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In the face of an estimated 300 FBI terror investigations ongoing within the borders of the United States, President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban involving six Muslim-majority counties in the Middle East has been blocked again by federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland who say the ban discriminates based on nationality and religion. Other states are attempting to follow suit, according to news reports.

President Trump broke the news about the federal blockage to his enthusiastic supporters Wednesday night during a political rally in Nashville, Tennessee, vowing to take the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court for a final ruling.

“We’re going to win. We’re going to keep our citizens safe,” Trump said. “The danger is clear. The law is clear. The need for my executive order is clear.”

The proposed travel ban was to have begun Wednesday at midnight. Past presidents have issued similar travel bans in the past involving Middle Eastern counties without legal challenges.

“The President’s Executive Order falls squarely within his lawful authority in seeking to protect our nation’s security,” said Department of Justice spokesperson Sarah Flores. “The department will continue to defend this Executive Order in the courts.”

President Trump is doing what he said he would do, during his presidential campaign last year, to protect American citizens, while the Democrats and liberal judges are pushing back on these public safety measures. More than likely these delaying tactics will backfire badly. But the Democrats and these liberal judges don’t seem to care about real security threats.

Apparently the 46 federal judges fired last week by President Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions wasn’t enough.

In another matter — equally as disturbing — the controversial music video “Lavender” was released this week depicting black-rapper Snoop Dogg pointing a toy handgun directly at the head of a clown dressed as President Trump and firing. This video has been seen by tens of millions of viewers watching mainstream media news as the video is replayed endlessly. Reaction to the video has been swift. 

In his unique style, President Trump issued a tweet on social media Wednesday morning at 5:02 a.m.

“Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @snoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!” stated President Trump.

Hey Snoop Dogg, this is truly “one toke over the line” dude. You represent African-America and millions of young impressionable minds now have seen you pointing a gun at the president and firing … you should be arrested and charged with something and let the court system sort it out, but you won’t be arrested in liberal California.

“Snoop shouldn’t have done that,” said U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in a story published Wednesday in Yahoo News. “We’ve had presidents assassinated before in this country … we’ve got to be careful with that kind of thing, because the wrong person sees this and gets the wrong idea, you can have a real problem.”

Even Snoop Dogg responded to the criticism, but clearly he does not get it.

“I just put it out because I feel it’s something that’s missing. Any time I drop something, I’m trying to fill a void,” said Dogg. “I feel like it’s a lot of people making cool records, having fun, partying, but nobody’s dealing with the real issue with this f***ing clown as president.”

This video controversy is just another example of liberal Hollywood communicating its will upon the rest of America, but America is pushing back with President Trump leading the way. When all hell breaks loose in the U.S., you won’t be able to say President Trump didn’t try to make America safe.

About the Author

Britt Nelson relocated to Costa Rica in 2011 from Florida, where he served as news editor for the Palatka Daily News, a newspaper owned by the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group (NYT-RNG) for 20 years.

Nelson served the NYT-RNG for 18 years in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida as a correspondent, reporter, staff writer, senior staff writer training new reporters, copy editor, page designer, editorial writer, editorial page editor and editorial board member.