Mother can't visit dying son because of 45's Travel Band

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Mother can't visit dying son because of 45's Travel Band

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https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/art ... 470703.php

Hey, remember the travel ban on Muslim-majority countries? Well it's still a thing.
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Re: Mother can't visit dying son because of 45's Travel Band

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Good news. She has received a waiver.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/yemeni-mothe ... a-hospital
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Re: Mother can't visit dying son because of 45's Travel Band

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Yes, he's literally the fucking worst, we know. Can't we focus on something other than him for 5 fucking minutes, and maybe run a candidate next time who has a message other than "I am not literally the worst candidate in US history"?
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Re: Mother can't visit dying son because of 45's Travel Band

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James Buchanan was a better president? That aside I'm all for better candidates. Hopefully we'll see some from the DNC this time.
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Re: Mother can't visit dying son because of 45's Travel Band

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Well if Raven wouldn't sneer at the female candidates we got with the suspiciously sexist implication that it might be too dangerous to run a female candidate with such a misogynistic electorate, then maybe we could move past the rifts which divided us so deeply in 2016.
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