Trump Tells The Gang of 4 POC Congresswomen To Go Back to the Countries They Cane From

Twitter is melting down in righteous rage over this imbecile’s tweet.

Impeach now.

Cartoonist Ed Hall wasted no time in reacting:

He’s just poking that Dem schism. Now Nancy will have to be “Team Woke.”

Ilhan Omar is the albatross around the Dems’ neck with her anti-Semitism and perceived “un-American” values. Now the media will ~breathlessly~ scream again and again how Racist Trump is (like that’s worked the 1,000,000,000 other times he’s been called that) and force the moderate Dems to have to accept the libs wholesale.

This is why Nancy told these dumb bitches to not criticize the moderates. And they’ll still be too fucking stupid to get it.

Funny you don't get mad at the moderates (Moulton, et al) who wanted to overthrow Pelosi and get all pissy at the ppl who voted for her as speaker. It's almost as if you're a complete fraud who is posing as a concerned lib.

That all but one were born in the US, illustrates how the Racist in Chief and his base will never see people of color as "true Americans."

Dem conflict aside, he is a piece of shit

Yep, the unspoken assumption behind the tweets is that only native-born whites are "Americans." Also, this current fracas is a direct result of Pelosi's refusal to move forward with impeachment, driven by a perceived need to protect the seats of the 'moderates.'

I don't recall them threatening to primary everyone whose vote they didn't like or play the race card, r5.

Even though I agree with the Gang of 4 on most issues, I do realize that they are hurting Dems chances in 2020. White, working-class voters in the midwest are horrified by AOC and Omar, and Trump will run against them more than the actual Dem nominee. He's going to have white voters so scared that it'll be impossible for us to win the electoral college.

AOC and Omar will have literally zero consequences for the general in 2020. The race will be between a corrupt Nazi and a middle of the road nice person. We will see what America wants. I'm actually betting on the corrupt Nazi.

[quote]White, working-class voters in the midwest are horrified by AOC and Omar,

“horrified”? Disgusted maybe but hardly “horrified.”

Ilhan Omar is fine, the only problem is that people who worship Israel have a tighter grip on political power than people who worship other shitty countries that she often criticizes, like Saudi Arabia.

Ilham Omar represents one of the biggest cities in the Midwest. She IS the midwest. Life isn't a Bruce Springsteen song.

Philip Rucker makes an Important observation about the Republicans:

[quote]During the 2016 campaign, whenever Trump made racist or xenophobic comments there was a small but reliable chorus of Republican office holders who spoke out. Today, there’s silence, nine hours later.

Trump is a white supremacist. You all are surprised at this?

AOC and the gang have properly explained that the rich are stealing everyone’s money.

The GOP is terrified

You can’t make this shit up.

How much lower can that man go?

He tweets for two interrelated reasons :

1. To make his Deplorables happy

2. To make sane liberal voters lose it over how insane/racist/sexist/stupid he is

Which serves to reinforce #1-- the angrier the "libtards" are, the happier the Deplorables are.

EVERY Republican needs to be cornered by the news and asked directly "Do you support what the President tweeted?". If they answer no because it's racist, ask them why they would continue to support a racist in the White House. If they answer yes, ask them if they harbor the same racist attitudes.

Lol at Democrat’s acting as if this is some shocking secret that was just revealed about Trump but hey at least they get to be righteous and above everyone else.

[quote] Lol at Democrat’s acting as if this is some shocking secret that was just revealed about Trump but hey at least they get to be righteous and above everyone else.

I'd consider taking anything you said seriously if you knew how to use apostrophes. But I probably wouldn't.

R21: Oh lookout everyone. Mr. Perfect Deity is here to show us the true way to respond. Educate us Mr. Perfect, we await your above-it-all wisdom.

You twat.

Right, R23?

“OMG *THIS* TIME EVERYONE WILL REALIZE THE REPUBLICANS ARE NAZIS!!!”

K. The majority of the electorate don’t like the “Squad” and won’t care one bit.

Well, I hope Republicans will from now on ignore every single thing Democrats say or do that is no worse than these tweets.

George Conway said it best:

[quote] So sad to have a president who says racist things and is, in fact, a racist.

George Conway feeds, clothes and houses his children partially with money earned from his wife's job defending the racist piece of shit so he can take a seat and STFU.

So is anyone here defending the sensible economic and political management in Somalia?

His penchant for starting up the outrage machine is extraordinary. Every time I think there’s no boundary left for him to cross on Twitter, sure enough he finds another one.

So, R29, is that a criticism of him or The Outrage Machine?

[quote]Ilham Omar represents one of the biggest cities in the Midwest. She IS the midwest.

People doing the same thing they are faulting Trump for, seeing non-whites as others and outsiders.

This is a common thing non-whites have to deal with, even though American has literally NEVER been a white nation, people still bizarrely think white=American and non-whites are others.

If only Trump realized that would include himself. The man is so stupid, like many whites. You are no descendants of America, you stole this land.

If we all went back where “we came from” aka our background ancestry, you would be on your way back to Europe. Dumbasses.

Today Ice began rounding up immigrants. Lindsey opined he doesn’t care if people spend 400 days in detention. Look, the republicans are Nazis. They want a religious dictatorship, with white, heterosexuals. The hate and racism is out in the open and people are dying from their policies.

Kind of found it hilarious. Omar is the worst. I like the others though.

Doubles down 😂

R3, excellent cartoon. I can't believe this sewer rat is our 'president.'

See? Trump doubles down against pitting NANCY-FUCKING-PELOSI, the right’s boogeyman (San Fran Nan) for YEARS, against these Squadrettes as the voice of REASON. Like I said before, these dumb bitches just don’t get politics and what they’ve done and are doing.

Trump now:

“So sad to see the Democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our Country and who, in addition, hate Israel with a true and unbridled passion. Whenever confronted, they call their adversaries, including Nancy Pelosi, “RACIST.” Their disgusting language.........and the many terrible things they say about the United States must not be allowed to go unchallenged. If the Democrat Party wants to continue to condone such disgraceful behavior, then we look even more forward to seeing you at the ballot box in 2020!”

That FAT motherfucker. God, I hate him.

The Hill: Hillary Clinton responds to Trump tweets telling Dem lawmakers to 'go back' to their countries

[quote]They want a religious dictatorship, with white, heterosexuals.

I guess that leaves out Miss Lindsey.

Rick Wilson:

[quote]1/ There's a very passionate reaction to @realDonaldTrump's racisty racism this morning. It's justified, but pointless. Let me remind you: there is no bottom. There is no better Trump. It's never a joke, or 87-dimensional chess, or some clever strategery.

[quote]2/ The point you're missing is that he cannot be shamed. He is immune to moral suasion. He really *is* that much of a monstrous ass. It should stand as a reminder that he's going to play to the white nat alt-reich base and you're going to scream about it while you should... 113 replies 1,269 retweets 5,042 likes

[quote]3/ ...be blasting his message to suburban women voters who broke from the GOP in 2016 and 2018, and ONLY in the swing states They don't want socialism. (Sorry, Squad) They want decency and sanity. They oppose cruelty and brutality. Make this race a referendum on Trump.

[quote]4/ I do not care if you get 103% turnout in California. I care that you understand the rules of the game, and the only rules of the game are this: Win the Electoral College. His racist shitbag act helps you win the swing states if you can just not step on your genitals.

The Hill: Trump doubles down after telling Democratic congresswomen to 'go back' to their countries

He's such an idiot and an ass. What country is Ayanna Pressley supposed to be from?

What country did “Melanie” come from?

Trump also lashed out at CNN this weekend:

[quote]Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

26 citizens were killed in a deadly Somalia hotel siege two days ago while the Somalia government dithers.

[quote]than people who worship other shitty countries that she often criticizes, like Saudi Arabia.

Gosh, I missed Omar invoking Allah against "evil Saudi Arabia or Pakistan or Somalia or Brunei". I missed Omar demanding that the US stop funding "corrupt Afghanistan or Egypt or Jordan". And I certainly missed Omar condemning homo-hatred and murder in 57 Muslim countries. And while she agonized over dead Muslims in New Zealand, she was coyly silent about dead Xtians in Sri Lanka. Wonder why.

