Trump Wants To Delay The Census In Wake Of Supreme Court Citizenship Question Ruling
President Trump reacted to a Supreme Court ruling Thursday.
President Trump on Thursday said that due to the Supreme Court's decision to block a question on citizenship for the time being, he would like to delay the 2020 census. "Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed Country, cannot ask a basic question of Citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important Census, in this case for 2020," he tweeted. "I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter," Trump continued. "Can anyone really believe that as a great Country, we are not able the ask whether or not someone is a Citizen. Only in America!" "The bitter controversy centers around whether the administration can ask all recipients a citizenship question on the 2020 census for the first time since 1950," CNN notes. "Adding the question, critics say, could result in minorities being undercounted."
President Trump on Thursday said that due to the Supreme Court's decision to block a question on citizenship for the time being, he would like to delay the 2020 census. "Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed Country, cannot ask a basic question of Citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important Census, in this case for 2020," he tweeted. "I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter," Trump continued. "Can anyone really believe that as a great Country, we are not able the ask whether or not someone is a Citizen. Only in America!" "The bitter controversy centers around whether the administration can ask all recipients a citizenship question on the 2020 census for the first time since 1950," CNN notes. "Adding the question, critics say, could result in minorities being undercounted."