Donald Trump reacted to a Hawaii court's smackdown on his “watered-down” (his words) travel ban with a full-on fascist rant in Tennessee, where he rallied the crowds into screaming “lock her up” about Hillary Clinton, then attacked the U.S. judicial system.
The Hawaii court's ruling is here.
In a rambling speech, President Trump called revised travel ban `unprecedented judicial overreach,' and more or less vowed to destroy the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
After vowing to save the families of those present from a teeming Muslim menace that is about to invade America, he promised to take away our health care.
“We are gonna repeal and replace horrible and disastrous Obamacare.”
That's not going well today, either. Here's how the ACLU describes his racist Muslim ban's very bad day in court today:
A federal court in Hawaii has temporarily blocked President Trump’s new Muslim ban executive order before it was set to take effect one minute after midnight. In another challenge, the American Civil Liberties Union and partner organizations were in U.S District Court in Maryland today also asking the ban be halted.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, had this reaction to the ruling:
“The Constitution has once again put the brakes on President Trump’s disgraceful and discriminatory ban. We are pleased but not surprised by this latest development and will continue working to ensure the Muslim ban never takes effect.”
More information about the ACLU case is here.
Live tweets during Trump's weird speech tonight, below.
Trump slams the court ruling blocking the new travel ban: “This ruling makes us look weak" https://t.co/dH4hEie7aC https://t.co/226TdhmSt7
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 16, 2017
He's up there doing material damage to this own case! https://t.co/qia5ORP7lx
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 16, 2017
What Trump just said is among the worst things he could have said if his goal was to make his travel E.O. legal.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 16, 2017
"This ruling makes us look weak," Trump says, then continues not helping legal case saying it's a "watered down version of the first one."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 16, 2017
Did Trump just call the latest ruling a "watered down" version of the first? Not sure how that helps his legal case.
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) March 16, 2017
So much for that prompter.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 16, 2017
Trump: “when he deems … or she … fortunately, it will not be HILLARY-she”
Crowd: “LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!”
Election was 127 days ago. pic.twitter.com/Akive7e3S8
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 16, 2017
Says the best way to keep "radical Islamic terrorists" from attacking the US "is to stop them from entering our country in the first place."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 16, 2017
MORE: Trump says he'll take case 'as far as it needs to go,' including to the Supreme Court https://t.co/CAQ7bx3WIQ
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 16, 2017
I don't think there is an eye roll emoji big enough for this. #whatpeople https://t.co/w0OYJ0QEyi
— Alex Leo (@AlexMLeo) March 16, 2017
"People are screaming 'Break up the Ninth Circuit!'" https://t.co/LiTg127QH5
— Liliana Segura (@LilianaSegura) March 16, 2017
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 16, 2017
"This ruling makes us look weak."
Not authoritarian at all! #inners
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 16, 2017
Annnndddd we have a "Lock Her Up!" chant breaking out. #inners
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 16, 2017
He very obviously has no clue what's in the bill. None whatsoever.
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 16, 2017
this'll likely come up in the next judge's ruling https://t.co/qvqpBZsyrU
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) March 16, 2017
The President responds to the Hawaii TRO after careful consultation with DOJ and the AG and hahahah of course not https://t.co/3Goas9RaEq
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) March 16, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ President Trump calls ruling against revised travel ban `unprecedented judicial overreach'
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) March 16, 2017
four dimensional chess minus five https://t.co/V5DTj4jLjN
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) March 16, 2017
This Trump (campaign) speech in Nashville vs. his prompter speech earlier in Michigan are night and day
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) March 16, 2017
Elizabeth Warren to Trump: "Your Muslim ban is now 0 for 2 vs the Constitution." pic.twitter.com/rftnPP5isy
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 16, 2017
Trump cites CNN analyst Alan Dershowitz, saying "we would win this case before the Supreme Court" https://t.co/OjQfCdIHb2
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) March 16, 2017
"That's how much divisiveness and… other things there are," POTUS says.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 16, 2017
Trump not exactly helping himself with the argument that his current travel ban holds no animus against Muslims. https://t.co/pDQGFSVmHa
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) March 16, 2017
Trump inadvertently confirming here one of the very reasons why the new one was blocked. https://t.co/Dqt6zRiax7 pic.twitter.com/BYPUqEfCyY
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) March 16, 2017
Judge Watson flatly rejects gov't argument that a court cannot guess at POTUS's "veiled psyche" to deduce his motive > pic.twitter.com/vPVOzdBe10
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) March 15, 2017
Legal disaster–he is digging grave for the second EO and maybe the 3rd one https://t.co/9U6QrQ9RcA
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) March 16, 2017