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saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
3. Trump's cap seems to come in two
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 02:07 PM
Sep 2016

colors. Rage red and Klan white.

They don't look particularly good on him, in the opinion of this observer who, I will readily admit, knows less than nothing about fashion.

There is sweeping negative judgment in Trump. He slammed McCain ("I don't like people who get captured.&quot And there's this one, too -- "People who choke can't be doing what they're doing."

Nearly everybody else is weak and pathetic, but I, Donald Trump, am strong and visionary, a successful business man, Builder of Mighty Walls.

Yuck.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
5. For once, he's actually right
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 03:06 PM
Sep 2016

Surprisingly, he sided with the victim and not the cop. No matter what his motivation I am glad to see that he is not trying to justify this.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
7. He's pandering for votes.
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 03:10 PM
Sep 2016

He had to do something reasonable following his call out to assassinate Hillary.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
8. Of course he is
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 05:23 PM
Sep 2016

Still, I would rather see him do that than try to justify what happened in Oklahoma. He has a powerful bully pulpit and he has already done enough to make racism politically correct again.

meow2u3

(24,757 posts)
13. Yeah, but for the wrong reasons
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 06:20 PM
Sep 2016

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The cop was female. Never did he question the abilities of male cops for killing unarmed black men in cold blood, justifying it by claiming a threat to the cop's life. Only when the cop was a woman did he blast her for doing the same thing men do with impunity.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
11. Chatting on the phone with mom last night, she called him Gilligan's evil twin.
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 06:16 PM
Sep 2016

Chatting on the phone with mom last night, she called him Gilligan's evil twin brother.

nolabear

(41,930 posts)
14. I find it interesting that he said this about a woman.
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 07:05 PM
Sep 2016

He's never spoken up about any shootings done by a male officer. He "wonders" if the woman choked, if she was incapable of doing her job.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
15. MTE. Of course he commented on the woman "choking" -- he never criticizes male cops.
Wed Sep 21, 2016, 07:16 PM
Sep 2016

It was so obvious to me. It is seriously scary to imagine someone this sexist and racist (which we know from everything else) in the White House.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
17. attempt to look moderate + sexist dogwhistle + 'pc is dangerous' meme:
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 12:09 AM
Sep 2016

Moderate swing voters will simply see him as 'not such a bad guy afterall' who 'tries to reach out to PoC', etc. They won't hear the alt-right dogwhistles/memes intended for the base: the cop was a woman, women are weak and unable to handle crisis, only in the job due to pc, which risks our safety, which is why we shouldn't elect a woman to do a man's job.

Tanuki

(14,914 posts)
18. He has said more than once recently that HRC "chokes." Make no mistake, he singled out the female
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 06:15 AM
Sep 2016

officer (whose behavior was outrageous, like that of numerous male officers he has not reproached) only partly out of unmitigated misogyny, but also as an ill-concealed slap at HRC. Appalling but typical to use such a tragic incident to feign concern and to throw an elbow at his rival.

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