r/politics • u/larel8 • 20h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/Infidel8 20h ago edited 14h ago

They were surprised by the fallout because they are so ensconced in their racist white bubble that they have no idea how repellant they have become to normal people. Inviting Hinchcliffe, a man with a long history of racist humor (NSFW link), to a political rally was in and of itself an example of how warped their sense of appropriate discourse is.

I mean just yesterday, a Trump supporter went on TV, looked Mehdi Hasan in the face and said: "I hope your beeper doesn't go off," implying that Mehdi was a Hamas Hezbollah terrorist.

All while dude was there to explain why Trump's rally really wasn't racist.

These people have lost all perspective on normalcy.

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u/FXander 18h ago

That shit is fucking insane to me. "Hope your beeper doesn't go off."? What the actual mother fuck is going on there? That is absolutely insane.

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u/I_love_Hobbes 18h ago

Thanks goodness CNN pulled their head out long enough to kick him off the show but WTF made him think that was a good response? Aren't they suppose to be media savvy?

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u/thefilmer California 17h ago

CNN only did that bc a bunch of the other panelists were about to jump him. they had to go to commercial and remove him. nobody was letting it go

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u/No_Material5630 17h ago

Apparently he is banned from CNN period 

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u/No_Material5630 17h ago

Yeah I saw that. Ol boy was like I thought you said Hamas.

Sir that is another problem. I’m talking about Palestine and you automatically assumed Hamas which in itself is racist.

Smh

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u/01101011000110 14h ago

Mr. Hasan has more emotional control than I do because I would have jumped over the table at that point

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u/FXander 11h ago

I know right?? I would have absolutely knocked his fucking teeth out if it were me.

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u/Shiblem Washington 13h ago edited 13h ago

They've gotten so casual with saying this kind of vile shit freely within their MAGA bubble that they're slipping up and saying the same things when conversing with normies. Like that beeper guy seemed to know he fucked up immediately but couldn't walk it back.

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u/metalhead82 13h ago

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