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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 01:34 PM Apr 2018

Gov. 'Moonbeam' Brown's Office Uses Trump's Own Words To Defend Pardons

Turns out President Donald Trump’s timing was off for his vicious dig at California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) for pardoning five immigrants who were facing possible deportation.

Trump, relying again on name-calling, lashed “Moonbeam” Brown Saturday for pardoning immigrants who had been convicted of crimes — even though they finished serving their sentences years ago.

But the president slammed the pardons the day after he proclaimed April “second chance month” — which Brown’s press office was only too happy to point out. The California tweet responded with the president’s own words, highlighted on the White House web site. The president celebrated “those who have exited the prison system and successfully reentered society ... we encourage expanded opportunities for those who have worked to overcome bad decisions ... and emphasize our belief in second chances.”

Trump could have been describing the pardoned Californians.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-apos-moonbeam-apos-brown-040958734.html

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Gov. 'Moonbeam' Brown's Office Uses Trump's Own Words To Defend Pardons (Original Post) Zorro Apr 2018 OP
Second Chances . . . . With Voting Rights Restored MagickMuffin Apr 2018 #1
He never reads what he writes. Nt safeinOhio Apr 2018 #2
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