{"id":1002791,"date":"2018-10-31T13:23:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002791"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:05","slug":"trump-fails-to-distract-voters-ahead-of-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-fails-to-distract-voters-ahead-of-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fails To Distract Voters Ahead of Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump has repeatedly tried and failed to change the conversation ahead of the midterm elections with lies, conspiracies, and proposals that \u201chave no chance of materializing.\u201d The media and Americans across the country know exactly what Trump\u2019s doing, and they aren\u2019t fooled.<\/p>\n

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Reporters called out Trump\u2019s latest distraction for what it was – \u201can obvious stunt.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Daily Beast\u2019s Sam Stein<\/a>: \u201cGuys. Trump can\u2019t terminate amendments via executive order. To respond as if he\u2019s ending birthright citizenship because he told an outlet he is ending birthright citizenship is to allow him to be our assignment editor. It\u2019s an obvious stunt\u201d<\/p>\n

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CNN\u2019s John Avlon<\/a>: \u201cCall it what it is: a desperate midterm election Hail Mary — President Donald Trump floating a proposal to eliminate birthright citizenship by executive order. Let’s cut to the chase: This literally can’t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cIn the last days before a midterm congressional election that will determine the future of his presidency, Mr. Trump seems to be throwing almost anything he can think of against the wall to see what might stick, no matter how untethered from political or legal reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CNN<\/a>: \u201cBirthright citizenship: Trump claims only the US grants it, he’s wrong\u201d<\/p>\n

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Washington Post Fact Checker<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s incredible to imagine that the president could wipe away a more-than-a-century-old reading of the Constitution, by himself, with the stroke of a pen. That\u2019s not how government works.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FactCheck.org<\/a>: \u201cMost of the constitutional scholars we spoke to said changing the law via executive order, as Trump has proposed, is on even shakier legal footing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cIt is likewise unknown how serious Mr. Trump is about taking the action. In recent days, with the approach of the midterm balloting in which Republican control of Congress is at risk, he has sought to appeal to voters by making other dramatic claims that appear to have no chance of materializing, such as imminent action to grant a 10 percent tax cut for the middle class.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump has repeatedly tried and failed to change the conversation ahead of the midterm elections with lies, conspiracies, and proposals that \u201chave no chance of materializing.\u201d The media and Americans across the country know exactly what Trump\u2019s doing, and they aren\u2019t fooled.   Reporters called out Trump\u2019s latest distraction for what it was – \u201can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Fails To Distract Voters Ahead of Midterms - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-fails-to-distract-voters-ahead-of-midterms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-31T17:23:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-fails-to-distract-voters-ahead-of-midterms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-fails-to-distract-voters-ahead-of-midterms\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Fails To Distract Voters Ahead of Midterms - 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