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canetoad

(17,157 posts) Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:55 AM Sep 2016

Trump takes a hiding at the Emmys

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/19/the-biggest-emmys-loser-donald-trump.html

Highlights:

“Television brings people together, but television can also tear us apart. If it wasn’t for television, would Donald Trump be running for president? No. He would be at home right now, quietly rubbing up against his wife, Malaria, while she pretends to be asleep.”

“Jews were otherized in Nazi Germany to gain political power for Hitler, and right now Donald Trump is doing the same thing,”

“I’d like to take the opportunity to apologize for the current political climate,” Louis-Dreyfus said, accepting her record sixth Best Actress Emmy Award for Veep. “I think Veep has torn down the wall between comedy and politics. Our show started out as a political satire, but now it feels more like a sobering documentary. So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it.”