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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Reports say he walked to an unoccupied room, looked over his shoulder, and in a hushed tone said, "Biiiiiiiiiiiiitch..."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He actually called her a bitch though, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did he actually say, “bitch?”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

He looked her right in the windows to her soul and said... Looks all around twice... He said ^bitch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"But you really said that to her, right?"

"Y... yeah, fo' sure, you know it." looks around

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The GOP openly accuses the left of being literal demons who sacrifice babies to Satan. J.D. Vance wrote the foreword for a book called Unhuman that, again, accuses democrats of literally being demons. We’re past the point of decorum.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

He didn't write the foreword, but he did write a blurb commending it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I dare him to say it to her face.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

His campaign managers are concerned he would say that publicly? Why?! Why do we still act like his cultists would be bothered? Why do we act like they have a fraction of humility and demeanour left in their bodies? They would love to hear that. Where the fuck have you been the last 8 years? Did you pay any attention?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

"It's ok. He says negative things about a lot of people."

This is the excuse I got when I pointed out video of TFG mocking the disabled reporter to a die-hard Trumper. Also, she has a kid with Downs. Still didn't break the Trump spell over her. She used to be normal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The issue they have is, Trump can't win with just his base. He needs to appeal to at least some percentage of voters outside of that group. It seems like he's been doing everything he can to push anyone who isn't already all in on him away since Biden stepped down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

And yet Harris is only 2% in the lead.

America is a fucked up country. I pray for y’all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

America is three countries in a trenchcoat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

According to an interesting book I read a couple years ago called american nations, more like 9

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Some scientists have posited the number could even be as high as 50.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump has never won the popular vote, his 2016 victory was based on highly gerrymandered areas with low populations and a high number of electoral votes. America is being held hostage by wealthy donors.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yet he was leading in popular vote pols for a solid 9 months before Biden dropped out. If Biden had stayed, he would likely have won the popular vote.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

We’ll never know, the only “poll” which matters is the election.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

She's also been running for less than a month.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I pray for y’all.

The US already has millions of Christians.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They aren't worried about alienating his base. They don't want to galvanize hers.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well sure. He wouldn't have called her the N-word yet. She just became black.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’ll bet $100 he calls her something worse in the next 5 months.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldn't take that bet even if you changed it to 5 days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

They’d have to be some really long odds for me. 20:1 maybe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Bitchy Kamala, that’s b-I-t-c-h-y Kamala thinks I’m weird. “

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Seriously what’s with the spelling of the nicknames lol that seems new for him but now he does it all the time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's not about the spelling... Trump has trouble reading so he always sounds things out that he doesn't quite understand or when he's unsure of himself. It's a pretty standard coping strategy for people who are still learning to read.

He does this constantly: Whenever he slows down (weirdly) during one of his endless rants it's usually before a word he has difficulty with. Examples of words he regularly has trouble with: China nuclear, Venezuela, felony

In the past he's said, "United Stage", "respectered", and often starts making noise sounds like, "ding!", "boom!", and "bam!" to distract from his mistakes... Like some elementary school kid in class that's been forced to read out loud.

My personal estimate is that he has somewhere around a 4th or 5th grade reading level. After reading this, if you hear one of his speeches it will suddenly become so obvious that he has trouble reading that you'll wonder how you never noticed before.

Everything that's ever appeared on his teleprompter is the simplest words possible except in cases where avoiding complicated words is impossible. I'm certain he practices these special words with his handlers regularly and tries to repeat their emphasis of certain parts of words which is why he says some words strangely (e.g. whenever he says "China").

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's all about branding. Gotta TM that Laffin' Kamala for t-shirt purposes.

To be frank, if he ran with Bitchy Kamala, I would hope Harris co-opts it to Bitchin' Kamala. Because I would wear the fuck out of that shirt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Minnesota State Fair is in a couple weeks and the DFL booth always brings the fire with their shirt selection. I’ll definitely be buying a few this year.

Examples: https://store.dfl.org/tees/

Land of 10000 rights - https://store.dfl.org/land-of-10-000-rights-unisex-white-tee/

OMGGOPWTF - https://store.dfl.org/omg-gop-wtf-unisex-white-tee/

Thoughts and Prayers - https://store.dfl.org/thoughts-prayers-unisex-navy-tee/

And my favorite so far, Madam President- https://store.dfl.org/madam-president-unisex-black-tee/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Seriously what’s with the spelling of the nicknames lol

He loves the poorly educated so much that he has to go to extra effort to make sure they can understand his extra bigly smart joke.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's for his base to know how to spell it when they regurgitate it thoughtlessly on all their smedia accounts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I thought it was because he’s afraid he sounds like he's saying "lion" instead of "lying", and he doesn't want to risk sounding complimentary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So, should Kamala play into this by walking out to the podium at her next rally to Meredith Brooks's "Bitch" to troll Trump?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

"I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother" might play better than just acceptance of the term.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I would also accept Elton John's The Bitch is Back

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Since this was said “in private”, it doesn’t seem like a very big deal (especially compared to things he’s said in public).

I would imagine that every candidate in history has insulted their opponent in private.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That’s funny, cause he’s the whiniest bitch who’s ever run for office.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Just sounds like narcissistic rage to me, Harris should respond by telling Americans that they deserve a leader with better judgment and impulse control

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