1865.
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)was a big part of the civil rights movement. Those leader had great foresight.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)banned Iranians following the hostage crisis that it was OK for Trump to do what he did.
underpants
(182,878 posts)Because, they are just soooo worried about Iranians
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)to defect the sins off them
this is to be expected from them now how many more times are they going to saying this. Is to protect Bannon
What fucking Liars. Yes Trump did proudly sign it.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)This is ALL them.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)That's a pretty feeble excuse. So why don't they rescind it?
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)meow2u3
(24,772 posts)Evil always pins the blame on good for their own wickedness.
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)For everything action that Trump takes that backfires on him. And, if that fails, they will blame the 'lying media'.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Every day is worse than the one before.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)I think it is time to make a speech in prime time or appear on 60 Minutes.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)I cannot even imagine how he deals with right wing smears and lies that are never ending even now after he has left office.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)He's not going to let it bother him. He said Trump is just a comma in the flow of history.
underpants
(182,878 posts)It's got to be quiet an adjustment from his schedule,of just 10 days ago
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)MrPurple
(985 posts)He probably needs to keep a low profile until the buildup to the midterms. Maybe an occasional comment, but he'll have less impact when it counts if he gets overexposed before.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I'm quite confident that after he relaxes and devotes some time to himself and family that he'll be back. And he won't have the constraints he had as president. He'll be very effective when the appropriate time comes. In the meantime, trump and the repukes can keep digging their graves.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)you can read his Obama foundation or personal twitter for updates. or the Detroit radio Obama 'follows'.
MrPurple
(985 posts)But that strategically, he will have more impact if he is perceived as not critizing Trump from nearly day 1 and having given him a grace period before he engages. He needs to influence people who are on the fence, not those who already hate trump. And then, he needs to help mobilize Democrats to vote at election time. He also needs to get people registered, with whatever ID hurdles the Republicans try to put up.
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)It's theirs. Lock. Stock. And barrel.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This is the most evil, corrupt administration ever to set foot in the White House. Without a doubt.
orleans
(34,073 posts)i was youtubing and googling and couldn't find a thing about it
i saw it on the tv, and so i was posting about it on fb to a (liberal) friend but i was trying to find something / anything pertaining to it. i couldn't.
then i found YOU!
thank you!
mnhtnbb
(31,404 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)ffr
(22,671 posts)Volaris
(10,274 posts)'Thanks, Obama!' ???
Holy Godz, they're more incompetent than even any of US realized lol.
onetexan
(13,058 posts)yardwork
(61,703 posts)The outcry is working. Keep it up.
Write your Congress critters!
watoos
(7,142 posts)used the same argument. I guess the 7 countries weren't specifically listed in the EO, but someone in the Trump White House released the list, most likely Bannon since he is the acting president.
I had to argue up and down and still haven't convinced them. They are talking about the visa waiver program where president Obama gave extra scrutiny to people in visa waiver countries who traveled to those 7 countries.
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)And I am curious why you blog on a r/w site?
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)It's called "Yahoo".
Seriously tho', sometimes I go on JPR and freeperville along with Redneck State altho a lot of times it doesn't make it past the censors.
IDK - it's fun? I believe also that some of them may be reachable.
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)wondering. I am involved in a few political groups on FB and to a person, they're uninformed and can post pretty disgusting stuff. I've decided they're not worth my effort. Until something hits them in the pocketbook or heart (if they have one), no one is changing anyone's opinions.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)FDT.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)as slaves. Blame the English colonists.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Countries isn't the same as an outright ban on anyone from those countries. Trump's order stopped people from entering who had completed extensive vetting and were deemed no threat.
MrPurple
(985 posts)And when they're detained, they're asked their opinions of President Trump? Can you get more banana republic than that? Trump probably suggested that part of the protocol himself.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Yeah the Republicans will probably be blaming the President Obama every time their orange elephant comes in and shits on the rug.
Fuck you Orange Hitler, and all your minions. Shove that personal responsibility garbage up your ass in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, because it's just a goddamn shell game.
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)the same way nationalists are like racists
If they can make leaps of login on who to ban, then they can make leaps in other ways too.
Blue Idaho
(5,057 posts)The WH is now filled with cowards, weaklings and sycophants... it can only get worse from here.
struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)"There's no person in the country, indeed the world, more in need of extreme vetting than @realDonaldTrump."
SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)Trump has already more damage to our country than any refugee ever did!
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)Decades ago, I heard the joke about the corporate executive who found three numbered and sealed envelopes and a note on his desk on day-one.
The note read: "Open these when you run into a problem you can't solve."
Several weeks later, the new executive was faced with his first crisis, so he opened the first envelope. It had a slip of paper inside with these words, "Blame your predecessor." The exec tried that, his board of directors bought that excuse, and things settled down for a bit.
Then, several weeks later, another emergency hit. He opened the second envelope, where the note read "Blame the media." Again, the ploy worked and things settled down.
Finally, the third disaster hit, much worse than the first two. In desperation, the executive opened the third envelope. The note read: "Prepare three envelopes."
It seems that Drumpf couldn't even get this sequence of steps right. But then, Shorn Sphincter and the rest of the swamp dwellers have been in "Ready - Fire - Aim" mode since they arrived.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)underpants
(182,878 posts)Great joke
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)the Affordable Care 'act. That's just another alt fact from the Minister of Propaganda.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,856 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)The Suspicious Seven have been around since well before Obama was elected. I worked for TSA in 2005, and we had to give additional screening to passengers from those countries. So it would be Bush 43.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)Does that mean they will be rolling out more "sets" ?
Peace
mainer
(12,029 posts)Washington Post has a good analysis of the differences between Obama's and Trump's orders.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/29/trumps-facile-claim-that-his-refugee-policy-is-similar-to-obama-in-2011/?utm_term=.33022ce860dc
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Feeble minded nazis.