[quote]be blasting his message to suburban women voters who broke from the GOP in 2016 and 2018, and ONLY in the swing states They don't want socialism. (Sorry, Squad) They want decency and sanity. They oppose cruelty and brutality. Make this race a referendum on Trump.

Rick Wilson is so right. Trump will be re-elected if we nominate a socialist. The midwesterners will hold their noses and vote for him again before they'll vote for Sanders or Warren.

R31, as if POC don’t make even WORSE distinctions of “othering”. Ha.

People with black skin who come to this country have very little in common with American blacks. I had a roommate at school who would tell us “I’m not black. I’m Guyanese”. I know many others who stridently sought to be differentiate themselves from American black people. They don’t want to be lumped in with that culture.

As much as Kamala wants to be perceived as a regular old black lady, with her busing stories, she isn’t. And American blacks know it. I’m sure her immigrant parents kept her studying and practicing piano or whatever, and she wasn’t allowed to hang out with American black kids.

AOC needs to tell him to go back to Queens.

[quote]Gosh, I missed Omar invoking Allah against "evil Saudi Arabia or Pakistan or Somalia or Brunei" blah blah blah

So because she's Muslim she is always suspect? Do you similarly assume that all gay people are pedophiles? Or else must condemn pedophilia every time it comes up in the news?

And to whoever keeps mentioning Somalia, because she came to this country from Somalia as a child, she's somehow responsible for Somalia's bad government? Have you ever heard of a brain drain?

Trump is making this all about race and immigration. It feeds the GOP base.

Address it but don't lose focus on the middle and working class. Avoid Hillary's mistake on focusing solely on identity issues, in her case, women. The GOP racialized it and got the bulk of white women.

I don't see the Dems doing that though. They just go on carping no Trump no Trump. Fat lot that will do.

Do not feed the beast.

The sad thing is -- everyone KNOWS Trump's a gross, racist piece of shit. They don't mind. The Dems have to run on what he's doing to regular people - taking their health care, cutting taxes on their bosses, etc.

Agreed r56

When Rick Wilson publicly states he is no longer a republican, he might add value to the conversation. As a member of the Republican Party, he is in no position to criticize the democrats. Complicit is complicit.

There's a whole sub-genre (jonda?) of op-ed from middle of the road white guys warning Dems not to be too liberal, otherwise this MOR white guy won't vote for them. It's always bullshit. Who cares what Rick Wilson thinks? Does he represent any kind of sizeable constituency? Nope. He's represents a fading, losing slice of a minority party.

R51: Warren isn't a socialist so we're all good. This has been explained to you people a thousand times. Stop repeating this falsehood.

You have been corrected. Do not err again.

Trump is just trying to change the subject away from his pedophile saving Labor Sec resigning, his disastrous ICE raids that aren't rounding up many, and his relationship with Epstein.

Roughly 30% of the voting population is die hard Republican. They are going to vote for Trump, regardless.

Just under 40% of the voting population is Democratic. If they don’t stay home, they will vote for whomever the party runs.

The remaining 30% is independent (leaning slightly right - includes many former Bush/McCain Republicans). Sorry to tell you all, but we need the majority of their votes if we’re going to have a safety margin against Florida (etc) shenanigans.

We won’t get them if they think voting Democratic means they’ll lose their doctor and get taxed to pay off other people’s kids student loans.

Anybody who thinks Trump acts strategically hasn't been paying attention for the last 4 years.

[quote] she wasn’t allowed to hang out with American black kids.

Likely not much of an issue for Harris given that mostly she grew up in Montreal, Quebec, where she went to middle school and high school.

Mike Allen at Axios had a good post-mortem on this with this scary coda:

[quote] One influential Democrat told me Trump had achieved a tactical win — stoking both his own base and Dems' internal tensions: "His view is that he simply cannot go too far. The line doesn’t exist. ... I'm very worried."

Hey R62, what if a political party did nothing with its power but cut taxes for the rich (very unpopular), ban abortion (also unpopular, though less so) and killed Obamacare (also unpopular). Would we be subjected to these constant "WHY CAN'T THEY MOVE TO THE CENTER"?? tirades. No one ever thinks the Rs are gonna move to the center. And they'll call anything ANYTHING socialist. So let's have some.

1. Said nothing about socialism

2. Because the Trumpsters don’t care that stuff’s unpopular. They’ll vote for him regardless.

And

3. if we don’t assemble a coalition that will win, we’ll lose.

I think your point was that the Dems need to flip members of the 30% in the middle and the things the Rs do with their power may actually cause a portion of that slice of the electorate to go D.

White people were so angry that there was a black man as president that they voted in a white supremacist who is also the world's worst human being.

Yes. SOME white people didn’t want a black man in the White House

Thankfully not enough to preclude a majority - twice.

He had one thing right, the country they came from is a shithole descending further into madness every day. At least he has some self-awareness about what he's doing to the country.

Trump is a moron. When the opposing side is fighting with itself, you are supposed to stay quiet and let it happen. But he has now gave path for the two sides to bond together and realize who the real enemy is. I just hope the squad can see the gift Trump has just given them.

Anywhere and everywhere Trump or anyone connected to him - and that includes family as well as members of the GOP - appear in public should be greeted with shouts of "Fuck you!". Who cares if it might incite undecided voters to turn against Democrats in 2020 and put Trump into another year, undecided voters at this point are beyond help.

At this point in time, how could anybody possibly be.....undecided?

R2

Not an impeachable offense.

What has Ilhan Omar done so far by complain about everything American .... ?

Omar makes me feel shitty about, and think badly of, America. Maybe she's right, but I think she's asking for us to be Canada rather than what we actually are. It's like the difference between Greece and Rome.

Washington Post: Opinions | Trump just denied his attacks are racist. He only confirmed the worst.

Newsweek: Trump Campaign Staffer Claims 'Twitter Is Lying,' Says President Never Tweeted 'Go Back' To House Democrats

Trump should go back in time to Nazi Germany where he belongs.

If anyone is curious as to what "gaslighting" means, just read the link at R79

What's scary is that it will work, at least with his hardcore supporters and the fact that people then need to disprove it, just gives more legs to the lie.

Goebbels would be proud.

TIME: Democrats Were Struggling to Unify After a Raucous Week. Then President Trump Tweeted

What was the subtitle of Trump's last "book"? Crippled America? So he gets to bitch about America (because he's white) but if a black lady does it, she has to go back to Africa. Logic.

The Guardian: 'You can leave': Trump unrepentant over racist attack on congresswomen

ROTLMAO -- Miss Lindsey just called them a bunch of "communists"

Which again if probably effective with the base (the average Fox News viewer is 65 and probably doesn't realize the Cold War ended 30 years ago) and shows just who they are trying to reach--it's like McCarthy 2.0-- let's bring back Insults of the 1950s!!!

I have this feeling that Trump still thinks it's 1992.

[quote] What has Ilhan Omar done so far by complain about everything American .... ?

So you don't want to make America better? She obviously does.

[quote] ROTLMAO -- Miss Lindsey just called them a bunch of "communists"

Considering capitalism seems to be a big bust for a huge portion of the middle class, maybe it's time to give socialism and communism a go.

Trump never mentioned anyone by name and yet everyone knows of whom he spoke !

More like 1962, R86, but yeah, he's playing to an audience that's mostly angry that they've gotten older and irrelevant and the world has changed.

[quote] Omar makes me feel shitty about, and think badly of, America. Maybe she's right, but I think she's asking for us to be Canada rather than what we actually are. It's like the difference between Greece and Rome.

But you're Russian

[quote] Omar makes me feel shitty about, and think badly of, America. Maybe she's right, but I think she's asking for us to be Canada rather than what we actually are. It's like the difference between Greece and Rome.

But "Make America Great Again" doesn't phase you...

[quote] I have this feeling that Trump still thinks it's 1992.

