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Page 2 January 17, 2018 Trump’s Rhetoric Backlash Uses words laced with profanity and racism Web: www.sunlanlighting.com • E-mail: kay@lightlady.com 3901 N. Mississippi Ave. • Portland, OR 97227 503.281.0453 • Fax 503.281.3408 President Trump has once again garnered worldwide criti- cism for profane and racist com- ments, this time about African countries and Haiti during an Oval Office meeting with several members of Congress to discuss bi-partisan immigration plans. “Why are we having all these people from sh*thole countries come here?” Trump was quoted as saying when the discussion should bring in more people from places like Norway,” he added. The statement occurred on the eve of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday and King’s daughter, Bernice King, expressed her condemnation of the comment on a Facebook live video Friday. “We’ve heard so many things from him via Twit- ter and otherwise that have been troubling to our humanity,” the activist said. The Lawyer’s Committee for Donald Trump Civil Rights Under Law, a non- turned to immigrants from Af- partisan organization addressing rica. He also condemned immi- C ontinueD on P age 15 gration from El Salvador. “We The Week in Review False Alarm in Hawaii Hawaii officials faced widespread criticism after a false alarm warn- ing about an imminent missile at- tack that urged residents to “seek immediate shelter” on Saturday morning. State officials canceled the alert six minutes later, but many people didn’t get the mes- sage and people flooded the streets in fear across the state, searching for cover. Honolulu’s 911 system received 5,500 calls. Olympian Accuses Team Doctor Four time gold gymnast Simone Biles is the latest Olympian to ac- cuse former USA Gymnastics physi- cian Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, joining over 125 other women and girls who say they were also abused by the doctor during rou- tine exams. Nasar faces decades behind bars for seven counts of criminal sexual conduct after pleading guilty in November. from “listening to yet another de- structive and divisive speech” by President Trump. Instead, the Port- land Democrat released in state- ment saying he will be working at home listening to the concerns of fellow Oregonians. Coastal States Say No Drilling Oregon’s Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have joined 20 of their colleagues asking Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to exempt Oregon and other impacted states from any new offshore oil or gas leases. The letter comes on the heels of a Trump Administration plan to dramatically expand drill- ing leases in coastal states. But a few days later, Zinke granted a special exemption to Florida, cit- ing tourism interests. New Homeless Day Center in Vancouver Vancouver City Council approved the purchase of a $4.3 million building last week to help provide homeless services within the city. The 25,000 square foot building is a former Fish and Wildlife build- ing and is located in the heart of the city. Semi Plunges into Columbia A semi-truck on Interstate 84 crashed into an SUV and veered out of control, splashing into the Sitting Out State of Union Columbia River, about a mile east Congressman Earl Blumenauer an- of Corbett, Monday night. Three nounced last week that he will not people were injured, including the be attending the upcoming State of truck driver. the Union address, saving himself Established 1970 P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: c reAtive d irector : r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Leonard Latin Lucinda Baldwin Paul Neufeldt Danny Peterson P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. o ffice A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the news- paper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, RE- PRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association CALL 503-288-0033 FAX 503-288-0015 news@portlandobserver.com • ads@portlandobserver.com subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 PO QR code