Just read the actual comment that was said in reagrds to Barron

[brettdale]

WTF????????????

It wasnt even about Barron??? And the right has gone nuts????????

Seriously?????

Im guessing this will dominate Faux news for the next two weeks.

How the FUCKIN HELL was this making fun of a child????????

[lame54]

1. it doesn't matter...

she was a great witness but I cringed the second she said it

simultaneously EVERY repug got a woody

we are far from hearing the end of this

[maxsolomon]

2. The entire inquiry is ruined.

We might as well just appoint him President for Life.

[handmade34]

3. "very angry and...biased public pandering"??

Karlan was correct in apologizing although I wish she didn't have to... but... she was NOT angry or public pandering

[dawg day]

4. They'll use any chance to act all horrified and butthurt.

As if Trump every day doesn't say and do horribly insulting things.

Not to mention caging children at the border, and now endangering free lunch for many schoolchildren.

But "little" Barron's supposed hurt feelings (he's a teenager... he probably thought it was cool) are worth so much more because he's the little princeling (that Trump always forgets about, but no matter).

[Skittles]

24. meanwhile, she is fine with kids separated from their parents

she makes me sick

[Cosmocat]

37. Right

Decades of them losing their minds over a "war on Christmas." Outrage is the air they breath.

[riversedge]

5. we'll NEVER hear the end of this.

[AncientGeezer]

6. The Professor said it was about the kid....

"I want to apologize for what I said earlier about the president's son. It was wrong of me to do that. I wish the president would apologize, obviously, for the things that he's done that's wrong, but I do regret having said that,"

She said..and I quote....“While the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron,”

[malaise]

12. The Con is still going to be impeached n/t

[AncientGeezer]

22. No doubt...but the Senate will do as they did with POTUS Clinton.

[Atticus]

13. That sentence that you quote---what is the subject of that sentence? "the president", right?

The sentence mentioned Barron, but it was "about" "the president".

Why do you continue to agree with bogus RW talking points?

[AncientGeezer]

14. She said this in her apology...seems clear to me.."about the presidents son"

"I want to apologize for what I said earlier ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S SON. It was wrong of me to do that. I wish the president would apologize, obviously, for the things that he's done that's wrong, but I do regret having said that,"

What part of "about the presidents son" escapes you?

[Atticus]

17. What part of this post in another thread do you not understand?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12752629

[AncientGeezer]

19. A link to you....Really? That's what...a link to You..no?

I should link to myself then...the apology from Prof. Karlan.. hmmm?

[Atticus]

23. That's the "SQUIRREL!" defense, right? OK, I understand. We're done. nt

[DeminPennswoods]

7. Doubt either parent got the joke or the pun

Most of the testimony was about how The Framers designed the Constitution to maintain a Republic and not to have a monarcy. The joke is that some off-spring of a king or queen can be a baron. Since Trump isn't a king, he can name a son Barron, but he can't make him one.

[customerserviceguy]

26. It was a cute line

but she shouldn't have gone there. I actually feel sorry for Barron Trump for many reasons, and this added one more.

[JHB]

8. "And the right has gone nuts????????" Of course they have.

It's what they do. It's all they do.

[DangerousRhythm]

9. Taken at face value, it's true...

But we all know that any small bullshit thing they get a chance to be outraged about, they’re gonna take that opportunity and be super loud about it, too. They specialize in being disingenuous. I would have made the point another way, if I were her, because clever turns of phrase are lost on the proudly stupid. 🤷🏻?♀️

[Generic Other]

34. Will we have to listen to Trump

have a fake orgasm about it at a rally?

[Blue_true]

10. The right is more active than us at blowing shit out of proportion.

I was just thinking about Trump's embarrassing waffling on the Iran demonstrators and the force used against them. He was all over the place. Remember how the right shit rocks when the Obama Administration took a few hours to figure out that Benghazi was a planned attack and not a reaction to some pinheaded asshole in Florida burning Korans? Trump has waffled for days and not one word from the right.

