Courtney Bashes Latest Trump Executive Order

VERNON, CT — U.S. Rep Joe Courtney on Monday released the following statement after President Donald Trump issued a revised executive order restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries and temporarily halting all refugee resettlement activities in the United States:

“Our moderate allies from Muslim-majority nations have repeatedly warned President Trump that these rash orders damage our standing to lead the anti-ISIS collation and other counter-terrorism activities around the globe,” Courtney said. “Whatever advantage the Trump administration thinks they have gained with tweaking the prior order is not going to change the backlash we will inevitably experience overseas.”

Courtney, a Democrat, is a Vernon resident representing the second congressional district.

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