Klobuchar dismisses Trump’s habeas corpus threat as distraction from ‘what’s really in front of them’
- Senator Amy Klobuchar dismissed the Trump administration’s threat to suspend habeas corpus during a May 2025 interview on Meet the Press.
- She suggested that the mention of a threat by Stephen Miller, a senior aide in the White House, serves as a distraction from the deteriorating economic conditions and social challenges that have worsened since the start of the Trump administration.
- Klobuchar highlighted fears over Medicaid, Social Security, and economic instability, noting that Congress is not focusing on these concerns.
- The US economy contracted 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025 after solid 2.4% growth at the end of 2024, while consumer confidence has declined for five months, the Conference Board reported.
- She insisted the Constitution guarantees habeas corpus rights and said reversing this principle is unlikely despite administration claims.
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Trump administration threatening habeas corpus to draw attention away from economy: Sen. Klobuchar
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday said in an interview Sunday that she sees the Trump administration’s threat to suspend habeas corpus as more of a smoke screen than a threat that should be taken seriously.
Klobuchar dismisses Trump’s habeas corpus threat as distraction from ‘what’s really in front of them’
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday dismissed the Trump administration’s threat to suspend habeas corpus as an effort to distract the media and the public away from “what’s really in front of them.” In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Kristen Welker asked Klobuchar about remarks Friday from Stephen Miller
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