Opinion | Trump administration confused as to why an inaccurate census is a ‘bad thing’

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Opinion: Trump administration confused as to why an inaccurate census is a 'bad thing,' petridishes writes

You hear that? Me neither. It is the sound of an entirely uninhabited New York 15th Congressional District. By Alexandra Petri Alexandra Petri Columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day Email Bio Follow Columnist April 23 at 5:47 PM On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether to include a question about citizenship status in the 2020 Census. Census experts have suggested that adding the question could lead to a miscount of as many as 6.

Some days, there will be no one in Florida at all. On other days, there will be three Floridas. Sometimes there will be a whole gaggle of people driving through Arizona with trunks full of women covered in duct tape, like in “Sicario,” and on other days they will disappear as if they never really existed. Puerto Rico may turn out to contain no people worth sending federal aid to at all. It will vary by the time, the weather and whether Fox News remembered to mention Rhode Island that morning.

The census is key to apportioning everything from federal aid dollars to electoral votes, which is just another reason it should not be so strictly bound to adhere to facts. Currently, it forces you to admit that people live in regions that vote Democratic, and that when their homes catch fire, you are supposed to send aid and things, a useless gesture for people who do not rate your presidential performance very highly.

 

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petridishes Non-citizenship not be counted in the census.

petridishes Wrong. It appears the is confused how having foreigners claim they are legal citizens thereby creating an inaccurate census is a 'bad thing' Here's a point of reference they can understand: Poof! I'm a journalist now without any credentials or formal training.

petridishes Idiots’

petridishes I can’t believe people vote for these f’ing dinosaurs

petridishes Washington Post is confused as to what real news is every day

petridishes Wrong again. Taxpayers already spend 10's of billions a year supporting illegals and it's time to shut some of it down. If places want to become sanctuaries then it's on their citizens to foot the bill.

petridishes Inaccurate is counting non-citizens and rewarding states like CA with more house seats and money.

petridishes Your fake news

petridishes Fake news WAPO

petridishes THIS OLD DEAF MUTE HAS GIVEN DONALD TRUMP CARTE BLANC TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. TRUMP APPOINTS CRAZIES, PERVERTS, CRIMINALS OR INCOMPETENT WHICH ALLOWS TRUMP FULL CONTROL AND LOYALTY. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CONTROL. I AM DO DONE.

petridishes The GOP is not confused; they’re a proto-fascist organization doing the absolutely predictable - manufacturing enemies & crisis, threatening democracy & the truth, perverting American ideals.

petridishes How is counting citizens innacurate? Thats kind of the whole point of a census after all!

petridishes Hardly encouraging

petridishes I guess Wilbur can't see or hear what's going on. Time for him to go on the dust heap of history

petridishes I honestly don’t think 🤔 there are enough viable cells in this WhiteHouse to create one functional brain. What a bunch of maroons! DumpTrump2020

petridishes An inaccurate census is one that counts illegals.

petridishes Seriously, these are the worst people you could ever have occupying a cabinet. Is there one of them that hasn't been implicated in a felony?

petridishes Inaccurate? How 'bout asking Kamala Harris about how she can be a natural born citizen as the product of two foreigners?

petridishes This pic of CommerceGov Wilbur is hilariously terrifying. This dude was never smart and in his decrepit stage he’s even scarier and more irrelevant. No wonder potus picked him.

petridishes It has nothing to do with accurate counting...it has everything to do with Racism.

petridishes They use ignorance to hide their desire Tito undermine the republic. Dogs

petridishes More of the GOP war on facts.

petridishes Of course it's a Republican administration! Voter suppression is the game. Don't let people of color vote!!

petridishes You are right Wap the census should be accurate so we need to have the citizenship question on it. For accuracies sake

petridishes Confused....totally Non-Constitutionalists

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petridishes No Trump is confused as to why ANYBODY would want illegals counted in a census of legal citizens. He knows the dems want them counted in order to get extra federal dollars to support them cuz they will vote for the party that lets them stay illegally! No fed. $ for illegals!

petridishes What lies! Can WaPo NOT lie Apparently not! This is a power grab and nothing less.

petridishes My God he's ignorant!!!

petridishes Aww, c'mon, Ross! Really? Pray tell, what precisely is ambiguous about AN ACCURATE CENSUS? Aren't you the same 'Dept. Head' who feigned confusion when federal employees,during the shutdown, 'didn't just take out loans' Get out of the road- We are coming through, Sir.

petridishes Yeah, but 'Confusion' is a bad lie they regularly tell about bad things they want to do. It deserves its own quote marks.

petridishes This picture is just perfect. WaPo NYT.

petridishes You never have an opinion that ever is understandable or speaks the other side. It is why you are so bias-you pushed the Russian hoax, posted lists of web sites who you accused as Russian propaganda even veteran and natural food/vitamin sites. Then ended it with the rule of

petridishes Inaccurate? Umm no illegal immigrants are not supposed to count, remember the law

petridishes Making Apartheid Great Again

petridishes They’re a huge joke!

petridishes confused old men with a lot of money

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petridishes Not counting LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS is NOT an 'inaccurate census'.

petridishes Just put a citizen box already, it’s not like people are going to use it. I rather have a box to check for crazy Leftist Democrats

petridishes The invader count has always been based on lies anyway.

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petridishes Trump Admin Confused... noooo

petridishes The Left continues to throw their collective temper tantrum

petridishes How about an inaccurate paycheque. Still confused?

petridishes Hollywood, we've found the next evil Nazi for that WWII picture you might be working on.

petridishes Question - are you a citizen of the USA ? Non-citizen - no. How difficult is this?

petridishes This regime is crap

petridishes You don’t count only Americans

petridishes Doesn’t matter with a corrupt SCOTUS.

petridishes Supreme Court is ours losers

petridishes Legal immigrants will be extremely comfortable stating that they are not citizens. That’s probably too complicated for most journalists. NoHateJustTruth

petridishes “What’s that you say, Sonny”

petridishes Every illegal that is counted as an American Citizen dilutes the importance of an actual citizen. Count citizens not illegals.

petridishes SpeakerPelosi impeach

petridishes The constitution calls for a census of residents, not citizens.

petridishes I'm confused that anyone from any party thinks that Orwell Goobenhopfer is qualified for any job other than greeter at Walmart, but here we are.

petridishes They’re not confused. That’s just the way they want it.

petridishes Because they still don’t know how to do this government thing...

petridishes Adios Muchacho’s

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petridishes impeach45

petridishes More precision doesn't make for an inaccurate number.

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