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teach1st

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Sat Jul 21, 2018, 08:26 AM Jul 2018

(WaPost) Fact: Trump's moral and ethical qualities come up short

Fact: Trump’s moral and ethical qualities come up short
Washington Post, 7/20/2018, Colbert I. King Columnist

President Trump’s behavior during his jaunts through Brussels, Britain and Helsinki underscores the validity of the D.C. citizens’ complaint seeking to revoke the Trump International Hotel’s liquor license.

A threshold requirement in the District for granting a liquor license is that the owner must be of “good character.” Key virtues of good character are honesty and integrity. Trump has demonstrated that he lacks both, according to the complaint pending before the District of Columbia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

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Trump may occupy the White House. But the District of Columbia, by law, has the right to evaluate the moral and ethical qualities of someone seeking to sell alcoholic beverages within its borders. Trump comes up short.


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(WaPost) Fact: Trump's moral and ethical qualities come up short (Original Post) teach1st Jul 2018 OP
They are nonexistent in Donald Trump dalton99a Jul 2018 #1
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