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[–] [email protected] 122 points 3 months ago (2 children)

He compared the 2021 insurrection to the protests in Minneapolis and other cities in 2020 following the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and to more recent protests at the Capitol last week by demonstrators opposed to the war in Gaza. Trump falsely claiming that no one was arrested in those other demonstrations and that only his supporters were targeted.

As Trump made the comparison, a man in the back of the room shouted out: “Sir, have you no shame?”

None. Literally none at all.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I guess the good thing this indicates is that black people as a population have significant voting power if the Trump campaign tactic is to alienate Harris from black voters

Now we know why they gerrymander so hard, b/c otherwise their ghouls probably won’t even come close to being elected

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Trump’s campaign is going swimmingly as this will surely win over more black voters.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 months ago

I mean the guy launched his political career over racist conspiracies with Obama

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Donald Trump is really pissing off black people

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The hilarious part of all this would be to see America actually elect this idiot. Say what you want about him but he's running to lead the most powerful country in the world.

The fact that he is even a contender says more about America than anything.

I stopped laughing at Trump a long time ago .... I now point my finger at the American population.

I have hope for the US because of Harris but if Trump wins it, the world will never look at the US with any bit of respect (if there ever was any left) ever again.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The hilarious part of all this would be to see America actually elect this idiot. Say what you want about him but he's running to lead the most powerful country in the world.

I disagree with your sick sense of humor.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Gerrymandering helps skew things in favor of Republicans

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah but not for the presidency.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

The Electoral College isn't technically a gerrymander, but functionally, it's the same.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

We already saw what that was like in 2016. It wasn't good.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I'm often reminded of the saying

Imagine how dumb the average person is and realise that half the population are more stupid than that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

To be fair people like the orange turnip and his followers are heavily tipping the scales in that direction all by themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What race are orange people?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

They are the race to the bottom

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

He's too racist for either

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Must be something else surely?Oompa Loompas have a pretty good grasp on ethics.

On the other hand, they may rely on a ruler for the formation of their system of government.

Perhaps Oompa Loompas ruled by Slugworth evolve differently. But then, who is Slugworth?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

But he only turned orange a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Please keep being weird and racist. This is exactly how you demotivate all the normies from voting for you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

...do normies even vote for Trump?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

This whole event was a shit show. Tech problems, no one could hear each other. And of course none of the journalists landed any gotcha moments because it's Trump and he has zero shame.

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