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The Note: Amid separation policy controversy, Trump revs up partisan attacks - ABC News

posted onJune 27, 2018
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Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein This is a tense, angry, loud, and messy moment in politics – and a potentially scary one. It may be perfectly Trumpian, at least so far as the president is concerned. President rev up partisan attacks. Last week’s retreat on the issue of family separations was tactical and temporary. Now come presidential calls to deport illegal border crossers without "Judges or Court cases" and not "allow all of these people to invade our Country," and incendiary images and phrases coming from prominent Trump supporters. With Trump campaigning in South Carolina on Monday, it all sets up an uncertain series of House votes this week on immigration, along with court challenges that could throw the new family-separation policy into further confusion. Trump says he sees a "red wave" coming. Something is stirring, but first will come intense bureaucratic, legal, and intensely personal dramas. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Primary voters in seven states go to the polls Tuesday. It's the last big primary day until August. One of those states voting is Oklahoma, where education funding continues to be a major political issue. Last spring, teacher strikes shut down schools in the state for nine days. Just last week, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court struck down a proposed ballot measure, which would have repealed tax increases (mostly on oil and grass production) the state passed to pay for teacher raises and end the strike. The just... Link to the full article to read more

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