{"id":4393,"date":"2017-01-20T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2017-05-04T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T21:34:20","slug":"there-is-an-easy-way-for-trump-to-show-he-is-serious-about-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=4393","title":{"rendered":"There is an easy way for Trump to show he is serious about unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">January 20, 2017 &#8211; by John Blair, <em>valleywatch.net<\/em> editor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/donald-trump-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4395\" src=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/donald-trump-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/donald-trump-1.jpg 480w, http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/donald-trump-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>I have a suggestion for President Trump. If he is serious about wanting to bring the country &#8220;together,&#8221; then there is one simple thing he can do to accomplish that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He could nominate Judge Merrick Garland today without hesitation and with that easy gesture, he would show deference to all of America as he outlined in his short speech today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After all, Garland already has support of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, Orrin Hatch, who called Garland a perfect person for President Obama to nominate back about this time last year only to renege when Senate Majority figure head, Mitch McConnell decided that no one Obama might nominate is crazy enough.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caplan-Merrick-Garland2-1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4394\" src=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caplan-Merrick-Garland2-1200-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caplan-Merrick-Garland2-1200-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caplan-Merrick-Garland2-1200-768x484.jpg 768w, http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caplan-Merrick-Garland2-1200.jpg 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Trump nomination of Garland would show that he is intent on following his own Inaugural Address depicting unity of all Americans.\u00a0If Trump nominates one of the crazies on the list of potentials he released last summer, we could all be in for the ride of our lives. and that is no way to unify America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 20, 2017 &#8211; by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor I have a suggestion for President Trump. 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