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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump issues thinly veiled threat to Supreme Court as birthright citizenship under scrutiny: ‘Playing the ref’

After his executive order targeting birthright citizenship fell flat in front of a mostly skeptical Supreme Court, Donald Trump accused his political opponents of “playing the ref” through the courts to overturn his threat to the 14th Amendment.

“The Radical Left SleazeBags, which has no cards remaining in its illegal bag of tricks, is, in a very coordinated manner, PLAYING THE REF with regard to the United States Supreme Court,” Trump wrote.

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