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Kind of struggling with the hidden in plain sight Nazi symbolism thing
Oh fo'shure. I get that. There's load of on line sites that track these groups and are looking at these Ads and are saying the same things.."why" "Do they understand the relevance and symbolism" "is it from a fake acct" all that...The known facts are, The ads are from a legitimate Trump acct, they did appear, and got taken down just as quickly. Were they agreed? Does Trump understand? Were they written by rogue elements within the re-election campaign?...don't know.
But it does fit a pattern of 1. "say something outrageous" 2. "claim innocence, or bad actors or fake news" 3. "Say the outrageous things again". which is the Trump modus-operandi with ads that are designed wind up the non-supporters,and give a wink to the supporters
why would Trumps campaign team bother? I doubt any typical right wing loon is currently sitting on the fence wondering who to vote for.
That is dangerous thinking IMHO.
What about if someone is 'on the fence' as to whether to allow their small-town's racist views to pervade their thoughts and opinions vs what they'll see in the rest of the world (people taking a stand against racism, multinational companies, people just generally being accepting). If the President is doing it, it must be OK, right? It doesn't even have to be conscious thing, either. These sorts of nudges are what change minds.
Plus, this sort of stuff solidifies Trump's base (which at this point is, frankly, racists), makes sure they come out to vote and potentially become activists for Trump and spread his messages on Facebook, Twitter etc. It's sickening.
Trump gets called out for racist baby tweet, the only racist baby is the fat orange ****er in the whitehouse.
And he's threatening anybody thinking of protesting tomorrow. First Amendment? Got a bad feeling it's going to turn into another Lafayette Park plus MAGA folks in the mix.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273972301156016130
Angry tinkebell is a lagging a little in the polls so nige has popped over to give him a boost,any chance they can keep the vile asshat for good!
Looks like the Tulsa rally won't work out as the orange buffoon wanted.
The outdoor overflow stage has been removed because there is no overflow crowd.
As for attendance inside the arena, with about 30mins until trump is scheduled to appear it's less than half full.
It's being reported he's furious that the news about 6 staffers from the advance party testing +ve for CV19 was made public.
He's had a shit week so far; let's hope it continues.
Not quite as full as they expected,
https://twitter.com/rexchapman/status/1274483723875028992?s=21
He’s just called COVID 19 “Kung flu”
https://twitter.com/chrchristensen/status/1274510672022429697?s=21
**** my old boots - what a sad old man, he needs putting into retirement.
I love the irony that you have to sign a disclaimer before you get into the rally that absolves the republican party of all blame if you get covid.
Turns out he’s been trolled by k pop fans after they organised a mass reservation of seats, he’s gonna explode when he finds out
https://twitter.com/jowrotethis/status/1274483765453025280?s=21
In March kellyanne conway (no relation, I'm pleased to say) described the use of 'kung flu' by WH staffers as offensive; now the orange buffoon is using it.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/488276-kellyanne-conway-says-its-highly-offensive-to-refer-to-coronavirus-as
The fake ticket request thing is brilliant if true.
I'm sure there's plenty of ted Nugent or skrewdriver songs to choose from
Meanwhile "he's stepped down - no I haven't!"
BBC News - Geoffrey Berman: Trump fires top US prosecutor who refused to quit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53123847
He also said he told his people to slow down testing as it was producing too many cases. Whitehouse say this was obviously a joke so he was definitely serious.
The Stones said back in 2016 they couldn't stop him with the music, which must be infuriating.
https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/786267908343083012?s=20
The 'Won't Back Down' thing is straight out of Veep!
I think this is attributed to BigDummy off here from over 10 years ago. Appropriate though.
It's a bit like watching that video of the rolling rally car the other day, but in slow motion, and the car is full of ostriches, and every time it rolls another ostrich comes flying out, and as each ostrich hits the ground it starts whooshing like a catherine wheel, and all the orange penguins who are watching the crash come running out with brooms and try and put the ostriches out by hitting them with their brooms, but the brooms just catch fire and the penguins panic and stat rolling around on the ground surrounded by exploding ostriches as the car rolls on and on spewing out ever more ostriches.
A thing of beauty, that.
I really hope the seat booking thing is true,well done those kids.
He looked a broken man walking in there. Not just tired, but defeated. I hope.
He looked a broken man walking in there. Not just tired, but defeated. I hope.
Its a very studied effort in 'looking tired'. Is he trying to tug his Base's heart strings?
Of all the challenges a world leader can have to face in this year of death and disease, civil unrest, economic catastrophe and mass unemployment .... in the face of all that its 'talking to a smaller number of fans than anticipated' that leaves him looking a bit tired
He looks so grumpy I almost mistook him for Colin Montgomerie.
Kayleigh McEnany to stand there and claim the term Kung Flu is valid to say as it refers to the place of origin of the flu. IMO Kayleigh wants putting down along with Trump.
https://news.sky.com/video/coronavirus-white-house-defends-trumps-kung-flu-comment-12013111
Especially when doctors are saying patients are spitting on Asian American nurses.
He looked a broken man walking in there. Not just tired, but defeated. I hope.
https://twitter.com/PBAndAwesome/status/1275051728451362817
Kayleigh McEnany to stand there and claim the term Kung Flu is valid to say as it refers to the place of origin of the flu.
I mean that's basically the same defence as the classic "it's not offensive - it just means a person that comes from Nigeria" 😐
There’s a brilliant one where the Hulk walking away music is playing over the top that I enjoyed.
It's quite amazing to see how a bunch on K-pop fans have delivered a heavier blow to Trump than any political opponent has thus far managed.
Or did they? Nice to think so but read the analysis on the Post.
Not just K-pop, but TikTok’ers too.
Anyway, did anyone see this one? Not Trump but another conspiracy-driven “all news is fake” Republican candidate that some of his supporters will lap up:
The latest Neal Stephenson novel has a theme of a massive hoax to make people believe Moab has been nuked, result in a schism between what was described as the reality based towns, and Ameristan which basically lives their lives based on whatever conspiracy and unrestricted feed the internet pumps at them. It’s getting closer.
The weird thing is, that's actually the most normal we've seen him move for a long time.
Yeah, I saw a tweet that said after all the stuff that has happened, the COVID; murders, wars, fighting, deaths, etc, etc, the thing that made him look old, vulnerable, beaten and sad was the poor showing at his rally.
It's all about him.
It’s a bit like watching that video of the rolling rally car the other day, but in slow motion, and the car is full of ostriches, and every time it rolls another ostrich comes flying out, and as each ostrich hits the ground it starts whooshing like a catherine wheel, and all the orange penguins who are watching the crash come running out with brooms and try and put the ostriches out by hitting them with their brooms, but the brooms just catch fire and the penguins panic and stat rolling around on the ground surrounded by exploding ostriches as the car rolls on and on spewing out ever more ostriches.
Wasn't that in relation to a thread about Fruit the astroturfer rather than Tangerine Man the President?
PLEASE LINK ME TO THAT GIF!!! I've lost it.
An excerpt from another presidential speech yesterday...
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1275794208905990144?s=19
The above took place in a church too, with the crowd wooping loudly as he reeled off racist names for Covid 19. What the hell is happening?
He's got a delivery like Jim Jones after he went full psycho.
Rambling, incoherent, some dog whistle phrases.
What's the 19?
Covid 19 first emerged in 2019.
We're more than halfway through 2020 and the president says he's still failed to find a satisfactory answer to 'whats the 19?' 🙂
Meanwhile the rest of us have failed to find a satisfactory answer to what to do about Trump.