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kpete

(72,145 posts)
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 10:57 AM Jan 2021

Charles Pierce: "Amen" is Hebrew, Sluggo. Lawyer up.

Donald Trump Jr.

The prayer to open the 117th congress ended with “amen and a-woman.”

Amen means “So Be It” in Latin.

It isn’t a gendered word but that didn’t stop them from being insane.

Is this what you voted for?



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Charles Pierce: "Amen" is Hebrew, Sluggo. Lawyer up. (Original Post) kpete Jan 2021 OP
If this is true, I'm sure it was done tongue-in-cheek. LuvNewcastle Jan 2021 #1
He apparently got it from this guy and posted without attribution: Tanuki Jan 2021 #5
OFFS. People have been doing that for decades. nolabear Jan 2021 #2
Well, he didn't get it from Google. Hugin Jan 2021 #3
Woman Amen Tanuki Jan 2021 #4

nolabear

(42,059 posts)
2. OFFS. People have been doing that for decades.
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 11:09 AM
Jan 2021

It’s a smile and a nod to including women. Fuck off, Junior.

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