The Constitution Must Prevail

WSJ: “This week [Trump] called for the Commerce Department to start working on a census that excludes immigrants who are in the country illegally, a move that would face court challenges.” What an obvious and patently biased statement by reporter Aaron Zitner, suggesting that it is somehow illegal. Tell me something I don’t know already. Of course, it will face court challenges because everything Trump does provokes a response by some socialist district judge in some blue-state enclave. I’m sure Judge Boasberg is drawing up the papers now. And it’s somewhat disingenuous to say illegal immigrants would be “excluded.”  They will be counted because we want to know how many are here. The census is not a checklist for deportation proceedings, and the information is not passed on to ICE so they can round them up. But we should know how many people are in the country, regardless of their citizenship status, don’t you think?  And remember the whole rationale behind a recount: the last one was flawed. Period. Congressional seats and federal money are doled out based on the population of citizens.  It has been estimated that at least 14 states have miscounted due to the inclusion of illegal immigrants in that tally. These are not US citizens and therefore do not have the right to vote. Thus, they are not eligible to be represented by a congressional seat, nor should they receive federal handouts of taxpayer money. It's not an opinion; it’s that pesky constitution again.

And regarding all the noise that Trump is not allowed to conduct a census because the entirely trustworthy and transparent Biden Administration already did. Well, c’mon, man.  The constitution states that a census should be performed WITHIN ten years. Not every ten years, not after ten years, but within. Look it up. I’m sure those 14 states, 13 blue incidentally, are perfectly content with the. Census results as they wallow in federal cash and revel in sending more democrats to Congress. But they are gaming the system again. And how do we know that the census was miscounted?  They admitted to it!