More like 1952

I think she's still pissed that he gave her bus fare and a ham at Easter.

Axios: Top Democrats are circulating a poll showing that one of the House's most progressive members — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — has become a definitional face for the party with a crucial group of swing voters.

These Democrats are sounding the alarm that swing voters know and dislike socialism, warning it could cost them the House and the presidency. The poll is making the rounds of some of the most influential Democrats in America.

Nice try at deflecting from your racist president, Trollslana R95.

How do the swing voters know socialism, r95?

Get over yourself, R96. Are the Democrats circulating this poll and "sounding the alarm" to their colleagues, racist trolls as well?

Whatabout Dems? Whatabout socialists? Whatabout this? Whatabout somebody shit in my mouth?

R97, how does you know Ingrish?

He knows they’re all American and means they should go back to the part of America they came from. No one here has ever said “go back to that hole you crawled out of” or something similar? And are white men no longer able to criticize non-white women anymore? What a clown world.

People have lost their minds. I’ve seen people called racist for not supporting Cortez even though they support Gabbard.

[quote]Avoid Hillary's mistake on focusing solely on identity issues, in her case, women.

WILL YOU STOP pulling this nonsense out of your ASS?

I just wanna know when Dems are going to start swinging back like Trump does- it's past time. I mean meet him on his own terms, it'svthe only thing he and his supporters will understand, " C'mon FAT BOY, WHAT'S WRONG, YOU'RE PINNOCHIO NOSE GETTING IN THE WAY OF YOUR FORKED TONGUE?? LONG NIGHT. GRABBINGB TOO MANY PUSSIES??" I mean, WTF is everybody waiting for? These people aren't going to get any nicer, and Trump isn't going to get any saner, that's for sure. God knows the strategies the Dems have been using so far haven't worked.

George Conway can no longer get away with his condemning tweets about Trump and have his piece of shit wife, Kellyanne, till working for and defending this orange asshole.

Not that long ago, I would think, "Oh good for George Conway, he's speaking out against Trump. This must really be embarrassing for his wife."

No longer. George Conway is complicit in this disgrace by continuing to cash the paychecks his wife brings home from the orange asshole.

R95: Axios is right wing biased garbage. Get better sources. The same upthread to the goon who posted the Wall Street Journal opinion column. Stop pretending right wing sources prove something. They don't.

What Trump tweeted is rude and disrespectful to the elected members of another branch of government, and extremely ill-thought in terms of international diplomacy, but I honestly fail to see how it's "racist."

I despise Trump, but I swear that the right's claim of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" has validity: Trump could tweet that he never liked the Toto song "Africa" and everyone in the media would be falling over themselves to condemn his "racist" comment.

[quote] Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, said Mr. Trump’s use of Israel in his comments hurts the Jewish community.

[quote] “He doesn’t speak for any of us,” Mr. Greenblatt wrote in a Twitter post on Monday. “We call on ALL leaders across the political spectrum to condemn these racist, xenophobic tweets & using Jews as a shield.”

3-2-1 before Trump claims the ADL is a tool of the Muslim Terrorists Who Want To Destroy America

R105 You don't have an agenda. Sure, Jan.

Do you think Trump would tell a white member of Congress to go back to where they came from R105?

Why am I in the middle? The Republicans can’t have me because I’m pro-abortion and pro-gay - those are deal-breakers for me. The Dems are scaring me away with this SJW stuff and immigration.

And I’d vote for Trump before I’d vote for anyone with a reparations plan. I’m dead serious. That shit is crazier than anything he’s done.

Let's not water down what he said; he implied they are not American. Let's see him tell a white MOC that they "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe."

Trudeau denounces Trump’s call for four minority congresswomen to leave the U.S.:

He should start by sending his wife back to where she came from.

At this point, you cannot be "sort of" for Trump or against him. Same for the fawning Republicans who are kowtowing to him. I've seen so many editorials today proclaiming Trump's tweets were a re-election strategy that's working (as if he were that intelligent) instead of simply stating what he wrote was wrong and unfitting for the Office of the President.

Manu Raju, CNN:

Trump, asked if he has concerns that he's using the language of white supremacists and many view his tweets as racist, says: "It doesn't concern me because many people agree with me."

NYTimes: "Trump has not only always been a racist, but anyone around him who denies it, is lying,” said Jack O'Donnell, the former head of Trump's Atlantic City casino. “Donald Trump makes racist comments all the time. Once you know him, he speaks his mind about race very openly.”

But how many Trans Women of Color have DIED because of this?!

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has finally issued a criticism of Trump:

[quote]"...the President’s tweet that some Members of Congress should go back to the ‘places from which they came’ was way over the line, and he should take that down.”

Since when is Axios a rightwing publication, r104? It's a center/center left outlet with a high degree of accuracy.

Since when is Axios a rightwing publication, r104? It's a center/center left outlet with a high degree of accuracy.

Since it published something R104 didn't like., R119

Axios is pretty mainstream

[quote]Trudeau denounces Trump’s call for four minority congresswomen to leave the U.S.

Shit, I'm horny now!

[quote]Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has finally issued a criticism of Trump:

Is she the only Republican who has criticized him so far over this?

Even so... it took her long enough.

When asked during a presser today if he was worried about white supremacists following up and taking acting over his tweet, Trump responded he didn't care, doesn't give it thought because many people agree with him. No, not racist at all.

"The Gang of Four"? Did they choose that name themselves?

"Gang of Four...the most powerful members of a radical political elite convicted for implementing the harsh policies directed by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chairman Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). The group included Mao’s third wife, Jiang Qing, and Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, and Yao Wenyuan. Their backgrounds were similar in that prior to 1966 all four were low- or middle-ranking officials who lacked leverage within the existing power structure. Shared traits included their ability to manipulate the mass media, their good standing with Mao, and their dislike of and subsequent desire to overthrow moderate government officials who clustered around Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping."

R1122, Collins is in a tougher fight than usual in Maine next year.

She's being challenged by Democratic Maine Speaker Sara Gideon, and Trump's dropping approval numbers in Maine and her vote for Kavanaugh have also hurt her.

When is someone with ANY DECENCY in the fetid press pool going to simply stand up and call Trump a nasty, ignorant, racist piece of shit to his face? Every day they don't they normalize his behavior!

Rep. Omar has been a US citizen for 6 years longer than our current First Lady.

David Gergen:

[quote]Once again, President Trump hangs a sign on the door of the White House: “if you’re not white, you’re not welcome.” It’s hard to recall this much bigotry and nativism in the White House since pre-Civil War.

Look at it from this point of view: if Obama who had plenty of policies that left Wing-nuts complaining, made a speech telling Flyover Lutherans to go back back to the Nordic Motherland if they were unhappy, heads would have rolled.

[quote] Rep. Omar has been a US citizen for 6 years longer than our current First Lady and has not, to anyone's knowledge, sought employment as a sex worker/lady architect.

Needed some clarification ;)

R120

R120

.... And the Muller Investigation was never heard of again.

- Distraction 202

And I could find any number of Maggie Haberman articles that would prove the New York Times is a Hillary-hating Trump-loving rag.

Doesn't make it so.

And Splinter? LMAO,

That's Gawker 2.0

[quote] R4: He’s just poking that Dem schism.

No, he is a thin skinned; delusional; narcissistic idiot with no self control.

We have 18 months to go until Trump leaves office (with any luck). Days like today, with him at his psychopathic, most dangerous worst, make me doubt we'll emerge from this without him instigating a civil war. Sure, he's nuts. But so are many of supporters.

[quote]If someone doesn't like our country, if someone doesn't want to be in our country, they should LEAVE!

So, is Trump saying to everyone in Mexico, Guatemala, and other countries, "if you don't want to be in your country, then leave it". LOL

"...we'll emerge from this without him instigating a civil war."

What you're witnessing is the last, fatal gasp of white entitlement in this country. White people have been in the cat bird's seat since the country has been created, and they aren't going to give it up without a fight, just like the old line whites in South Africa and Rhodesia.

