“…unless, y’know, you’re fine with it. Then he was he was definitely serious.”
It’s called a trial balloon.
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Exactly. These “jokes” are like a kid “joking” that they want another piece of cake. If you say no, it’s “I was only kidding”, but if you say yes, they’ll eat that cake.
Oh yeah, I’m sure he was “joking”. He also doesn’t know anything about project 2025, and he’s not really butt buddies with dictators like kim and pootin.
it's astounding how vigorously they fellate their bediapered leader muppet, who would throw them under the bus in a fraction of a second
He doesn’t even know they exist, they’re the little ants on the ground to him. Pathetic.
He was joking when he literally tried to steal the 2020 election
"The what? The Meritage Federation? What did you say? Carriage Fumigation, what? Can't hear you. Never heard of it, is that like a Cracker Barrel thing?"
It’s always a “joke” or his words were “twisted.”
After 9 years of this you’d think he and his team could learn to be careful with their words. But a klansman can’t change his robes.
No those weren't his robes, you must've been mistaken. He was.... uh..... Joking, while he was changing his sheets on the bed.... Definitely that's what it was.
Ignore the fact there was no bed in the room.
/s
Yet another example of trump, who allegedly means what he says, needing to be translated because he didn’t really mean what he said.
yet more doublethink from the party of "but muh states' rights" who want to take away states' rights
Didn’t we all predict the republicans would say this?
i was anticipating the "you'll never have to vote again" thing years ago
So convenient.
it was just a prank bro!!! same as all the raping and frauding and insurrecioning
Here we go again. Right-wong pundits claiming Trump didn't mean what he said, all the while Trump's out there saying he meant exactly what he said. We've been here before, don't be fooled.
Cotton says Trump’s ‘you won’t have to vote anymore’ comment was him ‘obviously making a joke’
Cotton says Trump’s ‘you won’t have to vote anymore’ comment was him ‘obviously ~~making~~ being a joke’
ftfy
Fascists are always "just joking", until they're in power.
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He tells terrible jokes
People make jokes all the time. Thomas Crooks was just kidding.
It's just a prank bruh.
"It's a bold move, Cotton. Let's see if it works out for him."
Tom Cotton should get slapped so hard that he won't have to chew anymore.
Surely, I must be joking, because that's a horrible thing to say. Even about subhuman worms like Cotton.
It's a joke! When you give me that look it's a joke.
This is absolutely an example of the media - and you, the internet - making the wrong point out of context.
He was speaking to a conservative Christian group making the point that if he were elected he would "fix" it so there wouldn't be any reason for Christians to vote any more. Meaning everything they care so much about would be done. It would be like if a Democrat "fixed" climate change, gun safety, the Supreme Court, consumer protections, health care, etc.
Yes - it's batshit crazy because: (1) they believe he has the power to do everything they want him to do, (2) what they want him to do is unconstitutional, (3) he doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself and even got booed on the same stage for saying he supports limits to abortion, (4) just because the government passes "all" the legislation you support does not mean you should stop participating in democracy.
Was he "joking"? Not the word I would use but I can see how it was chosen.
Does he want to be Supreme Ruler and kill off democratic elections? Possibly.
Was that the intent of this particular sound bite? No.
For me, it's just really frustrating when so much noise is generated, even with good intent, around misinformation. It obscures the things that are really meaningful.
This is a distraction.
The conversation that should be had around this statement is: what exactly is it that Christians want him to do so they'd never have to vote again.
A responsible journalist would take his statement and investigate what it means. Instead, what we get are headlines that generate an emotional reaction so we click on sites that profit not from educating the public but from serving advertisements.
LOL i was wondering when someone would play the "oUt Of CoNtExT" card. this comment reminds me of christians who try to spin "turn the other cheek" to mean "shoot them in the face" iN tHe RiGhT cOnTeXt
gtfo
If you want to spend your time and emotional energy participating in meaningless bullshit, have at it.
I hope others are a little more responsible and realize The Internet and Cable News and Social Media are the wrong places to get real information. Don't count on fourth and fifth hand reporting. Watch CSPAN, watch political leaders speaking in context. Everything else is, sadly, only "reporting" enough to get you worked up enough to click on ads and generate revenue for them. Russia, China, and Iran know this. They know we're gullible, emotional, and broken. It's actually refreshing to observe news as it happens in real time rather than reading the bile that others spew for your attention. It's bonkers how much of "the news" is just out of context sound bites. It's been happening irrespective of political affiliation. And it's destroying this country and our respect for one another.
you're sitting there trying to convince everyone that trump means something OTHER than that he plans to crown himself supreme dictator, which he's been implying for YEARS. in ALL the contexts.
i AM emotional, and maybe even broken. but one thing i'm NOT is gullible. "it was a joke" please... again, GTFO with this "out of context" bullshit. trump said voting is going away if he wins. cotton said it was a joke. the end.
Your argument is that Trump said he wants to be supreme dictator so when he says the sky is pink we should interpret that statement to mean he wants to be supreme dictator.
I'm arguing that we should focus on why he's claiming the sky is pink in addition to focusing on the threat of him intent on being supreme dictator.
I watched the speech. There was no context outside of He is planning on ending Democracy
- There is no more unconstitutional when it comes to the president.
- Can you really take that fucking risk? If there is a 0.01% chance that fucker was being serious, and this isn't the first time hes outright said he's gonna be a dictator, you're willing to bet the free world on it?