Trump’s Census Tweet Shows the U.S. Government Is Led by a Madman
In one insane 24-hour period, the Trump administration shelved a proposed change to the census, then unshelved it, then admitted it has no idea what’s going on.
Jay Michaelson
Updated 07.04.19 2:55AM ET
This is what it’s like working for a madman:
Suppose you’re a lawyer at the Department of Justice. You’ve worked there for 16 years, serving Democrats and Republicans alike. And, in a contentious lawsuit about the census, you tell the judge that, following last week’s landmark Supreme Court decision, the government has abandoned its plans to change the census to ask about citizenship and is printing the forms without the question now.
Everyone verifies this is true: the Commerce Department, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross himself, the Census Bureau, and your colleagues at the DOJ.
Then, when you’re away for July 4 vacation, the president says that’s fake news.
more:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/2020-citizenship-census-question-trumps-tweet-shows-the-us-government-is-led-by-a-madman?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon
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