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Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump doubled down Friday on attacking a federal judge for his ethnicity and argued that U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel should recuse himself from cases involving scandal-plagued Trump University.
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Trump insisted Curiel’s ethnicity means he can’t be an impartial judge in matters involving him because of his immigration policy.
“I've had terrible rulings, I've been treated very unfairly. Now, this judge is of Mexican heritage,” Trump began. “I’m building a wall. I’m building a wall.”
Later on, Tapper again asked Trump if invoking Curiel’s heritage is necessary in criticizing the judge’s handling of the case, to which the real estate mogul said, “I think that's why he's doing it.”
He tried to spell it out again for Tapper, saying, “We are building a wall. He's a Mexican. We're building a wall between here and Mexico.”
- He was born in Indiana.monospaced
- We all have a right to an impartial jury, but most importantly an impartial judge. Judge Curiel belongs to the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association.IRNlun6
- Which is a conflict of interest.IRNlun6
- So only a white male (rich) judge can sit on the trump case? Please. Also if Mexicans love trump what is the issue really?monospaced
- http://aj-delgado.co…IRNlun6
- lol @ monothink. its pretty clear if you look up the association where the problem may be, considering the situation. its really not that hard mono.yurimon
- and reviewing his actions in the case before opening up your mouth.yurimon
- Still on the high horse Yurimon? You just can't help yourself can you.Moderator
- The situation, yuri, is that Trump has pissed off "Mexico" and he's terrified that someone with that nationality would preside on his case. Not that hard to seemonospaced
- he's demanding a new judge, and I'm sure that if one in any way associated with Islam was appointed, he would be upset about that too.monospaced
- me n mono have this friendly antagonism going. i'm thinking on not engaging him cause like the comment above ^. makes no sense. consistent deflection, misdirectyurimon
- of logic in specific situations just reads unresearched. tiring the least, as if he does it almost on purpose.yurimon
- Yurimon, you need better hobbies. Ones that don't make you look like a sad, broken record.Moderator
- You truly have no idea what an opinion is, or even what it means to share a simple thought that reflects any particular public perception.Moderator
- Always countering with a challenge or retort that puts down someone who you disagree with. Challenging them with your attempts at superiority.Moderator
- Demanding facts at every turn, and criticizing if someone doesn't issue you a page of footnotes.Moderator
- Mexican-American Alberto Gonzales Says Trump’s Criticism of ‘Mexican’ Judge is FairIRNlun6
- http://lawnewz.com/p…IRNlun6
- I for one don't like watching innocent American women and men being assaulted by Mexican nationalists and thugs.IRNlun6
- These types of blanket accusations of racism are being used as justification for violence.IRNlun6
- if details remain that the judge was unfair why would anyone have an opinion, oh if the judge was muslim, it would be something else. just makes publicyurimon
- perception or opinion really sad. its equivalent of justifying a crime because it fits your bias judgement.yurimon
- What does this have to do with violence at rallies? I literally just quoted Trump verbatim and the judge has no bias that is apparent at all.yuekit
- Alberto Gonzales, the guy who approved torture in the Bush administration and resigned in shame, is the last legal "expert" you should be quoting.yuekit
- I guess there are no legal experts. everyone is tainted.yurimon
- It's well-established under U.S. law that the ethnicity of the judge does not matter. Imagine the trainwreck the legal system would be if everyone couldyuekit
- get their judge thrown out simply because they happen to be a different race.yuekit
- I'm sure that statement you made would be over looked if the judge was a kkk member n trump was black.yurimon
- "I guess there are no legal experts. everyone is tainted." Yurimon, you really need to provide facts to back this up. Please provide your research.Moderator
- ^ precisely, *sigh********
- HOLY SHIT did yuri just equate a nationality background with being an active member of the KKK? Wow. Just wow.monospaced
- Henceforth Yurimon, you should probably scale back the challenges to about zero. You've failed and outed yourself to be a complete hypocrite.Moderator
- For surely you cannot back up that statement, and regularly challenge others for far less monumental statements.Moderator
- i was being sarcastic. n mono i was referring to yuekits statement about race not an issue, but if reversed its an issue.yurimon
- yuekits statement was focused on ethnicity. so i responded. the i guess there are no experts remark was sarcastic.yurimon
- dude, Trump's statements are focused on ethnicity! why, because I guess he's coming to terms with the fact that he might be considered racistmonospaced
- focusing on ethnicity doesnt make someone racist. did you read about the judges actions? his statement wasnt out of context to make it racist in light of hisyurimon
- political opinion and hostility toward him. if the judges actions were reversed n trump was black, it would be field day against the judge in the papers.yurimon
- focusing on someone's race when it comes to questioning their ability to do their job is "textbook racist" you stupid piece of shit.monospaced
- when you argue otherwise, you sound idiotic and racist yourself... FACTmonospaced
- dude did you look into the case. the judges actions were not kosher and raises some questions with further details of possible political associations andyurimon
- conflict in the case. you cant be ignorant to the fact trump is political target with running for pres. high stakes power here. you cant be for sure in light ofyurimon
- events. its not him pulling ethnicity out of a vacuum. there are other factors you cant see correlate within this case. this sep whether his co is at fault.yurimon
- its same if in the 60's you had an all white jury and judge in certain cases where people were railroaded into prison by a prejudiced judges actions.yurimon
- same possibility here. he is acting in his interest. you dont know what happened with his partnerships in the university.yurimon
- plus mexico is not a race btwyurimon