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Trump Tweets - "Border Rancher Found Prayer Rugs" (Original Post) orangecrush Jan 2019 OP
Exactly what Limpballs said . . . Iliyah Jan 2019 #1
No suprise. orangecrush Jan 2019 #9
Yep. dalton99a Jan 2019 #13
This appears to be a re-hash of an old story. Note the dateline of 10/19/14. Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #2
hard to believe orangecrush Jan 2019 #6
this is absolutely sick bdamomma Jan 2019 #17
Where are orangecrush Jan 2019 #19
Another pathetic claim. BSdetect Jan 2019 #3
I still can't wrap my head around orangecrush Jan 2019 #11
A tyrant, fomenting fear to keep his gullible followers in line EleanorR Jan 2019 #4
exactly. orangecrush Jan 2019 #8
Yes, they bring them all the way from the middle east and then ditch them at the border jberryhill Jan 2019 #5
... orangecrush Jan 2019 #7
he is that unhinged bdamomma Jan 2019 #24
I imagine the rancher and trump would be ok with a bible being found. Nt USALiberal Jan 2019 #10
No doubt left there orangecrush Jan 2019 #12
Trump fears they're magic carpets Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #14
... orangecrush Jan 2019 #20
... Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #23
Betcha they all have one in their backpacks dalton99a Jan 2019 #15
... orangecrush Jan 2019 #21
another fucking lie. bdamomma Jan 2019 #16
got that right. orangecrush Jan 2019 #22
Yeah, but did they find beard clippings, or perhaps the funny hats they wear? nt ExciteBike66 Jan 2019 #18
His approval bdamomma Jan 2019 #25
Hey look! Trump and the Repubs believe in re-cycling! Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #26
The worst part is Trump's NotAPuppet Jan 2019 #27
These idiots are ignorant of Islam. Zoonart Jan 2019 #28
Squirrel!!! nt ginnyinWI Jan 2019 #29
well gosh, guess we'd better seize his land then anarch Jan 2019 #30
Prove it. sinkingfeeling Jan 2019 #31
Shag off, jagoff Blue Owl Jan 2019 #32
From the tabs... Scurrilous Jan 2019 #33

Arkansas Granny

(31,534 posts)
2. This appears to be a re-hash of an old story. Note the dateline of 10/19/14.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:07 AM
Jan 2019
David Dewhurst says prayer rugs found in Texas brush near Mexico border
By Dylan Baddour on Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 6:00 a.m.

The lieutenant governor of Texas has twice declared the discovery of "prayer rugs" on the Texas side of the border with Mexico, also suggesting members of the Islamic State group have possibly snuck in.

At the September 2014, Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., David Dewhurst described suspicions of an impending invasion of terrorists crossing the Rio Grande. As a sign, he said, "prayer rugs have recently been found on the Texas side of the border in the brush," according to CSPAN2 video posted online by the liberal news site Talking Points Memo.

Of late, some Texas-Mexico border claims have lacked factual footing. In September 2014, PolitiFact rated Mostly False a claim the Islamic State group was operating in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. PolitiFact Texas subsequently rated Pants on Fire a California congressman’s statement that at least 10 ISIS fighters had been caught by the U.S. Border Patrol.

https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/oct/19/david-dewhurst/david-dewhurst-says-prayer-rugs-found-texas-brush-/

bdamomma

(63,928 posts)
17. this is absolutely sick
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:41 AM
Jan 2019

instilling Fear boy, Putin schooled him good or is it Stephen Miller.


this has to stop now.

orangecrush

(19,633 posts)
11. I still can't wrap my head around
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:19 AM
Jan 2019

this garbage being spewed by a U.S. president.

Your username is accurate!



EleanorR

(2,395 posts)
4. A tyrant, fomenting fear to keep his gullible followers in line
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:09 AM
Jan 2019

A simple tactic that works on simple people.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. Yes, they bring them all the way from the middle east and then ditch them at the border
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:10 AM
Jan 2019

Because, uh, yeah, they do that.

bdamomma

(63,928 posts)
24. he is that unhinged
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:55 AM
Jan 2019

and desperate to change the narrative, he may invoke the Canada/US border next. He is that sick.

bdamomma

(63,928 posts)
16. another fucking lie.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:39 AM
Jan 2019

and distraction.

He needs to go he is ruining us and our democracy.

Putin must love what is happening to us right now.

bdamomma

(63,928 posts)
25. His approval
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:56 AM
Jan 2019

ratings are going to tank if he is just totally in meltdown right now. Threatening Cohen's family too.

NotAPuppet

(326 posts)
27. The worst part is Trump's
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 11:03 AM
Jan 2019

unhinged and blatant racism.

Trump’s constant “Mooselambs are bad people” BS needs to be called out daily by the media instead of being swept under the prayer rug.

Zoonart

(11,881 posts)
28. These idiots are ignorant of Islam.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 11:04 AM
Jan 2019

If a man carries a scared object, a venerable component of his religious practice, like his prayer rug half way around the world... why would he leave it at the border?

anarch

(6,535 posts)
30. well gosh, guess we'd better seize his land then
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 11:06 AM
Jan 2019

I'd love to hear the opinions of all the ranchers that live along the border, as to how they feel about the government planning to just take their land (well I suppose they have to be compensated, but still....)

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
33. From the tabs...
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:06 PM
Jan 2019
Trump spreads claim from anonymous 'border rancher' who says she found Muslim 'prayer rugs' in the New Mexico desert and claims GERMANS sneak across illegally from Mexico

<snip>

"President Trump promoted a news article on Friday that featured an unnamed New Mexico rancher complaining about 'prayer rugs' found in the desert near places where illegal immigrants routinely cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

The rancher vented to The Washington Examiner this week about 'Chinese, Germans, Russians, a lot of Middle Easterners, those Czechoslovakians they caught over on our neighbor’s just last summer.'

German nationals are covered by a U.S. government waiver agreement that allows them to legally enter the country for up to three months without visas.

Trump focused on the Middle Easterners, tweeting about the prayer rugs and adding: 'People coming across the Southern Border from many countries, some of which would be a big surprise.'

The Examiner published the story on Wednesday, based on the lone female rancher who was left unidentified aside from a photograph shot from behind."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6607237/Trump-spreads-claim-anonymous-rancher-says-Muslim-prayer-rugs-desert.html
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