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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 118 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is just getting hilarious now.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago

I literally woke my partner up laughing. So he donated to Kamala and appointed Walz to a position. They have both been endorsed by him. This is so delicious

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 70 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump on Walz: “…He's very heavy into transgender. Anything transgender he thinks is great ... I think it's very insulting to Jewish people.” 

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Did he actually say that? My God, the man's brains have been replaced with rancid oatmeal, and he never noticed the difference.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think he's trying to hit key words, but can't do it gracefully. He's been told that the terms transgender, Jewish, and whatever else, riles up his base, do he squeezes as many of those words as he can in to every single sound bite. By the time you've processed what the fuck he said he's already moved on to the next idiotic sound bite.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He eulogized a fictional cannibal serial killer and said he was a great guy. The bigotry and antisemitism is just latent in his brain and will come out more and more as his dementia removes whatever filters were left in his speech center.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

brain worms. RFKs jumped ship

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

RFK's died in his brain. His thoughts were so toxic that it killed the worm.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Were they that toxic, or did it just die of starvation?

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I'm assuming it was pickled.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago
[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

he never noticed the difference.

Neither did his oatmeal-brained followers

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 68 points 3 months ago

He'LL uNLEaSh HeLL oN eArTh!!- Syphilis Riddled Big Brain who forgot he appointed him to a position.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As president, Trump appointed Walz to serve on the Council of Governors in 2019. The bipartisan advisory council consists of five Democratic and five Republican governors and helps build federal-state partnerships in matters of homeland security and civil support missions.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

interests of governors across the nation are accurately represented on the council

Is this just bad wording? Shouldn’t it be the interests of the people whom the governors represent?

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No, it is accurate. The committee was about the interests of the governors in the context of differences between states, and while the governor's interests should align with the people they represent, they don't always line up.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

In my state it doesn't like up at all. "I see there's a lot of hunters and fishermen in this state. How about we sell more land to giant corporations and poison the waterways with farm runoff?" And half of them are like "anything to own the libs! Hyuck hyuck!"

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago
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