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2024’s deplorables moment?

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  • wtgW wtg

    The only reactions that matter come from the group(s) that are the subject of the jokes.

    Guess we'll see how the Mexican community reacts to Lopez.

    Many in the Puerto Rican community don’t seem to have appreciated Hinchcliffe's sense of humor very much.

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    @wtg said in 2024’s deplorables moment?:

    Many in the Puerto Rican community don’t seem to have appreciated Hinchcliffe's sense of humor very much.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/29/trump-allentown-rally-puerto-rico-voters/75915372007/

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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      Steve Miller
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      Kinda makes sense. The Mexicans I knew in CA had little time for Puerto Ricans.

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        Daniel
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        Well, here's the "deplorables" moment actually and it comes from Biden.

        https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-calls-trump-supporters-garbage-during-harris-campaign-call-vp-calls-unity-ellipse-rally

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          wtg
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          #18

          Saw that. It’s so very very sad that this is what it has come to. The election has devolved into a schoolyard brawl.

          🙁

          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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            Quirt Evans
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            There are 500,000 Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania, and they vote in pretty good percentages. Over 100,000 in other swing states. They’re not happy with the joke, and a raft of celebs, including Bad Bunny, piling on Harris endorsements is driving the point home.

            As Ron said, it was on the teleprompter. And they nixed one of the guy’s jokes and left this one alone, so that says something.

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              Daniel
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              I agree. People should wrap their minds around the true meaning of the fact this is one nation.

              I'm afraid we're seeing a divide and conquer strategy or a multitude of them and they're working as intended.

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                The Harris campaign wrote off Arab Americans in Michigan and everywhere else. They're a significant constituency in Michigan and two other states (which two I can't recall). She loses if she loses Michigan. She talked a little word salad, false equivalency kind of carp, but no finesse in her approach, only political incompetence.

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                  wtg
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                  OTOH, Trump isn't much of an alternative for Arab Americans.

                  When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                    Daniel
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                    #23

                    Link to video

                    Worse, they are trying to cover it up.

                    And people wonder why I won't vote for the Democrat this year.

                    A bunch of duplicitous war criminals whose domestic policy or lack thereof led to a ruinous litinany of worsening problems and suffering?

                    Yeah, no.

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                      Race to the bottom.

                      “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                      ― Douglas Adams

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                        Mik
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                        I keep remembering 2012 when scandalous was Romney's garage elevator and his dog on top of the car. Good times.

                        “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                        ― Douglas Adams

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                          wtg
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                          #26

                          https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kamala-harris-says-strongly-disagrees-criticism-people-based-vote-rcna178013

                          At least she's willing to speak out against what Biden said.

                          How much more powerful it would have been for Trump and Vance to denounce Hinchcliffe's remarks. Instead they went with "I don't know who the guy is", "people need to stop getting offended at every little thing", and being "so over" what was said. They refused to take ownership of what was said by someone their campaign brought in to speak at a major event. Instead they blame people for not getting the joke.

                          It's a small thing here, but it's this part of Trump's personality, the refusal to admit that he's wrong in some way, that I believe makes him such a bad choice to be in a leadership position.

                          Race to the bottom.

                          Yea, definitely.

                          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                            https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/peterson-ignore-the-democrat-and-media-outrage-trump-has-done-more-for-puerto-rico-than-any-other-president/ar-AA1tcU9A

                            “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                            ― Douglas Adams

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                              wtg
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                              There are hard workers in every administration who get things done, and I have no doubt that was true for the Trump administration.

                              But I'm a cynic, and I doubt that Trump provided any real direction when it came to initiatives geared to Puerto Rico. Sorry.

                              When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                A take from inside Puerto Rico.

                                https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/30/former-puerto-rico-governor-ricardo-rossello-criticizes-trump-rally

                                And the take from Tangle.

                                https://www.readtangle.com/trumps-rally-at-madison-square-garden/?ref=tangle-newsletter

                                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                  Well I know when they had the most recent Category 5 hurricane FEMA took rooms in the most luxurious hotels and in Florida speak had a hurricane party.

                                  I remember Trump throwing toilet paper into a crowd.

                                  I don't know what else he did or didn't do...

                                  He is prone to braggadocio.

                                  I don't know what's been done for Puerto Rico if anything.

                                  Two weeks after the storm the MSM dropped the story as if it never happened.

                                  That's what they always do...

                                  I actually wish I knew more about Puerto Rico.

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                                    https://www.npr.org/2024/10/30/nx-s1-5172187/joe-biden-garbage-trump-puerto-rico

                                    Am I the only one who thinks Biden might be being passive aggressive?

                                    Lol.

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                                      Well I know when they had the most recent Category 5 hurricane FEMA took rooms in the most luxurious hotels and in Florida speak had a hurricane party.

                                      I remember Trump throwing toilet paper into a crowd.

                                      I don't know what else he did or didn't do...

                                      He is prone to braggadocio.

                                      I don't know what's been done for Puerto Rico if anything.

                                      Two weeks after the storm the MSM dropped the story as if it never happened.

                                      That's what they always do...

                                      I actually wish I knew more about Puerto Rico.

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                                      @Daniel said in 2024’s deplorables moment?:

                                      I remember Trump throwing toilet paper into a crowd.

                                      I don't know what else he did or didn't do...

                                      https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-hurricane-helene-assassination-attempt-gofundme-8907212327300d20880b7f9902e42c43

                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-brings-water-other-supplies-to-residents-impacted-by-deadly-hurricane-helene-in-georgia-we-love-you/ar-AA1ruqzp

                                      “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                                      ― Douglas Adams

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                                        Rontuner
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                                        At a sushi bar watching the World Series game, I sat next to a young Brit in town for a convention. A Trump/Anti-Harris ad came on and he turned to me and exclaimed - that's all propaganda! They are allowed to broadcast that? It would be illegal back home...

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                                          I thought MSNBC's explicit "reporting" that Trump was a "fascist" who was having a "Nazi rally" like "another fascist" (Hitler, of course) had one at the same venue was very, very far over any ethical standard regarding reporting or editorializing. It was phantasmagoric, utterly bizarre.

                                          We have an FCC. It isn't the one I remember.

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