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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Tue Jun 19, 2018, 05:59 PM Jun 2018

Nikki Haley pulls the U.S. out of U.N. Human Rights Council calling it 'not worthy of its name'

Donald Trump's administration pulled the United States out of the United Nations Human Rights Council Tuesday, attacking the body as 'not worthy of its name'.

Nikki Haley, Trump's U.N. ambassador, launched the broadside at the State Department where she accused it of 'chronic bias against Israel'.

The announcement came just a day after the U.N. human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, denounced the Trump administration for separating migrant children from their parents.

Speaking beside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley said she that a year ago she made clear the U.S. would stay in the council only if 'essential reforms were achieved.'

[link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5861697/US-poised-announce-exit-UN-human-rights-council.html|

It makes a perverse kind of sense - this administration would not know human rights if it jumped up and bit them on the oranges ones sizeable arse

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Nikki Haley pulls the U.S. out of U.N. Human Rights Council calling it 'not worthy of its name' (Original Post) Soph0571 Jun 2018 OP

Really, Nikki, weren't your parents immigrants? Hekate Jun 2018 #1

Joe Scum has been bigging her up for months, but this is a shot in the foot for her. OnDoutside Jun 2018 #13

Since the US is no longer a member of this council, the council avebury Jun 2018 #2

Flush your chances for being elected POTUS. You feckless Trump turd. oasis Jun 2018 #3

Honest, nearly universal criticism of Israel moondust Jun 2018 #4

Who knew human rights were keeping America from being great? gratuitous Jun 2018 #5

But your boss calls himself president. lpbk2713 Jun 2018 #6

One of the things that will really please me shanny Jun 2018 #7

Says the representative to a country currently ripping children from the arms Solly Mack Jun 2018 #8

What will the fallout be from this action? smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #9

Nothing oberliner Jun 2018 #11

Opportunistic piece of shit is firmly attached to Trump's ass dalton99a Jun 2018 #10

It is the first time in the council's 12-year history in which a country choose to voluntarily leave G_j Jun 2018 #12

"So much winning, you'll be sick of winning!" Hekate Jun 2018 #14

The UN Human Rights council is a joke. Archae Jun 2018 #15

because the UN had the nerve to speak out about trump.. spanone Jun 2018 #16

Yup, a "Human Rights Council" made up of mostly the WORST human rights abusers... Archae Jun 2018 #17

Hekate

(90,714 posts)

1. Really, Nikki, weren't your parents immigrants?

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:07 PM

Jun 2018

And to think I used to think she had a political future.

OnDoutside

(19,962 posts)

13. Joe Scum has been bigging her up for months, but this is a shot in the foot for her.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:37 PM

Jun 2018

avebury

(10,952 posts)

2. Since the US is no longer a member of this council, the council

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:09 PM

Jun 2018

should feel liberated to speak out against the crimes against humanity that Trump's Administration is committing.

oasis

(49,389 posts)

3. Flush your chances for being elected POTUS. You feckless Trump turd.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:10 PM

Jun 2018

moondust

(19,993 posts)

4. Honest, nearly universal criticism of Israel

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:11 PM

Jun 2018

is not "bias."

Phony outrage whenever the dicktators don't get everything they want.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

5. Who knew human rights were keeping America from being great?

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:13 PM

Jun 2018

Be Best!

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)

6. But your boss calls himself president.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:15 PM

Jun 2018

Talk about unworthy.

shanny

(6,709 posts)

7. One of the things that will really please me

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:18 PM

Jun 2018

is Nikki Haley going down in flames, having backed the wrong fuckhead. Good riddance.

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)

8. Says the representative to a country currently ripping children from the arms

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:24 PM

Jun 2018

of their parents and housing those children in cages.

Where some of those kids will never get to return to their parents but will be adopted out to American - most likely white "acceptable" - families. Francoist Spain did it - stole children and gave them to "acceptable" families. Pinochet's Chile did it - stole children and gave them to "acceptable" families . America did it before with the children of Native peoples.

Where the president of said country is using the language of hate to describe the parents, dehumanizing the parents in an attempt to justify their actions.

Calling them rapists and criminals - calling them an infestation - claiming their parents are child smugglers and human traffickers and that by removing the kids they are merely saving them. Saying they are potential gang members - and all of this simply because they have brown skin and Trump is playing on racism.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

9. What will the fallout be from this action?

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:32 PM

Jun 2018

Other than another bad faith gesture on our part.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

11. Nothing

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:34 PM

Jun 2018

The UNHRC is kind of a joke.

To wit: their membership currently includes Cuba, DR Congo, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and a few other countries that are not exactly bastions of human rights (i.e. Venezuela).