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spanone

(135,951 posts)
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:01 PM Jun 2018

Trump has appointed 41 Lifetime judges and not one of them are Black.

Think about that America.

we have a White Supremacist 'president'

this was just reported on msnbc

Of the 41 judges already confirmed under the Trump administration, 36 are white, according to the Federal Judicial Center’s statistics. The group also includes one Hispanic judge, four Asian justices and a grand total of zero African Americans. In fact, of the 87 federal judges even nominated by Donald Trump, only one is black.


https://www.theroot.com/the-true-danger-of-trump-how-white-republican-judges-1826611714
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malaise

(269,352 posts)
14. He publicly attacked an American judge of Mexican heritage stating that he was not
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 01:08 PM
Jun 2018

qualified to judge him. I don't plan to forget.
The racist scumbag questioned the US president's citizenship because he's an African-American.
Sadly Obama opted for civility. It should have been me.

spanone

(135,951 posts)
6. I haven't seen a breakdown of gender....
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:31 PM
Jun 2018

Of the 41 judges already confirmed under the Trump administration, 36 are white, according to the Federal Judicial Center’s statistics. The group also includes one Hispanic judge, four Asian justices and a grand total of zero African Americans. In fact, of the 87 federal judges even nominated by Donald Trump, only one is black.

https://www.theroot.com/the-true-danger-of-trump-how-white-republican-judges-1826611714

SWBTATTReg

(22,226 posts)
9. Thanks. You think someone in Congress would have said something too, during the process of ...
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:39 PM
Jun 2018

confirming them (or at least someone (a democrat/indep.) did say something but they still went ahead, repugs ignored them, and confirmed).

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
7. Hell, I can see that buffoon using that as a campaign slogan and getting applause from white wingers
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:33 PM
Jun 2018
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
10. Michael Harriot, author of: "Why I Could Never Vote For Hillary Clinton"
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:41 PM
Jun 2018

He is the person who wrote this piece.

Maybe he shouldn't have advocated so strongly against voting for Hillary Clinton.

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