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snowybirdie

(5,227 posts)
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 08:56 AM Aug 2020

They're going nuts!

This garbage appeared on a FB page I saw. These folks are desperate! Reminds me of a screaming toddler.

"Kamala touts herself to be African American 😠 What a fake. She is as African as Pocahontas Warren was Apache. Kamala’s dad is Jamaican and his dad was a Jamaican slave owner. Her mother is a Caucasian from India. Call Kamala “Jar Jar Binks”- the Jamaican character in Star Wars. Neither of her parents were a US citizen at the time of her birth. Thus she may be a so-called “anchor baby” which, some would argue disqualifies her to become president. If Biden dies, the presidency may go to speaker of the house: Pelosi."


none of this makes any sense at all.

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blue cat

(2,415 posts)
1. I knew that she'd be the one to drive them nuts
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 08:59 AM
Aug 2020

Especially how my republican family had to admit that she was pretty.

snowybirdie

(5,227 posts)
6. Because
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:20 AM
Aug 2020

I wanted to show my fellow DUes what we'll have to work against. Please don't suspect my Democratic creds. Been supporting Democrats since Truman! I stood outside a polling place at the age of five and yelled "phooy on Dewey" Mom was a Democratic polling judge.

Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)
8. If you know the attacks that will be coming from the other side, it's easier to dispute them.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:22 AM
Aug 2020

It's a good idea to be prepared to counter their talking points.

mitch96

(13,904 posts)
5. My standard answer to this bullshit is...And who has the problem here? B/C it's not me!
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:14 AM
Aug 2020

change the narrative and put them on the back foot and have them explain them selfs.
Entitled white people telling you who is black or not black enough... uff
m

thucythucy

(8,050 posts)
7. Since when did Republicans have a problem with slave owners?
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:21 AM
Aug 2020

I thought slave owners and their apologists were the GOP's go-to demographic.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
9. Keep in mind...
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:23 AM
Aug 2020

Those kinds of comments are like screaming in an echo chamber. It says a lot about the panic they are in, but who is going to be convinced by that kind of insubstantial hair on fire rambling?

The people who already think that way, (QAnon and low info) will agree wholeheartedly as if it's gospel truth, (pun intended) and the rest of us will find it totally incredulous.

People who find that non-stop spew plausible are already people in that sad batch of compromised dopes who are totally immersed in the dense jungle of their confirmation bias. The circus posters on their walls are taken for real.

malaise

(268,997 posts)
10. Don's father could not have been a Jamaican slave owner
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:24 AM
Aug 2020

Slavery was abolished in Jamaica in 1834 and kidnapped Africans were finally freed in 1838

Jarqui

(10,125 posts)
14. To nip this one in the bud (as we've been through this with Obama)
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:36 AM
Aug 2020
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/natural_born_citizen
Under the 14th Amendment's Naturalization Clause and the Supreme Court case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US. 649, anyone born on U.S. soil and subject to its jurisdiction is a natural born citizen, regardless of parental citizenship. This type of citizenship is referred to as birthright citizenship.


Kamala is eligible to become President
But the birther garbage is underway ...

RAB910

(3,501 posts)
15. Republicans and racists are a special kind of stupid
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:43 AM
Aug 2020

Kamela's grandfather couldn't possibly have been a slave owner. Jamaica banned slavery in 1834. At best her grandfather would have been born 50 years after slavery had been ended

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
18. Maybe stop amplifying this shit
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:37 AM
Aug 2020

You don't have to repost every wacko lie they tell. It does no good, and probably does significant harm.

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