[quote]When is someone with ANY DECENCY in the fetid press pool going to simply stand up and call Trump a nasty, ignorant, racist piece of shit to his face? Every day they don't they normalize his behavior!

I think there's still an unspoken belief that you respect the Office of the President, no matter who occupies it but Trump has sullied it since day one. He's shown no respect for the office or anything else so IMO he deserves no respect. And if the Republicans or Trump's supporters raise a fuss about how you HAVE to respect the President, just keep hammering away at how they treated Obama during his two terms ("You lie!")

[quote] The Dems are scaring me away with this SJW stuff and immigration.

What in the Democratic Party platform would you consider "SJW" stuff? What in the Deomcratic Party platform about immigration scares you? The part where we dont think children and babies should be ripped from their mothers and put in cages?

[quote] And I’d vote for Trump before I’d vote for anyone with a reparations plan. I’m dead serious. That shit is crazier than anything he’s done.

Which candidate running for President and his or her reparations plan are you talking about?

Or are you just using Republican "concern" talking points?

What world is this? People have given Trump respect? The Dems haven’t gone after him? Dems are too noble and polite? Wha?

He’s been called racist, sexist, stupid, deplorable, homophobic, xenophobic, islamophobic. They’ve gone after his taxes. The Mueller investigation took years. They’ve called Melania a racist, a cunt, stupid.

Romney was a racist. McCain was a racist. Palin was an insane churchy racist. Bush was LITERALLY Hitler.

I mean, lord, let’s not re-write history. Democrats have argued this non stop for years. People just don’t give a shit anymore. And yet they’ll continually double-down with “oh THIS time people will see!”

Very, very few people have sympathy or empathy for politicians like Ilhan Omar.

Pete Buttigieg:

[quote]We're not going to win playing his game. We're going to do something completely different — we're going to talk about our values and we're going to talk about your lives.

[quote] Very, very few people have sympathy or empathy for politicians like Ilhan Omar.

What is she "like" that makes no one have sympathy or empathy?

A sympathizer of homophobic Somalis, for one, R143

It appears that 30% of the electorate feels they DID elect a Grand Dragon of the KKK.

Is it just me, or do successive generations whitewash other cultures? Most who immigrated into our country are white and yet those same people which include Italians, Jews, and Middle Easterners who worked hard and assimilated into our country are being labeled as privileged at best, or racist at worst.

The great irony is that those who spout this racist BS are largely ignorant of other cultures and speak only one language unlike those who live in European countries.

Bruce Heyman, Former US Ambassador to Canada:

[quote]Canada once again showing us they way. So much to learn and relearn from our neighbor to the north.

[quote] A sympathizer of homophobic Somalis, for one, [R143]

So, you're full of shit.

Omar was endorsed in 2018 by the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBT civil rights advocacy group. In response to the endorsement, Omar stated, "I will fight for LGBTQIA+ rights in Washington D.C."[107]

In March 2019 Omar addressed a rally in support of a Minnesota bill that would ban gay conversion therapy in the state. She co-sponsored a similar bill when she was a member of the Minnesota House.[108] In May 2019 Omar introduced legislation that would sanction Brunei over a recently introduced law that would make homosexual sex and adultery punishable by death.[109]

Trump, America's Grand Dragon in Chief.

r81, That family from the Disneyland viral video is going to try it. You may see us on the video fighting but it didn't happen.

If my boss asked why I left two hours early from work Friday, I will just say I didn't. He will say I saw you not at your desk, and your bag was gone. I will say I was there. He might then say that I signed out at the security desk before Paul who left at 3 to catch a plane. He might say that I was on the line above his and my time was illegible but how could I leave at 5 and sign out before someone who left at 3. I'll just say the security log is wrong.

This is how it works now, right.

According to the Epstein indictment, Trump wanted to "pop the cherry".

Trump also referred to Epstein as a "Jew Bastard".

New Trump cartoon:

[quote] Bush was LITERALLY Hitler.

Wonder what that makes Steve Bannon

To his face, R152, if I'm reading the doc correctly.

Which makes it that much odder.

Remember that Trump has been surrounded by Jewish people his whole life--all the other real estate families in NYC, grew up in a largely Jewish neighborhood in Queens and possibly had more Jewish friends than Christian ones prior to running for President.

The HRC? Really r149?

[quote] "and ONLY in the swing states They don't want socialism. (Sorry, Squad) They want decency and sanity. They oppose cruelty and brutality. Make this race a referendum on Trump."

[bold]Rick Wilson is an idiot[/bold]. The swing states tipped the scales for Trump. They voted for indecency and insanity.

This is why you should never trust a reformed Republican. A leopard can't change its spots, and people like Rick Wilson aided the GOP to become what it is today.

Trudeau calls out Trump:

[quote]“Canadians and people around the world, know exactly what I think about those particular comments. That is not how we do things in Canada”

WHOA!!!!

Mittens, who refused to say anything negative on camera a few hours ago, must have had a couple drinks or something because he's going after Trump on Twitter now.

[quote] 1. The president’s comments were destructive, demeaning, and disunifying. The President of the United States has a unique and noble calling to unite the American people – of all different races, colors, and national origins. In that respect, the president failed badly.

[quote] 2. People can disagree over politics and policy, but telling American citizens to go back to where they came from is over the line.

R134: You must be a young millennial as I am an old vanguard one. If you even spent five minutes being cognizant in the 1990s you would know the New York Times HATES the Clintons, they did in 1992 and they do to this day. Axios was founded by the original founders of Politco, aka Tigerbeat on the Potomac. Both publications are DC insider rags that focus on the horserace to the determent of all else in politics with a natural pro-corporate, pro-right bias.

I was in middle school in the 90s R160

But "Tigerbeat on the Potomoc" means I know your type and we are never going to agree on this, or pretty much anything.

Mike Allen set Axios up as a business for this current era and his short takes on everything from sports to media to politics have been very successful. If that makes him a demon in your eyes, more power to you.

And imagine my surprise when googling "Tigerbeat on the Potomoc" turned up a recent link to DailyKos????

Who'd a thunk it?

The New York Times was definitely anti-Clinton, I hope no one is trying to imply that it isn't.

Fuck now I got the Hill you-know-whats riled up with that Times comment.

All I meant was that they are not a right wing paper despite publishing Ross Douthat and David Brooks.

Let's leave it at that and keep this thread on track.

R161: I entered high school the year of Bill's reelection. He's not a demon, just another DC asshole whose takes are wrong. And "my type?" Whatever you say, Jan.

R162: Actually, the term was coined by Charlie Pierce at Esquire. Full credit goes to him and his brilliance. I wouldn't waste one minute at Kos.

R163: He was but a child in the 90s (and apparently didn't pay attention in 2016 either...)

R164: No, I don't know what. What type of Hill am I?

[quote] The New York Times was definitely anti-Clinton, I hope no one is trying to imply that it isn't.

Maureen Dowd, in particular.

There was a quantitative analysis done in 2016 of all the Dowd columns on Hillary over the past 2 decades -- 70% were anti-Hillary attack pieces.

Did anyone else enjoy the OP's Freudian slip of 'cane'?

WHOA!!!!

Mittens, who refused to say anything negative on camera a few hours ago, must have had a couple drinks or something because he's going after Trump on Twitter now.

1. The president’s comments were destructive, demeaning, and disunifying. The President of the United States has a unique and noble calling to unite the American people – of all different races, colors, and national origins. In that respect, the president failed badly.

2. People can disagree over politics and policy, but telling American citizens to go back to where they came from is over the line.

[quote] He's not a demon, just another DC asshole whose takes are wrong.

Axios isn't pro-right.

Of course not R170, but you're trying to argue that with someone who (unironically) says "He's not a demon, just another DC asshole whose takes are wrong"

So you're not going to get anywhere.

Best to just have fun with the pomposity and be glad that he's not a relative, lol.

[quote]Fuck now I got the Hill you-know-whats riled up with that Times comment.

What is a "Hill you-know-whats" R164 ???

