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ck4829

(35,042 posts) Fri Jan 4, 2019, 05:46 PM Jan 2019

Remember how Trump spent years questioning Obama's legitimacy, appealing to racists and the worst

of America? The people who called him a secret Muslim? Making up these insane conspiracy theories about him being groomed from birth to be President? Remember how he spoke to these people? How he made himself their leader?

Just let this float in the context of what else we're talking about today and remember.

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Remember how Trump spent years questioning Obama's legitimacy, appealing to racists and the worst (Original Post) ck4829 Jan 2019 OP

They also called him secretly homosexual and that Michelle was a transsexual. VOX Jan 2019 #1

Absolutely right, I didn't scratch the surface ck4829 Jan 2019 #2

His great wall moondust Jan 2019 #3

Indeed ck4829 Jan 2019 #4

VOX

(22,976 posts)

1. They also called him secretly homosexual and that Michelle was a transsexual.

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2019, 05:56 PM

Jan 2019

And I mean absolutely no offense to LGBQT folks by relating this silly, fantastic, far-right-wing talking point. I’m only pointing out what the Trumpists deem adequately “shocking” enough to fabricate stories about.

My older brother is gay and he found this idiotic false claim hilarious and enraging by turns.

ck4829

(35,042 posts)

2. Absolutely right, I didn't scratch the surface

Reply to VOX (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 4, 2019, 05:58 PM

Jan 2019

Rashida Tlaib used a naughty word... it doesn't compare to the dehumanization and demonization Trump ran on.

moondust

(19,972 posts)

3. His great wall

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2019, 07:18 PM

Jan 2019

is basically a monument to racism, detached from reality.

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DHS data shows that illegal immigration across the southern border is at historic lows – slightly more than 300,000 immigrants were caught crossing the border in 2017. That's down from a high of 1.6 million in 2000, according to Border Patrol data.

In fact, more Mexicans are returning to their native country than coming to the United States, according to a 2015 report from the Pew Research Center. That reversal has led to a drop in the number of undocumented immigrants from Mexico living in the United States by more than 1 million, according to a 2017 report from Pew Research Center.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/08/07/dhs-foreigners-overstayed-visas-2017/924316002/

ck4829

(35,042 posts)

4. Indeed

Reply to moondust (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 5, 2019, 08:26 AM

Jan 2019

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