CNN’s Lemon: Trump’s Threat on Birthright Citizenship ‘Nothing But a Con, a Stunt, a Big Plate of Red Meat for His Base’

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LEMON: "That is nonsense. Surely he knows it. I hope he knows it. He might like to, but the president cannot do an end run around the 14th amendment to the Constitution with just the stroke of a pen. The language is very clear. Here it is. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. The amendment ratified after the Civil War in 1868, expanding citizenship and equal protection of the laws to everybody born or naturalized here, including former slaves. Remember that. So, the president suggesting that he might end birthright citizenship goes against everything this country stands for. But this is nothing but a con, a stunt, a big plate of red meat for his base. That red meat with a side of attacks on the press. Remember this old favorite of the president's?"