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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Judge urges new citizens to leave US if they can't accept Donald Trump

A federal judge in San Antonio finds himself at the center of an uproar after telling newly sworn U.S. citizens that Donald Trump is "your president, and if you don't like that, you need to go to another country."

U.S. Magistrate Judge John Primono's comments were reported by KENS-TV in San Antonio, which covered the naturalization ceremony at which 500 immigrants took the oath of U.S. citizenship at the Institutes of Texan Cultures on Thursday.

"I can assure you that whether you voted for him or you did not vote for him," the television report quoted him as saying of the president-elect, "if you are a citizen of the United States, he is your president. He will be your president, and if you do not like that, you need to go to another country."

He later told the station and the San Antonio Express-News that he meant his words to be unifying and respectful of the president's office, not political, and added that he did not vote for Trump for president.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Should add that citizens here should also accept him or LEAVE!

Anonymous said...

11:13AM
AGREED!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

So I take it most readers here have been writing in from Canada over the last 8 years?

Anonymous said...

What an idiot.
They don't have to leave just because they don't "like" the POTUS.

I have been very unhappy with the POTUS for almost 8 years.
I chose NOT to leave the Country of my birth.