Say what you mean, at least have the balls to be honest.

[quote]There was a quantitative analysis done in 2016 of all the Dowd columns on Hillary over the past 2 decades -- 70% were anti-Hillary attack pieces.

Oh I remember that. A complete disgrace.

Yea, that Mittens is a real profile in courage. Didn't say a damn thing earlier today, then when everyone was piling on, he decided to take the plunge.

Maybe Romney had to 'deep think' the alliterative sentence '...destructive, demeaning, and disunifying', R168.

Whatever dividison there was in the democratic party is pretty much done for now. All he did was unify them.

[QUOTE] Twitter is melting down in righteous rage over this imbecile’s tweet.

Let them feel a rage so strong, a rage that knows no right or wrong...

Let them feel a rage so strong, a rage that knows no right or wrong because they will soon return to the righteous path of SJW Empowerment.

R172: You're talking to someone who reposted his Mitt Romeny post twice in the same thread and then wasted another post just quoting me. I'm still waiting to see what type of Hill I am.

R166: Maureen obviously, but it's worse than her. Their editorial board hates the Clintons like poison as well. It's institutional at that paper. It really is not this liberal newspaper that everyone claims it is.

[quote]Whatever divisions there were in the Democratic party are pretty much done for now. All he did was unify them.

Trump needs the divisions not to peak too early. Better for him if they can be held in abeyance until 2020.

McTurtle is allegedly going to weigh in tomorrow.

You know, after he tests the winds and all that and after his staff writes him several options, a few of which mimic the "Pelosi is a racist, not Trump" gaslighting.

I'm loving that George Conway posted tweets damning Trump but the threads are flooded with replies asking what he says to wife Kellyanne who works for and supports all of Trump's vileness. Also worth noting that his wife ignored a Congressional subpoena today.

R182: Lock the bitch up!!

And as a special gift to the Special Needs Deplorables (wave to the people Barron!), Trump tweeted this out a few hours ago just to explain what he was up to:

[quote] The Dems were trying to distance themselves from the four “progressives,” but now they are forced to embrace them. That means they are endorsing Socialism, hate of Israel and the USA! Not good for the Democrats!

The Republican silence is so telling and jarring. Excruciatingly short-sighted. They can gloat now because this is their last hurrah where they can enjoy this sort of numeric and strategic equilibrium. I think this is their Pete Wilson moment and they will come to rue the day when they were all in lockstep with this disastrous presidency.

They think with Russian help and gerrymandering, and the judiciary, deregulation, and the hollowing out of the federal government, they will never lose power.

They may well be surprised.

[quote] What you're witnessing is the last, fatal gasp of white entitlement in this country. White people have been in the cat bird's seat since the country has been created, and they aren't going to give it up without a fight, just like the old line whites in South Africa and Rhodesia.

South Africa and Zimbabwe might not be the best examples lol

Trump is a Racist President

Please someone who has seen Miss Lindsey in her girlish petticoats please put the motherfucking right wing hypocrite

^^ out **

[quote] the New York Times HATES the Clintons

And yet they endorsed her over Trump in 2016, and endorsed her over Obama in 2008.

I honestly believe if Trump were to drop dead there would be spontaneous street celebrations all over the country.

this thread has half the posts of the Valerie Harper GoFundMe thread

Today was a freak show

Sarandon

Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL:

#AntiSemitism is on the rise.

@realDonaldTrump using Israel to defend his blatant racism only hurts the Jewish community. He doesn't speak for any of us.

We call on ALL leaders across the political spectrum to condemn these racist, xenophobic tweets & using Jews as a shield.

Morgan Freeman:

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

Trump is a racist.

#RacistInChief

Keep tryin' to divide, Donnie!

The Hill: Trump: 'Petrified' Democrats afraid to take progressive congresswomen

Washington Post: Trump answers racism accusation with a charge of his own: anti-Semitism

"They can gloat now because this is their last hurrah where they can enjoy this sort of numeric and strategic equilibrium."

Don't be so sure that this is their death rattle. The Republican project to consolidate and entrench permanent minority power is actually working out quite well for them.

People have to wake up and realize that a despotic power grab is underway. Republicans want to achieve PERMANENT POWER. You think this racist shit is bad? I'm willing to be it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better. The party is facing an existential threat and will do ANYTHING to preserve itself.

can we lock them all in a room together and not open it back up until after the election?

I agree with everything George Conway says in this Washington Post op-ed. But how can he be married to Kellyanne Conway if he truly believes these things? What's the deal with that marriage?

[quote] But Sunday left no doubt. Naivete, resentment and outright racism, roiled in a toxic mix, have given us a racist president. Trump could have used vile slurs, including the vilest of them all, and the intent and effect would have been no less clear. Telling four non-white members of Congress — American citizens all, three natural-born — to “go back” to the “countries” they “originally came from”? That’s racist to the core.

[quote] What’s just as bad, though, is the virtual silence from Republican leaders and officeholders. They’re silent not because they agree with Trump. Surely they know better. They’re silent because, knowing that he’s incorrigible, they have inured themselves to his wild statements; because, knowing that he’s a fool, they don’t really take his words seriously and pretend that others shouldn’t, either; because, knowing how damaging Trump’s words are, the Republicans don’t want to give succor to their political enemies; because, knowing how vindictive, stubborn and obtusely self-destructive Trump is, they fear his wrath.

How the hell do you fight stupidity?

CBS: Trump supporters on inflammatory tweets: "That's why I voted for him"

I have a friend who knows George Conway. Apparently, he (Conway) absolutely loves his wife and is stuck with her having a shitty job. She feels that she has been passed over for her whole career and this is her one and only chance. I suspect their kids are going to be a total mess, especially once the Trump legacy ultimately gets kicked to the curb.

[quote]having a shitty job

Cleaning toilets is a shitty job. Manually stimulating an elephant's prostate is a shitty job. Vegas hotel maid is a shitty job. Kelly Ann is doing the devil's work and getting good money for it. She sold her soul at the expense of the American people. Fuck her. And fuck George for sticking his dick in that nutjob.

Rick Wilson:

I sent a currently serving Republican member of Congress a text message begging him to put Trump on blast. He responded with the date of his state's primary filing deadline plus one day.

That is the Trump Republican Party in the most perfect, shitty nutshell.

Agree r205 not a tear for both shitty complicit horrific Conways. They are setting ground work to be the next mary matlin and james carville. Guarantee they have the pitch proposal for a conway & conway show written up for CNN. F- them and everyone rlse using this horrorshow for their own personal gain.

Have Diamond and Silk weighed in?

Not since the last time when they blew the scale to smithereens.

R204, did they say if she hates Trump or not?

[quote] Washington Post: Trump answers racism accusation with a charge of his own: anti-Semitism

Trump who hired Neo-Nazis and defends them.

[quotes]Vegas hotel maid is a shitty job.

Literally, one hears.

Kellyanne like the rest will have Trump stank on them, hopefully it doesn't rub off after she writes the tell-all either. She'll make her money, doesn't care. This also kind of seems like a distraction from the debt ceiling increase they are going to have to do because the country can't afford to pay for their stupid tax cuts.

NBC News: “What’s your ethnicity?” Kellyanne Conway asks a reporter when the reporter asks her about the intent of the president’s tweets.

“A lot of us are sick and tired of this country – of America coming last, to people who swore an oath of office.”

The Hill: Conway: Progressive congresswomen represent 'dark underbelly in this country'

Newsweek: Top Republicans Blame 'Socialist Colleagues' To Defend Trump's Racist Tweets

"Dark" underbelly LOL

[quote] She slammed the first-term lawmakers for being the only four Democrats to vote against a border funding package that included humanitarian aid to address the influx of migrants.

She's absolutely right here. Surprised that more people aren't outraged by this.

A reporter asked Mitch McConnell if it would be racist if someone told his wife, Elaine Chao, to go back to where she came from. Lol.

Where does this fat Sauerkraut get off thinking he's some true original American? He's not exactly one of the pioneers.

