Courtesy of Mish.
The outrage against Trump’s 7-nation migration ban has been both swift and furious.
Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham spoke out against Trump calling the ban a “self-inflicted wound”.
In response, Trump did what he usually does when people disagree with him: blast them in a series of Tweets, accusing the pair of “wanting to start WWIII“.
What’s going on?
While pondering the above question, note that the Department of Homeland Security partially reversed the ban on entry with a clarifying statement On The Entry Of Lawful Permanent Residents Into The United States.
WASHINGTON – In applying the provisions of the president’s executive order, I hereby deem the entry of lawful permanent residents to be in the national interest.
Accordingly, absent the receipt of significant derogatory information indicating a serious threat to public safety and welfare, lawful permanent resident status will be a dispositive factor in our case-by-case determinations.
Trump Tweets
The joint statement of former presidential candidates John McCain & Lindsey Graham is wrong – they are sadly weak on immigration. The two…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017
…Senators should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017
What About Vice President Pence?
McCain and Graham aren’t the only Republican senators to criticize Trump so far.
“This was an extreme vetting program that wasn’t properly vetted,” Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
Anyone recall this Tweet from vice-president Pence, then Indiana governor Pence.
