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True Blue American
(17,984 posts)With a fake, orange combover.
malaise
(268,958 posts)<snip>
Its not hard to see whats going on here. The congressman has been a thorn in this presidents side, and Mr. Trump sees attacking African American members of Congress as good politics, as it both warms the cockles of the white supremacists who love him and causes so many of the thoughtful people who dont to scream. President Trump bad-mouthed Baltimore in order to make a point that the border camps are clean, efficient & well run," which, of course, they are not unless you are fine with all the overcrowding, squalor, cages and deprivation to be found in what the Department of Homeland Securitys own inspector-general recently called a ticking time bomb."
In pointing to the 7th, the president wasnt hoping his supporters would recognize landmarks like Johns Hopkins Hospital, perhaps the nations leading medical center. He wasnt conjuring images of the U.S. Social Security Administration, where they write the checks that so many retired and disabled Americans depend upon. It wasnt about the beauty of the Inner Harbor or the proud history of Fort McHenry. And it surely wasnt about the economic standing of a district where the median income is actually above the national average. No, he was returning to an old standby of attacking an African American lawmaker from a majority black district on the most emotional and bigoted of arguments. It was only surprising that there wasnt room for a few classic phrases like you people or welfare queens or crime-ridden ghettos or a suggestion that the congressman go back to where he came from.
Finally, while we would not sink to name-calling in the Trumpian manner or ruefully point out that he failed to spell the congressmans name correctly (its Cummings, not Cumming) we would tell the most dishonest man to ever occupy the Oval Office, the mocker of war heroes, the gleeful grabber of womens private parts, the serial bankrupter of businesses, the useful idiot of Vladimir Putin and the guy who insisted there are good people among murderous neo-Nazis that hes still not fooling most Americans into believing hes even slightly competent in his current post. Or that he possesses a scintilla of integrity. Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)To the push back at Trump.
He may think he has a winning hand, but not all white people want him to attack one the the nicest, revered men in the House. The Mayor and others are fighting back.
Outrage is growing.
watoos
(7,142 posts)before calling an exterminator. Those rats may be Miller's pets.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)in Willard II.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)and quite a few of the other's who work with them. You can add Kelly, Bolton, probably quite a few others. Maybe all of them.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)MontanaMama
(23,313 posts)with KFC and our problem could be solved.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Refusing to bring to a vote a bill to protect our elections from putin. A traitor with trumpski, who both will have legacy's that'll show that forever.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)Moscow Mitch McConnell:
1. Knew Russia was interfering before the 2016 election and actively worked to prevent the public from being informed.
2. Knew the NRA was laundering Russian money but took millions for his campaign.
3. Actively worked to remove sanctions from Derapaska's companies.
4. Is taking money from Derapaska's companies.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)are way to small to catch the REAL rat infestation in the WH.