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malaise

(269,045 posts)
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:21 AM Oct 2019

Question for all the lying ReTHUGs on television saying that the Con was joking

when he asked China to investigate the Bidens. If that were true then why did the Chinese Foreign Minister publicly state that he told the Con NO.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/china-trump-foreign-minister-biden-investigation-impeachment_n_5d97c485e4b0fc935eda17b1

China Says It Won’t Meddle In American Affairs, ‘Trusts’ U.S. Can Run Itself
The Chinese foreign minister turned down Trump’s request to investigate Joe Biden.

China distanced itself from President Donald Trump’s impeachment scandal on Friday, a day after Trump called on the country to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.

“We trust that the American people will be able to sort out their own problems,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday. The statement was publicized in the state-run Global Times.

Global Times

@globaltimesnews
“China will not interfere in the internal affairs of the US, and we trust that the American people will be able to sort out their own problems," China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

I didn't watch the Sunday shows but did a single hack mention this fact.
Remember when Paul Ryan's folks said it was a joke whem Kevin McCarthy said that Putin pays the Con and he told them to keep it in the family.




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Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
1. "Trump was joking"
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:29 AM
Oct 2019

= "he's too 'effin' stoopid and corrupt"

= "this so bad that's the best BS we could come up with"

AND

Trump has raised Biden and China several times over a period of weeks or months. Is the president in the habit of telling the same joke over and over again when no one laughed since the first time he said it?

This is the GOP basically admitting that they're in a very poor position here.

lastlib

(23,244 posts)
3. (So why didn't I see him laugh??)
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:20 AM
Oct 2019

He didn't even smile--all I saw was that same shit-eating scowl he always shows.

mitch96

(13,911 posts)
4. "Con was joking"
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:43 AM
Oct 2019

Yeah..... like the bullies on the playground who smack you hard on the back and when you complain they say “ heck I was only joking”.. “can’t take a joke ??? “ ..... classic gaslighting..
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malaise

(269,045 posts)
12. I still haven't heard one person say that the Chinese Foreign Minister said he
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 10:42 AM
Oct 2019

told the Con no - not from the media folks, the politicians or the on air experts.
For people who cite the liar of liars all the time, I find this very disturbing.

panfluteman

(2,065 posts)
6. American Elections for Americans!
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:01 AM
Oct 2019

That should be our national slogan going forward, as we take to heart China's sage advice for us as a nation. The bottom line is that Don the Con Trump has nothing positive, nothing of substance on the issues to move our country forward. That realization may very well be the thing that breaks the horrible spell that this demagogue and charlatan has worked on the American electorate.

Vinca

(50,276 posts)
8. That was a pathetic talking point. It's obvious to the lowest life form that Don has no sense of
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:18 AM
Oct 2019

humor. He's not cracking jokes. The closest he gets to funny - at least what he thinks is funny - is calling people names in his tweets.

wishstar

(5,270 posts)
9. Our foreign allies and adversaries don't know he was "just joking"
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:32 AM
Oct 2019

When he is using his bully pulpit, saying he was joking is no defense for his making outrageous requests with implied quid pro quo for all of the world to hear when their economies and security hinge on either trade agreements with US or military defense aid.

Purrfessor

(1,188 posts)
10. The new defense is "Rick Perry made me tell a joke,"
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:35 AM
Oct 2019

and “I thought Rick’s joke was so funny I told it again but changed it from Ukraine to China.”

llmart

(15,540 posts)
11. Classic narcissistic response from abusive people and bullies when they're called out...
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:40 AM
Oct 2019

"I was just joking." or "I was just kidding. You just can't take a joke."

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