For those who only know AOC through the President's tweets, the following short clip shows her as intelligent and well-spoken - which is not the impression left by the Republican's tweets

The First Hooker needs to be sent back to where she came from!

Yeah, r221, she's not that intelligent. She's awful when pushed to explain her positions during interviews.

Conway, slightly better at using "acceptable" racist language than Trump, used "dark element" and "dark underbelly" to describe the four congresswomen in her presser, before trying to get the reporter to agree to accept her excuse that people BORN IN AMERICA think of the countries their ancestors emigrated from as "their countries". . Accidental choices of words? I think not. She is as disgusting as Trump - not that I think she is as racist, but because she is trying to defend him and doubling down.

none of these 4 would have won if it hadn't been for Trump being in office. Unfortunately it makes it look bad for women and diversity because they can't control themselves. Others who may have followed are out of luck

R223 Exactly. She talks incessantly about conditions at the border yet voted against humanitarian aid. That tells you all you need to know about her intelligence.

[quote] none of these 4 would have won if it hadn't been for Trump being in office.

Well, it definitely didn't help that the media has been fawning over her ever since she got elected.

Trump was dumb to give these women more of a platform.

R227 Should read before she got elected but the coverage of her on Fox and CNN has been nauseating. You would think that her and her squad are much more important than they are.

R228, Trump is an idiot. Period. A very low IQ person voted into office by other low IQ people.

Not really, r228. What he's done is to make 2020 about AOC and she's not so popular in the middle of the country.

Donald Trump commits a crime-a-minute!!!

SO SICK OF THIS FUCKING HYPOCRITE!!!

#LockHimUp

Kellyanne’s “dark underbelly” comments were clearly a racist dogwhistle, and the bitch needs to be called out on it.

r227 that would be because of her big mouth, it makes people watch her.

r226 is falling for the propaganda of the right wing. The package that the house voted for in the end was NOT "humanitarian" aid. It was a general funding package for the border crisis, which DID include some funding for detention centers, but which left out all the previous House versions which had included oversight provisions from congress and language that excluded the President from appropriating some of the money for more wall building. It also included money for ICE which could be used for more raids, more deportations, more family separations, etc. The Senate played hardball with the House Dems, and won, because of the time constraints of the upcoming recess. These 4 members voted against it BECAUSE it was a bad bill, not because they are against humanitarian aid for detained children. There is nothing in the new bill for instance, which makes the many private detention centers the President has contracted out to for allowing congresspeople in to see the conditions inside. We already know from other reporting that conditions are miserable, but there is ZERO accountability under this new bill. Don't fall for the Kelly Conway/ FOX news version of events, because every time you do so, you will be believing a lie.

4 Republicans in the House have have now criticized Trump's racist comments:

• Rep. Hurd (TX)

• Rep. Upton (MI)

• Rep. Fitzpatrick (PA)

• Rep. Brooks (IN)

Those 4 Republicans voted with the Democrats in the House today to condemn Trump's comments.

"Unfortunately it makes it look bad for women and diversity because they can't control themselves. Others who may have followed are out of luck."

Hey asshole @R225: take your head out of your prolapsed asshole. If you do, you'll notice the current occupant of the White House for the last 2+ years isn't exactly a model of self-control. If the moron Trump can't manage a modicum of self control, why the fuck should anyone else be a paragon of virtue and temperance. Double standard much?

R10, most people in the Midwest don't know who AOC is. Try again.

The freepers who go on and on about AOC and co reminds me of how Republicans tried to scare people with the threat of Nancy Pelosi becoming speaker...turns out the average person didn't know who she was back then. Oops. Most people aren't political insiders and barely follow the news.

^^ I love those cartoonists!

Ha! Republicans' true [racist] colors are really coming out this year. Not that they ever weren't racist, but they used to manage to keep it simmering under the cauldron lid. Now the lid is gone, and it's just one big splashy, bubbling mess.

Justin Amash:

If you’re a Republican, please ask yourself if the party really represents your principles and values. You don’t need to become a Democrat. Simply stand up for what is right. America’s tradition of liberty is beautiful, and it depends on our love and respect for one another.

Those idiot Republican bitches in that focus group with Randi Kay on AC360 tonight are an embarrassment to this country.

*tradition of liberty"?? @247😂😂

Okay, let's look at this. Does anyone not think that this entire strategy was hatched last weekend at the White House conference of far right-wing Nazis ? Trump is going to run against AOC and make her and her ideals the centerpiece of his campaign by labeling all Democrats socialists. By attacking these four women, he is banking on the Dems uniting behind them; he can then say " The Democrats hate America; they stand for socialism and anti-Semitism. By continuing to focus on Trump's racism ( which he doesn't care about), he figures that the Dems will back themselves into a corner. Pelosi knows this, but can't seem to control the adolescents who are the target of Trump's tweets. Mayor Pete is correct - the Dems will never win by playing his game; they must focus on their vision for America. Unfortunately, most are playing right into his hands..and he knows it. The man isn't stupid when it comes to manipulation of crowds and opinions. get used to it - " Democrats hate America."

Healthcare will be Trump's undoing in 2020 Regular folks' economy is tied to that issue. Stock market not withstanding.... Trump ramps up the racism in the summer months when people are lounging about. Israel and Nazism aren't important to regular folk in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare!

Healthcare will be Trump's undoing in 2020 Regular folks' economy is tied to that issue. Stock market not withstanding.... Trump ramps up the racism in the summer months when people are lounging about. Israel and Nazism aren't important to regular folk in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare!

Bingo! Healthcare, jobs, and broken promises. But, the Dems can't get out of their own way, making reacting to what he says their chief concern. Fuck the socialists; the only person with a chance is a moderate.

It's Biden R253. Buttigieg is pretty moderate too, but his candidacy wouldn't play as good in Erie, Pennsylvania as say Joe Biden.

If nothing else, this thread highlights the shameful hypocrisy and double standard in politics, the meda (and on DL).

White racism: BAD!

POC anti-Jewish bigotry and hatred: Ummmmmm, ummmmmm, well, uhhhhhhh

^^^ media ^^^

Nominating Biden is going to turn out to be a huge mistake for Democrats.

Nominating Sanders, Harris, or Warren would be worse.

During the run up to the mid-term election, Trump screeched daily about caravans of evil heinous brown-skinned criminals and rapist heading to the border to destroy our way of life.

The Democrats smoked the opposition with the largest mid-term victory margin in history.

But sure, he’s strategerizing a highly complex 3D re-election campaign that’ll getter done in Alabama and Mississippi and other locations heavily populated with bigots and troglodytes.

[quote] By attacking these four women, he is banking on the Dems uniting behind them; he can then say " The Democrats hate America; they stand for socialism and anti-Semitism. By continuing to focus on Trump's racism ( which he doesn't care about), he figures that the Dems will back themselves into a corner.

And don't forget the media and how they play into all of this. If Trump continues to attack AOC and the "squad," the media will continue to focus on them as well, making it seem as if the Democratic Party is all about these 4 congresswomen. Ever since Trump's tweets over the weekend, this is nearly all that the media has talked about. News about the Democratic candidates has been pushed aside.

This is going to be a repeat of 2016, when the media focused all of their attention on the Trump outrage of the day, making it difficult for Hillary (or any of Trump's GOP primary challengers) to break through. Whoever the Democratic nominee is for 2020, they need to seize the media narrative away from Trump. If the media focuses on how great Trump is, we lose. But if the media focuses on how terrible Trump is, we ALSO lose. We need to get the media to stop its fixation on all things Trump and focus on the Democratic nominee and the Democrats' plans for the future.

I’m kind of sick of all of them to be honest. I liked Pressley because she seemed like the most serious when it comes to getting things done and wasn’t an attention junkie like the other three. Plus, she’s an impressive inquisitor when it comes to asking questions of the endless parade of freaks that come before the House committees that she’s on. Talib sounds like an idiot most of the time. AOC’s Chief of Staff is running more than her office. Google him and be prepared to be enlightened.

