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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Jun 10, 2016

“Indefensible,” is how Gov. Bill Haslam described Donald Trump’s controversial comments about a federal judge presiding over a case involving Trump University. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said the judge, Gonzalo Curiel, has a conflict of interest because of his “Mexican heritage.” Haslam added, “To say that because of someone’s heritage or their ethnicity that they are unable to provide fair judgment is just wrong. It’s just not how the judicial system works in our country and not how it ever can work.” Read more from The Tennessean