Trump pushes questions on Harris’s race: ‘I think I was right’
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The former president also referred to Kamala Harris as a “bitch” in private, according to a report
    • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Casual racism is what laid the foundation of his cult. He stoked the flames for 8 years with an obsession when Obama hurt his fee-fees at a correspondents dinner and he’s been riding on that wave this whole time

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    It’s a dog whistle. He just wants to constantly remind his racist cult that she’s black, so they won’t focus on him being senile, belligerent, and stupid.

    • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      let him spend his energy on people who will anyways vote republicans no matter what even if he is 105 years old

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The human race is an unscientific way of saying single species of human called homosapiens. There aren’t more, just us multicolored assholes. Now replace “race” with the real thing… “Trumpfus persists in insulting Harris by calling her a fake black person as his campaign flounders since shooting: 'I think I’m fucking racist”

    In added fucking. He didn’t say fucking.

  • t�m@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    In his mind biracial doesn’t exist so he’ll keep going; one day it’ll stop just not today.

    • Soulg@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      His mind also can’t admit he made a mistake. That quote is just way too perfect “I think I was right”

  • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Trump has also fielded calls from donors who are upset about his running mate, JD Vance, and the Ohio senator’s previous comments including referring to Harris as a ‘childless cat lady.”

    Trump dismissed calls for Vance to be replaced on the ticket, but he also asked advisers if they were aware of the comments before Vance was selected.

    At the Hamptons dinner, Trump also downplayed the Democrats’ strategy of painting the GOP as “weird.”

    “Not about me. They’re saying that about JD,” Trump said, according to the Times.

    Oof. Incredible lack of self-awareness while also throwing your running mate under the bus lol

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
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        6 months ago

        If by “genuinely thinks” you mean “is in denial”, sure. It’s not so much a matter of believing it or not, he just says what he wants to be true, simple as.

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I feel like it was the kind of thing that worked better before articles were written about it and then literally every article and comment since then has included the word.

      Openly talking about it as a strategy feels like it’s turning it into our version of “Let’s Go Brandon” in a way.

      • machinin@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        I thought the same thing, but it has sparked a huge discussion about if the word “weird” is a good label for Trump, Vance, and the most fervent MAGA supporters. When you’re fighting a cult, I have a feeling it works.

        • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Fair point, I see where you are coming from. This is definitely one of those “I’d rather be wrong” opinions on my end.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Oof. Incredible lack of self-awareness while also throwing your running mate under the bus lol

      Trump whipped a violent mob into a frenzy ready to actually lynch his last running mate. JD just needs to look at Pence to see what his own future holds.

      • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        If they win, they are going to 25th Ammendment Trump. Then it will be Peter Thiels puppet in charge.

        Make no mistake about it.

        • barsquid@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          It would be funny to see Donald stroke out with rage from that. But it would be even funnier to see him stroke out with rage if he is defeated by a black woman. Also it wouldn’t be a fascist dictatorship, so I’d greatly prefer the latter.

  • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. Will you walk out of the air, my lord?

    ~ Lord Polonius

  • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    Lmao does anyone else remember the shooting? Everyone seemed so convinced his win was in the bag after that “iconic” photo. Now it’s a big whatever.

    • pyre@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      that’s one of the reasons why the dropout was a good idea. it came so soon after the shooting and made such waves that it completely drowned the shooting.

      it helps that a. he didn’t really get hurt and b. he’s super unpopular, so the reaction from people who weren’t already in the maga cult ranged from “don’t give a shit” to “you had one job”.

      i think he’s super demoralized so he doesn’t even feel like campaigning. the press conference was probably people around him telling him that Harris has been dominating the media and getting ahead in the polls so he had to show his orange mug before people completely forgot about him (ah, we should be so lucky).

      mind that one of the factors in 2016 was that he was so outrageous that he got billions of dollars worth of free advertising. now people are talking about Harris, walz and couches.

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Not even Donald’s ear remembers the shooting. It was back to regular condition just days later.

      • ngwoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I remember insiders saying that he was scared he’d get shot even before it happened. Wouldn’t be surprised.

    • aesthelete@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Joe leaving the race effectively wiped out anything from that event. Trump for once is the victim of the mass adhd that is our current media and cultural environment. I myself have forgotten several times that he was even shot at, and he’s not good at keeping it front and center in anyone’s mind either.