R260, Trump also succeeded in distracting the media's attention away from the allegations in the Epstein indictment that he and Epstein raped a 13-year old girl.

Agree about Pressley R261. I think she’ll be President some day.

Trump’s Tweets Prove That He Is a Raging Racist

"White people and whiteness are the center of the Trump presidency. His primary concern is to defend, protect and promote it,". "All that threatens it must be attacked and assaulted."

by Charles Blow, NYT

R260, yes. The media tells us where to look and what to think about what they’ve showed us.

This is like a staged street fight that distracts the crowd while pickpockets do their work.

Everyone knows he's a racist. Stop telling us and report on something worthwhile. This is unimportant.

here's AOC's chief of staff. This looks like Trump and Bannon but on the democratic side

"Hi there. We want to create prisons for babies and we're treating them like chattel but why didn't you vote to give us money to treat them mildly better???"

[quote]Trump Tells The Gang of 4 POC Congresswomen To Go Back to the Countries They Cane From

Interesting that a headline that is seemingly critical of cheeto, uses disparaging language to describe the congresswomen.

Either, people don't know who The Gang of Four were and their role in the Cultural Revolution (and it's aftermath) or it's meant begin to create a negative connection to their counterparts' historical activities by first getting control of aspects of the communist party, then being convicted of treason.

An interesting connection to begin to forge.

Can't wait ! More Booker, more Booker !

AP: Trump voters cringe and shrug at tweets while Democrats rage

R267, exactly. Two sides of the same coin.

People go ballistic if you point that out.

[quote] [R267], exactly. Two sides of the same coin. People go ballistic if you point that out.

Go ahead and try to explain that. Calling out racism is exactly the same as being a racist?

Did you even read the article or do you doubt it because it’s the New York Post, r273? Why did he delete the tweet if he wasn’t implying that Pelosi has a problem with the younger members due to their ethnicity and race and not that they think they know everything and constantly challenge leadership for no reason other than it gets them publicity? What have any of them THEY done for their constituents since arriving in Washington? I live in New York and I can tell you that AOC spends a lot of time getting her picture taken. Google her COS and you will find other articles written in more acceptable publications that mirror what is written in the NY Post.

AOC is a puppet of Saikat Chakrabarti . It is he who has come up with everything AOC has proposed.

But this is common in politics.

And I am not saying that all of those ideas are bad.

You missed my point, maryprankster. Here it is again. Calling out racism is not the same as being racist. I read what Chakrabarti did. He called out what he perceived as racism. Trump is a racist. Chakrabarti calling out racism is in no way equivalent to Trump being a racist.

I’d say it’s ALARMING when a freshman Representative allows her COS to set the tone AND attack senior members of her own party and the leadership in particular. It’s evident that he’s the puppet master pulling her strings to promote his own political agenda, r275. Do you think the people in her district would have sent her to Washington if they knew that she is no different than any other self-serving politician? Sorry, but she’s going to learn the hard way that you don’t fuck over the people who know more than you and who are in a position to help you. I don’t know who thought it was a good idea to label them “the Squad” but that shit is beyond juvenile and will come back to bite them in the ass.

Yes, we can all see how very much CONCERNed you are, Maryprankster.

Concerned because AOC and her handler are not in the least bit interested in defeating Trump. It’s right there in that Politico article. Mock away, r278. It’s all you got.

[quote] It’s all you got.

No, I've got the false equivalency of Trump's racism and Chakrabarti's calling out racism.

I've got a lot of bullshit about Chakrabarti being a puppet master, as if AOC doesn't have a brain of her own.

I've got you being reaaally concerned for her district.

I've got you saying calling this group "The Squad" is juvenile and will bite them in the ass when you don't have a clue who called them that.

So, yeah, I've got stuff.

New RNC ad focuses on "The Squad."

ALERT: The link at R281 goes to the GOP YouTube page. I didn't realize that when I posted it. I'm looking for a non-right wing source but can't find one at the moment.

Former Texas judge leaves GOP over Trump

Elsa Alcala, a former Republican judge who once sat on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, said Monday that she has decided to leave the Republican Party after decades, citing President Trump’s “racism,” the Austin American-Statesman reports.

In a post shared from the retired judge’s Facebook page that has been gaining traction online, Alcala wrote, “It has taken me years to say this publicly but here I go. President Trump is the worst president in the history of this country.”

“Even accepting that Trump has had some successes — and I believe these are few — at his core, his ideology is racism. To me, nothing positive about him could absolve him of his rotten core,” the post continued.

R283, good for her. Looks like people really are #WalkingAway from the toxic GOP.

Fox's constant hammering on the subject of AOC has given Boomers brain poisoning about her - even ones who don't watch Fox. They must pick it up at the retirement home. I'm one of AOC's constituents and I think she's doing fine - a lot better than her predecessor, who was a lot more interested in DC power games than his district.

CBS: Pelosi says resolution condemning Trump tweets was "gentle"

When asked what kind of message she believed the vote would send to Mr. Trump, Pelosi noted that the vote was a resolution in the House only and did not require passage in the Senate or the president's signature. She also said that the resolution criticized Mr. Trump in a "gentle way," as only his words were condemned, not his person.

"That was as gentle as it could be considering the inappropriateness and the disgusting nature of what the president said," Pelosi said.

Pelosi needs to keep calling Trump “disgusting”, and Kamala Harris should start saying it everywhere too.

Let's start calling him deplorable, too. See how great that worked for me!

R273, assuming you know what “two sides of the same coin” means.

Both AOC and DJT are puppets of people who are MUCH smarter than they are. They are loudmouths (which is something their followers love) and attention whores. They spew extremist rhetoric tailored to appeal to extremist idiots at their end of the spectrum. One’s a lefty and one’s a righty.

I thought the proper term to use was "squad" now?

r289 You're completely right. I remember so well when AOC walked down a stairway in Queens and said, "All white people are racists and murderers, and I suppose a few of them are decent people". I remember when she got in front of a camera and said "all European countries are shitholes". I remember when she said "why can't we get good immigrants from Latin America instead of criminals from Norway". I remember when she said........oh, wait, she's never said anything remotely like any of that, and yet you felt compelled to make an exact equivalency between her speech and behavior and that of DJT. Are you always that stupid?

Trump is on coke in this tape. As a former bouncer I've seen it a million times.

Racism, the Achilles heel of America, being used by Trump to set the terms of national discourse. Trump wins.

You wish, cunt R295. Go choke on some poisoned vodka, Whorelana.

[quote] R271: ... (man on the street) said the uproar over Trump's tweet is a distraction and his detractors are "just playing politics."

I was just writing about this on Quora. “That’s just politics” is one of the things the Fascists say when they get caught saying something indefensible. It goes along with “whataboutism”. But it really is a get out of jail free card to excuse anything. If you ask a Deplorable what they mean by this, they usually get pretty pissed, because they’re typically just repeating something they heard, and really don’t know what they, themselves, mean by what they have just said.

[quote] R276: Calling out racism is not the same as being racist.

I recently heard my Deplorable brother refer to the “haters” on the Left. This bothers me because he should know that I support the Dems and that this personally offends me. The Deplorables simply can’t keep their mouths shut. But secondly, the Right hates people for who they are: brown, black, gay, immigrants, Muslims, and so forth. The Left hates people, to the extent that they do, because of their actions. That’s a huge difference. I avoid him now because he can’t keep his opinion to himself. Plus, his opinions aren’t even based in reality, so it’s frustrating.

I see the same thing in R276’s statement.

[quote] “America, Love it or Leave It.”

This was a Right wing trope from the 1960s. It was a way to try to stifle the social changes we were going through. Particularly for equal rights based on race, gender, and sexual orientation. It was really scary for older, conservative folks. They could not understand that wanting to make a “more perfect union” did not mean you “hated” your country.

Public protest is an American tradition. To “love” your country is great, and that does not mean to believe it to be flawless. I think Trump knows this and he’s just using this trope to manipulate his utterly stupid followers.

