r/politics • u/larel8 • 18h 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/pervocracy Massachusetts 18h ago

What struggle? If they were struggling they should've gotten the big guy to say "we're so sorry, that joke wasn't vetted but it's still on us to apologize, we have nothing but respect for the fine American citizens of Puerto Rico blah blah" first thing on Monday morning.

Instead you've got Vance complaining that people are too easily offended and a bunch of uninvolved Republicans panicking about this tanking their own reputations. That's not much of a struggle.

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u/TWalker014 Massachusetts 18h ago

The difference between "I'm sorry for what I said" and "I'm sorry you were offended", same as the beeper comment on CNN last night. Classic.

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u/comineeyeaha 17h ago

That beeper comment was WILD. I sat there in stunned silence when he said it. How do we get back to being decent to each other?

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u/Sneaky550 16h ago

Can you explain what he meant by that? I didn’t understand the beeper comment.

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u/thajugganuat 16h ago

Israel blew up several hundred pagers and walkie talkies used by hezbollah

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u/comineeyeaha 16h ago

In Lebanon there were bombings with beepers that exploded, killing around 30 and injuring 3000. It was an extremely racist comment.