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Docs: Trump Tried to Use Census Citizenship for Political Gain

    Docs: Trump Tried to Use Census Citizenship for Political Gain
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    JUL 2022
    Image copyright: Getty Images [via The Hill]
    story last updated FEB 2024

    The Spin

    Pro-Trump narrative

    The Trump admin. never violated any laws in seeking to add the citizenship question to the census. Even the SCOTUS ruling said Congress had the constitutional power to ask for such information and only disagreed with the Voting Rights Act piece. The government needs to know who is a citizen because that's who elected officials are tasked with protecting first and foremost.

    The Heritage Foundation

    Democratic narrative

    The congressional committee and the Supreme Court have pushed back the Trump admin's brazen actions for good reason. Adding a citizenship question to the census clearly discriminates against minorities and foreign-born residents - groups that Republicans wish to attack because they overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.

    New Yorker

    Metaculus Prediction


    Establishment split

    CRITICAL

    PRO

    Documents show the secret strategy behind Trump's census citizenship question push
    NPR Online NewsJUL 2022
    Secret memo links census citizenship question to apportionment, oversight committee says
    PBS NewsHourJUL 2022
    Trump aimed to erode immigrant representation with census citizenship question, documents show
    GuardianJUL 2022
    New evidence disputes Trump’s citizenship question rationale for census
    Washington PostJUL 2022
    New evidence disputes Trump administration’s citizenship question rationale
    Washington PostJUL 2022
    Newly released memos reveal Trump’s plan to manipulate the 2020 census and exclude immigrants
    Daily KosJUL 2022

    More neutral establishment stance articles

    Secret memo links citizenship question to apportionment
    IndependentJUL 2022