The Guardian
Trump loyalists make baseless link between attack and US border and say cabinet nominees must be urgently ratifiedRepublicans in the US Senate are attempting to exploit the New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 victims in New Orleans, injuring dozens more, to push through Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet nominations and rocket-charge the incoming president’s anti-immigration agenda – despite the fact that the attacker was a US citizen born and raised in east Texas.Several Senate Republicans appeared on Sunday’s political shows to call for an urgent approval of the most contentious of Trump’s cabinet selections…
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Republicans try to exploit New Orleans attack to push through Trump agenda
Ed Pilkington
03:21
Trump loyalists make baseless link between attack and US border and say cabinet nominees must be urgently ratifiedRepublicans in the US Senate are attempting to exploit the New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 victims in New Orleans, injuring dozens more, to push through Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet nominations and rocket-charge the incoming president’s
