‘Rick Snyder disgraced Michigan for no good reason’, at Eclectablog
You know that earlier this week Michigan’s governor Rick Snyder helped lead the shameful charge against accepting Syrian refugees that Republicans have cravenly engineered in order to stoke fears in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Paris last week.
Now we know that he called for a pause in the program for no clear reason.
In an interview on NPR Thursday, the governor was asked what about the vetting process for the refugees concerned him.
“I wouldn’t single out any specific problem I have with it,” he said.
He added, “When you have these events, doesn’t it make sense you should pause and simply say, let’s continue looking at these events?”
But Snyder made it clear he’s not actually looking at “these events” in Paris to assess the situation.
“Most of the Paris attackers, including the alleged planner of the attacks, were either Belgian or French,” The Huffington Post‘s Elise Foley pointed out. Both Belgium and France are among the 38 countries whose residents can visit the United States with no visa at all. Snyder does not think this program should be paused.
Constitutionally he likely does not have the power to stop either program, which highlights the political nature of his “protest.”
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