The following article by Michelle Ye Hee Lee was posted on the Washington Post website January 24, 2014:
“I’m a very big person when it comes to the environment. I have received awards on the environment.” — President Trump, remarks during a meeting with business leaders, Jan. 23
One of Donald Trump’s first proposals as president is to help businesses by cutting regulations by 75 percent. Trump cited environmental regulations as an example during a meeting with business leaders, but claimed he was a “very big person” on the environment who has “received awards on the environment.” Continue reading “Trump’s unsupported claim he has ‘received awards on the environment’”
The following article by Brian Bennett was posted on the LA Times website January 19, 2017:
Aides are clearing the way for President-elect Donald Trump to take the first steps toward transforming the immigration system as soon as he takes office Friday, fulfilling a major campaign pledge while deepening the fears of immigration advocates about what’s to come.
The following editorial from the Editorial Board at the L.A. Times posted the following December 29, 2016:
Artwork and signatures cover a fence around the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. on Nov. 30. In his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in July, Donald Trump brought up the mass-shooting that took place at the nightclub. (John Raoux / Associated Press)
Among the many constituencies viewing the presidency of Donald Trump with apprehension are gay, lesbian and transgender Americans, who are disturbed by what they’ve heard from members of the president-elect’s inner circle and by language in the Republican platform.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence, for example, has espoused troubling views on issues of importance to the gay community. As a member of Congress, for instance, he supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw same-sex marriage, warning that “societal collapse was always brought about following an advent of the deterioration of marriage and family.” As governor of Indiana, Pence signed a “religious freedom” bill that many feared would allow businesses to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation (though he later signed a revised version making it clear that businesses couldn’t deny services to anyone based on sexual orientation or gender identity). Continue reading “Trump must prove that he supports ‘our LGBTQ citizens’”
