trump attacks Kellyanne Conway's husband with racist slur

[iluvtennis]

Victoria Brownworth@VABVOX·4h
"Moonface" is a common ethnic slur for Asians, which Trump has now added to his racist repertoire with this tweet. Also, Kellyanne Conway is his most trusted and loyal advisor and has four half-Asian kids. Trump values no one and nothing.

@realDonaldTrump
....because they don’t know how to win, and their so-called Lincoln Project is a disgrace to Honest Abe. I don’t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband, Moonface, but it must have been really bad. John Weaver lost big for Kasich (to me). Crazed Rick Wilson....

Link to tweet

From wikipedia: George Conway’s father, an electrical engineer, worked for defense contractor Raytheon. His mother was an organic chemist from the Philippines. He is half-Filipino
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OK, let's see how [lying] Kellyanne will spin this statement. Guess he was being comedic.

[HarlanPepper]

1. Hmm. Have to admit I've never heard of that one.

I had no idea Conway was Asian either. I thought it was a remark about his complexion or a weight joke.

[jberryhill]

2. Tried searching for prior uses

Google has done a good job of keeping it under wraps in searches for prior usages of it.

It is most commonly used as a medical symptom:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_face

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonface

Moonface may refer to:

The iconographic tradition of depicting the Moon with a face, see Moon in culture
Moon face, a medical sign where the face swells up into a rounded shape
"Moon-Face", a short story by Jack London
Moonface, a fictional character in Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree series
Saint Walker's nickname by Kilowog in Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Bert Newton, Australian television presenter
Jason Cundy, English former association football player and Radio and Television presenter
Moonface Martin, a fictional gangster in Cole Porter's 1934 hit musical Anything Goes and the title character of a short spinoff 2008 independent film, Moonface
Moonface, a music project by Canadian musician Spencer Krug

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moon_face
Noun

1. A noticeably round face.

2. (medicine) An unnaturally round face in non-obese patients, indicative of an endocrine disease such as Cushing's syndrome.

Synonym: moon facies

[stopdiggin]

7. Thanks. I wasn't real sure on that one either.

Definitely one of his insulting and derogatory nickname efforts. So the intent was clearly ugly and lowbrow. Ethnic slur ...?

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Yeah, even in UrbanDictionary, it comes up as the forth entry, where there is even an Asian mention.

[Grins]

23. It I had to guess...

My first thought would have been two teenagers with “moon-face” looks on their faces as they look or think about their lover. Teenager stuff.

Go figure.

[la-trucker]

3. I'd guess it came from the vocabulary of Stephen Miller

[spanone]

4. He cares for no one but don.

[Celerity]

5. I have only heard moon face when used to refer to someone with a fat face

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_face

[dawg day]

10. You're probably not old enough (lucky!) to have heard all the many racial slurs of the early 20th C

Trump no doubt heard slurs like this from his racist father who came out of the time when the Klan had enormous power even in the North.

Now that he is descending into dementia, we'll probably be hearing more terms like this from him. My senile uncle -- who had never been openly racist-- started using the most terrible terms when he was losing control of his mind. It was awful because most of the kind people at the nursing home had to put up with him calling them names.

Trump's never had much in the way of inhibitions-- Noel Casler, who was a staffer on the Apprentice shows, said Trump often used racial slurs and that's why the outtake tapes are kept under wraps.
But he's obviously unable to contain himself even when-- as here-- he's insulting one of his most (gag) loyal aides (KAC). That's going to harm him, but he can't stop.

[Mike 03]

11. That's the use I'm familiar with too.

A side effect of steroids like Prednisone.

[jcgoldie]

19. And then there's the irony of doughboy fatface trump making fun of the shape of anyone's face!

unbelievable.

[COLGATE4]

6. Every time Trump hits (or surpasses) a new low

you are hit with the realization that that "new" low was only temporary, that there's really no bottom, no low to which he will not happily go in order to shame someone with whom he disagrees.

[dalton99a]

9. Kellyanne is ok with it.

Obviously.

[smirkymonkey]

12. He is always taking pot-shots at people for their physical qualities, which is why I don't feel the

slightest bit guilty about making fun of him for his hideousness, his cotton-candy piss hair, his fake orange skin, his five chins, his flabby, obese body, his sloppy suits, his anal mouth, his mushroom dick and a number of other serious pnysical flaws that he has.

[iluvtennis]

18. Ditto. nt

[RhodeIslandOne]

13. I imagine his old racist father taught him that one.

Never heard of it before.

[Boomerproud]

14. He sure is busy tweeting during "Executive Time".

After what he said this morning about Congressional Democrats wanting people dead
...no words.

[malaise]

15. Video

[MissMillie]

16. Wait a minute!!!!

Yeah, the racial slur is nasty, but he didn't leave it there.

Somehow Mr. Conway is bad, and a "loser," because..... wait for it.....

SOMETHING HIS WIFE DID!!!!!


"I don’t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband, Moonface, but it must have been really bad. "

Now, I don't think Mr. Conway is bad, but to suggest he's bad because of something his wife did to him?


Racist and SEXIST

[Hav]

17. As low as our opinions about her may be,

why would she continue working for him? This is a public humiliation for her as well.
I'm pretty sure any other boss/superior would get in serious trouble for these kind of comments. These are the kind of actions that would get you fired in any other occupation but there are no standards for the President.

I'm sure she'll be forced to leave sooner or later as her husband is working to defeat him. This will become kind of a conflict of interest.

[keithbvadu2]

20. The largest book advance of all will be for Kellyanne when she is done with Trump.

The largest book advance of all will be for Kellyanne when she is done with Trump.

She sold herself for money and fame, first with Cruz totally against Trump, and then switched over for more money and fame when Trump looked more favorable in the campaigns.

Her loyalty is for sale.

Was/is it irony when Kellyanne prostituted herself for money for Cruz or when she prostitutes herself for money for Trump?

https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2016/08/19/here-s-how-trump-s-new-campaign-manager-attacked-him-cable-news-pundit/212524

[Grins]

21. A common ethnic slur for Asians. It is?

"Moonface" is a common ethnic slur for Asians.”

Learn something new everyday! Never knew that. I need to get out more often

[jberryhill]

22. People believe anything written in a tweet

[UTUSN]

24. Odd how random his knowledge is.