[H2O Man]

11. Right.

It's an orange herring, meant to distract. She was commenting on Trump's thinking.

Recommended.

[CatMor]

15. It's being blown out of proportion.....

she was not making fun of him. I find it strange they keep Barron hidden most of the time. I would think it would be quite an experience to live and grow in the White House.

[dhol82]

20. He's not living in the White House.

He’s off somewhere in the wilds of Maryland, living with his grandparents.

[CatMor]

21. I know he doesn't live in the White House ...

I was trying to make a point it might be quite an experience instead of seeming to be hidden away.

[Volaris]

27. Well she wasnt making fun of the kid, she was making fun of his old man.

And if trump cant take the heat, hes free to get his own fatass out of the kitchen at his own leisure, I sure wont complain.

This is besides the fact that, afaic, both he, and his idjit followers elected and otherwise SHOULD be mocked in public for what they've done..and as loudly and as often as possible. I'm glad the democratic majority that we elected, is finally starting to be aware of the balls we gave them BY ELECTING THEM TO SPEAK FOR US IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Yes, the kid should be off limits. But this wasnt about the kid, and anyone with half a functioning brain knows it.

Fuck Donald. And dont be too mad at mel, shes looking out for her own best interest in all this cause I'm sure if he goes to prison or dies trying, she will get to keep her nest feathered before the justice dept gets what its owed...and I cant blame her for that. I'd want that for myself too, for putting up with him all these years. As long as its 'his' money, and not done on the taxpayers dime, I dont give a shit if shes the reason he dies broke.

[lunatica]

16. So who exactly is dragging Barron into the spotlight with their outrage?

It boggles the brain doesn’t it.

I hope he’s oblivious to all this.

[ChubbyStar]

25. I hope he knows all about it and is laughing his ass off

Teenagers, when they are not being pests are pretty hip.

[napi21]

18. It's TRUE folks! DT CAN'T make him as Bsrron! I must say, anyone without a mental disease would

have laughed, and said Yeap, that's true. Of course I did specify "without a mental problem".

[Farmer-Rick]

28. Trump's Slovenian sex worker riding her canary yellow cape to rescue Trumpy Dumpy and distract

While throwing a pout rage. The two rudest, nastiest people in the world all so outraged over a perceived insult to Dumpy pretending while raging that it's about their invisible child.

Hiding Barron isn't about protecting him from publicity. It's about making her look like a young available pretty thing and not a soon to be 50 year old mother of a teenager. And Dumpy can't even remember the kid half the time.

[Ohioboy]

29. They like their fake outrage

It's about all they have right now.

[Marcuse]

30. She critiqued Barron for naming himself? Trumpian logic.

By apologizing the Professor simply took the high ground, while highlighting the president’s incapacity to do so.

[Grokenstein]

31. FAUXrage because the whole "War on Thanksgiving" squirrel flopped

They need something for the soft-skulled redhats to klan-rally around.

[brooklynite]

32. The Professor has already apologized, so trying to justify the comment is a lost cause.

[BadgerMom]

33. Is Barron he who must not be named?

I have NO interest in giving the right the time of day about this. The child’s name was mentioned. There is nothing wrong with that. Nothing derogatory was said about him. She used a clever and memorable turn of phrase to point out that we have a president, not a king. The point was well made. Let them squawk among themselves. There is no there there.

[forthemiddle]

35. It really doesn't matter how you, or I interpret the comment

It matters that it is one of the main stories on today's news shows.
This morning, I have heard the headlines of Yesterdays impeachment hearings included four law professors with opposing opinions on if the Impeachment is appropriate, with one of them invoking the Presidents childs name to justify it.

So once again, the public isn't hearing about the crimes the President may have committed, but again about this "partisan" Impeachment that even the experts can't agree upon. And the partisan witness who would dare to bring the child into it.

In the 24 hour news cycle, it is important to bring out the crimes, and not the witnesses perceived political leanings.

[cwydro]

36. I heard her say it, and of course she wasn't making fun of him.

But she did bring him up.

I loved the line, but it was a mistake.