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US leaving UN Human Rights Council -- 'a cesspool of political bias'
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable. The move, which the Trump administration has threatened for months, came down one day after the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights slammed the separation of children from their parents at the US-Mexico border as "unconscionable."
Speaking from the State Department, where she was joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley defended the move to withdraw from the council, saying US calls for reform were not heeded. "Human rights abusers continue to serve on, and be elected to, the council," said Haley, listing US grievances with the body. "The world's most inhumane regimes continue to escape its scrutiny, and the council continues politicizing scapegoating of countries with positive human rights records in an attempt to distract from the abusers in its ranks."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @10:11PM (3 children)
DACA was an executive order and even studies looking to debunk the theory that it caused a huge spike in unaccompanied minors attempting illegal border crossings have to note the correlation. If Trump were to legislate by executive order as Obama did with DACA or drone strikes (killing brown people without congressional approval) then he'd be maligned as "literally Hitler". Trump set a six month deadline in September 2017 for congress to pass the DREAM act but the Democrats refuse to cooperate. So you get zero-tolerance in accord with existing legislation that the Trump administration did not put in place.
What clearly sludes (sic) past you is that factual explanations are not whataboutism,
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @10:18PM (2 children)
Dumbass lets the point soar above his head. I'm shocked, absolutely SHOCKED that you're too triggered to even comprehend some simple statements. Further solidifies my opinion that discussing anything with Trump supporters or their cousins is just a waste of time.
Here is a clue, I'm not arguing against your point or supporting Obama's fascist bullshit, just pointing out that your whataboutism is off topic and lame projecting. Face facts, Trump is a lying conman turd of a president that should be impeached simply on the basis of national pride. He is selling out your country and magically able to make his supporters think it is the greatest thing ever. #SAD
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @11:53PM (1 child)
Donald Trump is known to display the temperament of an emotional child but not to the extent of his detractors. #VerySadNews
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @05:55AM
Heil Der Führer Trump!!!