2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTroll So Hard: Harry Reid Demands That Trump Take The Naturalization Test
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In a press release Monday afternoon, Reid called on Trump to take the U.S. naturalization test the test that immigrants must pass to become citizens of the United States. The test includes questions about the country's history, founding, laws and Constitution.
Since Donald Trump wants to impose new tests on immigrants, he should take the one test every immigrant has to pass to become a United States citizen. He would almost certainly fail, given his general ignorance and weak grasp of basic facts about American history, principles and functioning of our government," Reid said. "The fact is, Donald Trump is nothing more than a spoiled, unpatriotic drain on society who has earned nothing and helped no one." Reid said that unlike immigrants,"Donald Trump represents none of the qualities that make America great. "
"Immigrants work hard to get here and become Americans, while Trump inherited everything from his father and works hardest at Tweeting insults and ripping off hard-working people with two-bit scams," Reid said.
Reid also claimed that while immigrants must denounce loyalties to foreign governments to become citizens, Trump "plays footsie with Putin and invites the Russian government to launch cyber attacks against our country."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/harry-reid-asks-donald-trump-to-take-the-naturalization-test
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)Going right for the throat!
grubbs
(356 posts)LonePirate
(13,424 posts)TygrBright
(20,760 posts)auntpurl
(4,311 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)And in all honesty, I'm pretty certain I couldn't answer more than I care to admit.
No way Trump could even slightly dull a sharp pencil.
kimbutgar
(21,155 posts)Now that he is not running for re- election he will be poking Cheeto all the time and hopefully get under his orange veneer.
Volaris
(10,271 posts)Harry has NEVER called someone out like that. I would bet that means he has internals that drop Nevada into the blue column in nov and so he just doesn't give a damn anymore.
He just issued a flat out throw-down to donald. Think donald is smart enough to stay out of that ring?
yellerpup
(12,253 posts)Best lame-duck closing statement yet!
FighttheFuture
(1,313 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)We should absolutely push this - there's no way Drumpf could pass that test.
Can't wait to hear the burnt yam's response.
st17011864200074656
(190 posts)Quiz results
You answered 95 of 96 questions correctly for a total score of 99%.
The one about Benjamin Franklin, I genuinely didn't know. I thought he was the youngest member of the Consitutional Convention. I now know that it was Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Quiz results
Your score
89 Correct
7 Wrong
You answered 89 of 96 questions correctly for a total score of 93%.
I am terrible with dates, so that's where most of my wrong answers were. I did know that about Franklin because one of the places he was a diplomat was London! (And Paris.)
I had to take a citizenship test in the UK to get my permanent residency, and I had to study for it. I passed obviously, but many of the English people I know said they would never have been able to pass! It was significantly harder than this one.
st17011864200074656
(190 posts)I didn't realize that Franklin was there as well. I consider myself somewhat an UK-ophile, and it's the first place outside the US I would like to visit if I ever get the chance, or the nerve.
I enjoy watching British television shows especially documentaries; I think they are far superior to their American counterparts with the possible exception of those produced by PBS; QI is a show I usually bingewatch. I also like streaming to BBC radio am partial to Radio 2 though I listen to Radio 4 for the afternoon drama as well.
I have followed UK politics since 1997, when Tony Blair led to New Labour to its landslide victory. My favorite (or should it be favourite?) politician over there has to be Nicola Sturgeon, an unapologetic socialist fighting the Tory austerity devastating impact of the people of Scotland. She can't stand Trump anymore than we can stripping him of his title of ambassador of Scottish Business. What's more is that even British right wing politicians are, at least marginally, better that ours supporting LGBT rights and at least paying lip service to the concept of progressive taxation and the social safety net. Hell, Simon Burns a Tory MP supports Hillary and even volunteered for her campaign.
It's truly a remarkable country and the one I would live in if not in the US.
groundloop
(11,519 posts)ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)Reid is smart enough to know that you don't make enemies out of imperfect friends, especially if you need them.
- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community
louis-t
(23,295 posts)Completely accurate. Get fired up, Dems. Time to shut that asshole down.
Oldtimeralso
(1,937 posts)He will not take it! To him that would be cruel and unusual punishment!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)royable
(1,264 posts)Tell us what you really think.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Anyone with a 9th grade education in US civics should be able to pass this test. There are 100 possible questions. An immigrant must correctly answer 6 out of 10 randomly chosen questions. It's fun. If Trump can't pass this test, he's a super dumb person. You can take the practice test at https://my.uscis.gov/prep/test/civics/
47of74
(18,470 posts)freebrew
(1,917 posts)he(tRump) probably can't pass it..
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)K&R
Motley13
(3,867 posts)I didn't know men had to register for selective service anymore.
I remember seeing a booklet for citizenship a long time ago & I thought is was a lot harder.
StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)Nice score!
History major?
StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)Don't hurt 'em, Harry!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Accurate!
niyad
(113,318 posts)ncgrits
(916 posts)KT2000
(20,581 posts)Glad I read that - he really gave it to the hypocrite!
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)ain't playin'. (finally)
DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)calimary
(81,283 posts)from our brilliant, scrappy, and massively distinguished Nevada Senate Dem leader that it's hard to know where to begin, and even harder to pick a "best one"!