Democrats: Trump’s ‘inflammatory’ remarks about judiciary ‘dangerous’

Published February 8, 2017 8:16pm ET



Top Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee scolded President Trump Wednesday for his “inflammatory” comments about federal judges before a group of police chiefs and sheriffs.

“A bad high school student may have a basic understanding of the Constitution, but any president should know when his or her inappropriate conduct and comments can have dangerous consequences,” stated the panel’s ranking member and dean of the House, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan, as well as Reps. Steve Cohen of Tennessee and New York’s Jerrold Nadler in a statement.

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