California lawmakers reacted to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would reopen Alcatraz with laughter, mockery and, for Democrats, indignation. “I won’t suggest who should go there first,” Rep. Sam Liccardo said. Trump posted on Sunday evening that he was ordering the refurbishment of Alcatraz, the island prison-turned historic landmark and tourist site off of San Francisco, to again incarcerate “the dregs of society.” “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” Trump said online, casting the move as both a workaround from judges that ruled against his deportation efforts and as a “symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE.” The Bureau of Prisons is now pursuing…
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