NYT:

House GOP leaders raised the "send her back" chant at breakfast with VP Pence this morning & cautioned, "we cannot be defined by this," per Rep. Mark Walker, who called it "something that we want to address early" before it becomes a campaign staple like "lock her up"

WaPo:

Trump said he disavows "send her back" chant last night about Rep. Ilhan Omar. "I was not happy with it. I disagree with it," he said. He was the first person to suggest she "go back" in a Sunday tweet.

They'll be embracing this in about 2 days.

Dems should counter with pictures of Elaine Chao and Melania when the Deplorables are rallying.

R301: Trump says “very strongly” that he doesn’t like that chant.

You could say that he’s not a fan. And say it very strongly.

[quote]Trump said he disavows "send her back" chant last night about Rep. Ilhan Omar. "I was not happy with it. I disagree with it," he said. He was the first person to suggest she "go back" in a Sunday tweet.

You know there's a huge difference between encouraging someone to go somewhere and forcibly removing them, which the chant last night implied.

[quote] You know there's a huge difference between encouraging someone to go somewhere and forcibly removing them, which the chant last night implied.

The chant was the logical result of the tweet. There is not a huge difference between Trump's tweet and last night's chant. And you know it. Anyone with any basic sense of decency knows it.

USA Today: AOC to DHS chief: Border agents shared 'images of my violent rape' in secret Facebook group

Politico: Trump accuses media of siding with freshman congresswomen in 'sick partnership'

God, this country is so fucked. Maybe I'll hitch a ride to Area 51 and see if the aliens will me with them.

"Kellyann, send an email to the four twats asking if they'd like to make some extra money. Melania and I are having a dinner party next weekend. We're having everyone from the Israel embassy for a state dinner. Let them know I'd pay them $ 15. an hour to serve plus carfare. "

Trump never said "go back to the countries"

"Son of a bitch is trying to show me up by offering to pay them $ 15. per hour !!!"

r310, when "go back where they came from" is preceded by "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe," it is implied.

[quote] Trump never said "go back to the countries"

Of course he did. Trump's tweet said that they "came from [bold] countries [/bold] whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe," and then said they should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." Then he said that "Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements"

Deplorables are now claiming that "the places from which they came" actually means the districts they represent, as if Trump was suggesting that Omar should go back to Minneapolis. But let's look at this logically:

1. Since Trump specifically said "came from countries" at the start of his tweet, how could "places from which they came" in the same tweet mean anything other than countries?

2. If "places from which they came" means their home districts, is Trump implying that Minneapolis, where Omar is from, is a "totally broken and crime infested place"?

3. If Trump meant their home districts, why would Pelosi step in to work out free travel arrangements? Congressmen and women go back to their home districts all the time. It's really not that hard or expensive to fly between U.S. cities.

4. Omar actually DID go back to Minneapolis yesterday (and got a warm welcome). So I guess that will satisfy Trump and his supporters, right? I guess we won't be hearing any more criticism of Omar from them, right?

Don't sweat it, R313. They know damn well what he said and what he meant, just as we all do. They'll try to explain this away just as they've tried to explain away all of his other intemperate observations and unhinged rants. It's becoming less and less effective.

I think he earlier said he tried to stop the chant. Now he’s doubling down on it.

The man has no filter. We really need a recall option.

The House needs to impeach.

And then it needs to go to the Senate. And the moderate Republicans like that cunt Susan Collins are gonna be forced to make a choice.

So one of the four Reps said something about working for min wage, which at one point, she called garbage. She did not call the country garbage. Turnip is deliberately conflating things and misleading (lying, again) people. Big surprise, right? I can’t understand how people can stand this.

[quote] And the moderate Republicans like that cunt Susan Collins are gonna be forced to make a choice.

I can tell you the choice she'd make. Save you a heck of a lot of time...

Yeah, but r318, she'll be "concerned," so that will make the difference.

She needs to be on record in support of a rapist and a racist. Bye bitch.

Susan Collins has taken a huge hit in approval in Maine this year.

Down to only 45% approval in this week's Senator approval rankings from Morning Consult:

SUSAN COLLINS:

> "net slide of 16 points from earlier in the year"

> "the biggest decline of anyone in the Senate"

> 46% of independents disapprove (a critical voting bloc in Maine)

There is not a big enough Nelson Haha image for the news at R321.

Wow, people really don’t see how AOC is an extremist? Did everyone forget what she said about cauliflower? People like her because she says things the other Democrats won’t say. People are mad at PELOSI because she’s not as outspoken as AOC. She’s got no experience in politics, she’s a breath of fresh air, she says what other politicians are afraid to say, she’s not afraid of attacking people head-on, she tweets heedlessly and nonstop.

You really don’t see how she’s the left’s Trump? Oh my god.

Trump lashed out at the Mayor of London again today, quoting right-wing nut Katie Hopkins:

[quote]With the incompetent Mayor of London, you will never have safe streets!

[quote]You really don’t see how she’s the left’s Trump?

Probably because she's not "the left's Trump." The fact that you are pretending she is tells us all we need to know about you and about your agenda.

r323 I'm quoting what I wrote far up thread: "I remember so well when AOC walked down a stairway in Queens and said, "All white people are racists and murderers, and I suppose a few of them are decent people". I remember when she got in front of a camera and said "all European countries are shitholes". I remember when she said "why can't we get good immigrants from Latin America instead of criminals from Norway". I remember when she said........oh, wait, she's never said anything remotely like any of that, and yet you felt compelled to make an exact equivalency between her speech and behavior and that of DJT. Are you always that stupid?"

And I will continue to quote myself every time I read one of these equivalency posts. "She's just like DJT". BULLSHIT. She's young, she sometimes speaks without thinking through all the ramifications of what she's saying, but she is no Donald Trump. Moreover, she is addressing the concerns that have been voiced for years, that the Democratic party pays lip service to the communities of color in this country and relies on their votes without delivering that much. Not that the Republican party is going to poach many voters of color now, but in my opinion, it's healthy to have some voices from that community identifying as Democrat and forcing the establishment of the party to articulate how their policies are actually going to benefit that community.

The Hill: Trump doubles down, says progressive congresswomen 'should apologize to America'

CBS: Pence: Trump "might make an effort" to stop "send her back" chants

Trump's behavior is appalling. Not only does he engage in personal attacks against his American opponents to an extent that no other President has, but he also attacks foreign politicians in other countries. I can't remember a President ever getting into fights with the Mayor of London before.

[quote] R323: You really don’t see how she’s the left’s Trump? Oh my god

But AOC is powerless.

This is all oral flatulence from Trump to cover up for his failed counter programming last Wednesday.

He held the his Hate Rally to counter program the Mueller testimony which was postponed. He has had to gin up his hate the POC Congresswomen much longer than anticipated.

They are being used as noise.

Trump attacks the mayor of London at the same time that we may want to back up the UK with their Iran conflict. It’s obscene.

R326

Why you sound just as 'angry' as AOC. BTW, you sounds rather typical.

the media is giving AOC power

Tim Wise, who helped defeat David Duke when he ran for office in Louisiana in the 1990's, wrote a 30-tweet series to the Democrats today on how to deal with Trump:

WGN9 Chicago:

Illinois GOP group removes post calling congresswomen ‘Jihad Squad’

Washington Post:

Republicans spent the week being asked about racism. Their definitions of it were all over the map.

[quote]Republicans spent the week being asked about racism. Their definitions of it were all over the map.

Exacty like Dems and their "all over the map" responses to bigotry. At least those who weren't shamefully defending the Gang of Cunts.

Oh I love it when the decent, God-loving Republicans of America chime in.

Oh I love it when "progressive" bigots and hypocrites never look in a mirror for fear of shattering it.

My guess is that your dislike of AOC is nuanced and well thought-out and not just "that cunt needs to shut the fuck up!!" I can't wait to hear it all.

The Hill: Trump attacks 'the Squad' as 'racist group of troublemakers'

NBC:

Louisiana police officer fired after suggesting AOC should be shot

L.A. Daily News:

Republicans hoping to win LA-area House seat tread lightly on ‘go back’ controversy

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