{"id":135688,"date":"2017-12-18T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135688"},"modified":"2017-12-18T07:53:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T14:53:03","slug":"obamas-trumps-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/18\/obamas-trumps-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"On the Obamas, the Trumps, and Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently there is a substantial population who believe that the Obamas banned the White House creche \/ Nativity display while they were in the White House, and that the words “Merry Christmas” were similarly forbidden, and that now the Trump White House has “liberated” both institutions.<\/p>\n

They believe this despite the very clear and easily accessible documentation that it is simply untrue.<\/p>\n


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\nI Won\u2019t Tolerate A \u2018Different Viewpoint\u2019 When It\u2019s Based On Blatant Lies<\/a><\/span>
\nA viewpoint based on verifiably false claims it is not worth my consideration. Period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Apparently there is a substantial population who believe that the Obamas banned the White House creche \/ Nativity display while they were in the White House, and that the words “Merry Christmas” were similarly forbidden, and that now the Trump White House has “liberated” both institutions. They believe this despite the very clear and easily … Continue reading “On the Obamas, the Trumps, and Christmas”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,12,68,378,1071,8],"tags":[736,1361],"class_list":["post-135688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-fourth-estate","category-holidays","category-intolerance-persecution","category-trump","category-zt-pc","tag-foxnews","tag-waronchristmas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/unnamed-37.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134833,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/one-obama-legacy-trump-hasnt-tried-get-rid-yet.html","url_meta":{"origin":135688,"position":0},"title":"The one Obama legacy that Trump hasn’t tried to get rid of (yet)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Sep-17 3:49pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Melania Trump is continuing the White House South Lawn vegetable garden that Michelle Obama planted, and the harvest is both being used by the White House kitchen and donated to local charities. 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