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Fozzledick

(3,860 posts)
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 02:11 PM Dec 2015

Mayor bans Trump ‘until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps’

Source: Washington Post

A Florida mayor responded to Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the country by issuing a tongue-and-cheek ban of his own — on the Republican presidential front-runner himself.

"I am hereby barring Donald Trump from entering St. Petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps," St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman tweeted Monday.

Kriseman, a Democrat, told the Tampa Bay Times that he was kidding around with the tweet, which spread quickly on social media. By Tuesday morning, it had been retweeted more than 7,000 times, and liked more than 9,000 times.

"You make a ridiculous statement, so you answer with a ridiculous statement," Kriseman told the newspaper. "There are some people who thought I was seriously going to ban Donald Trump from St. Petersburg, and that's obviously not something I would try to do. But his statement was kind of ridiculous, so I thought that it deserved an equal response."

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/08/florida-mayor-bans-donald-trump-until-we-fully-understand-the-dangerous-threat-posed-by-all-trumps/



Maybe we need a government database to register all Trumps and keep an eye on them. I don't know, but there's something going on there, there's just a huuge amount of hate, and we need to do whatever is necessary to protect ourselves.
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Mayor bans Trump ‘until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps’ (Original Post) Fozzledick Dec 2015 OP
Trump's creditors probably feel the same way. forest444 Dec 2015 #1
Do all Trump followers also count as Trumps? lark Dec 2015 #2
Or are they Trumpettes? gregcrawford Dec 2015 #4
all brass instruments now feel insulted. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2015 #9
The sure blow. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #10
The Donald... gregcrawford Dec 2015 #14
Besides hot air? Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #15
I hope I'm still around... gregcrawford Dec 2015 #17
Since he will be 70 soon. IrishEyes Dec 2015 #18
I'm only a year and change away from the Big 7-0 myself... gregcrawford Dec 2015 #21
Donald and the Trumpettes will henceforth be my name for all Trump rallies 0rganism Dec 2015 #16
Is it any wonder houston16revival Dec 2015 #3
I think Reagan made hating liberals fashionable. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #5
And Rush Limbag marketed it nation wide for decades. N/T OneCrazyDiamond Dec 2015 #6
When it comes to Rove vs Trump, I'm rooting for Trump ErikJ Dec 2015 #8
I think Trump is just a figment of Rove's imagination. olddad56 Dec 2015 #19
Bravo! sinkingfeeling Dec 2015 #7
I've been referring to Trump's cultist following as "Trumplicans" Augiedog Dec 2015 #11
That's my Mayor! secondvariety Dec 2015 #12
Trump's grandfather, the founder of the family fortune, ran brothels. tclambert Dec 2015 #13
I love St. Petersburg and we've been thinking of buying down there for the winters adigal Dec 2015 #20

lark

(23,177 posts)
2. Do all Trump followers also count as Trumps?
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 02:21 PM
Dec 2015

If so, that would be an excellent database to have. It'd show us who to steer clear of because they are batshit crazy, hate filled, racist, misogynistic, xenophobes..

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
15. Besides hot air?
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 05:56 PM
Dec 2015

Rachael Maddow questions if he's serious.

It's like he started a vanity campaign but didn't REALLY want the job but is now trapped so he's trying to throw the election.

He is running a real risk at this point of having his name stripped from his buildings after he dies.

If he keep it up he'll have to be buried in secret so his grave isn't violated.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
17. I hope I'm still around...
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 06:56 PM
Dec 2015

... on that glorious day when The Donald no longer pollutes this earthly realm. I will pay good money to relieve myself on the mound of dirt that covers him. After I consume vast quantities of beer, of course. I predict that the line of others awaiting the same privilege will be long, indeed.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
21. I'm only a year and change away from the Big 7-0 myself...
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 10:57 PM
Dec 2015

... so it'll be a horse race to see if he gets to that big bankrupt casino in the sky before I cash in my chips.

But then, Billy Joel said only the good die young, so I've probably got plenty of time.

0rganism

(23,975 posts)
16. Donald and the Trumpettes will henceforth be my name for all Trump rallies
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 06:40 PM
Dec 2015

thank you sir, that was solid work right there

houston16revival

(953 posts)
3. Is it any wonder
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 02:21 PM
Dec 2015

Hate and intolerance toward liberals has been evident since at least 2000.

Trump's Muslim intolerance is just an extension of a rigid way of thinking.

The right wingers eat it up, they are very self-righteous.

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
8. When it comes to Rove vs Trump, I'm rooting for Trump
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 03:56 PM
Dec 2015

"The Brain" Rove and his Reichwing henchmen ilk are the ones that have built up Reagan worship and created the liberal and government bashing environment that has made all this possible. Right now Rove and his henchmen are going crazy about Trump and I love it. They deserve it. I hope Trump wins the nomin. or better splits their party.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
20. I love St. Petersburg and we've been thinking of buying down there for the winters
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 08:47 PM
Dec 2015

Now, I love it even more!!!

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