American Politics Thread

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

I really do hate Mitch McConnell. He's such a hypocrite

 

[zoroarctic]

They were already showing their hypocrisy during the Kavanaugh time when they were crying that any delaying of the Kavanaugh process whatsoever was uncalled for. (I wish I could remember what exactly was said)

I'm really sick and tired of the Republicans getting away with everything they want. They play by no rules, and there seems to be no one to protect us from them.

I'm sure I've said this before in here, but if the Biden wins and the Democrats retake the Senate, the first thing they should do is nuke the legislative filibuster and grant statehood to DC and Puerto Rico. That would go a long way in evening things out.

 

[omahanime]

Just when I thought 2020 couldn't make me feel any worse.


Kanye West Announces 'I Am Running for President of the United States!

 

[prog rocker]

Please tell me this is just a sick joke...

 

[zoroarctic]

Don’t freak out over Kanye. He’s already missed the deadline in 6 states, and all the others are within the next 2 months. The odds of him odds of him appearing on the ballot at all are remote at best.

 

[Aulos]

Isn't Kanye a Trump supporter? Why in the world would he run against his own lord and savior?

 

[omahanime]

Please tell me this is just a sick joke...

It just gets stupider

Kanye West tweets he's running for president in 2020, Elon Musk offers 'full support'

Kanye West 2020 run - Bing

Intelligent search from Bing makes it easier to quickly find what you’re looking for and rewards you.

www.bing.com

 

[prog rocker]

So, he's getting support from the guy that thinks his businesses are essential? What's next? B.O.B. as his vice-president?

 

[zoroarctic]

Isn't Kanye a Trump supporter? Why in the world would he run against his own lord and savior?

It’s Kanye, it doesn’t need to make sense.

Edit:
View: https://twitter.com/forecasterenten/status/1279810348359520258?s=21

 

[zoroarctic]

Please excuse the double post.

Trump defends Redskins, Indians team names

President Donald Trump defended the Redskins and Indians team nicknames, saying that they should not be changed.

www.espn.com

There’s always a tweet. Always.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

Please excuse the double post.

Trump defends Redskins, Indians team names

President Donald Trump defended the Redskins and Indians team nicknames, saying that they should not be changed.

www.espn.com

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There’s always a tweet. Always.

This is one thing about him that seriously pisses me off. He never has his priorities straight. When an actual crisis is happening, he chooses to focus on something absolutely ridiculous.

When Puerto Rico was in dire need of help after being hit by that hurricane, he threw a tantrum over Colin Kapernick and other NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. He sat there demanding they were fired and like most Republicans, never acknowledged why they were kneeling in the first place. Apparently that was more important than helping US citizens who were hit hard by a hurricane.

Now while we are in the middle of a pandemic and Black Lives Matter, he chooses to downplay the severity of COVID-19 and not only be an absolute hypocrite when it comes to the name of a football team, but push this ridiculous narrative about the statues and Mt. Rushmore. Its sad that statues of traitorous confederate generals matter more to him than actual American lives right now.

 

[prog rocker]

Please excuse the double post.

Trump defends Redskins, Indians team names

President Donald Trump defended the Redskins and Indians team nicknames, saying that they should not be changed.

www.espn.com

View attachment 134611

There’s always a tweet. Always.

Someone, please, take Twitter away from him. His fight with Derek Savage was embarrasing enough, but he keeps finding ways to dig himself deeper.

EDIT: Correction, he didn't fight with Daddy Derek, he has him as a supporter. Still extremely embarrassing.

 

[zoroarctic]

Sadly, that wasn’t the end of it.

Wallace on Trump tweet: Love wins over hate

President Donald Trump called out driver Bubba Wallace and NASCAR in a tweet Monday, alleging that a noose found last month in Wallace's garage at Talladega Superspeedway was a hoax. Wallace later responded by writing, "Love over hate every day."

www.espn.com

This is all a signal to his base. I said last year he would go all in on racial grievances as we got closer to election day because, really, what else does he have at this point?

 

[TechSkylander1518]

There’s always a tweet. Always.

In this case, there's three.

Spoiler

View: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/387274184725762049


View: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/428593352632582144

Does anyone else feel like he's getting more brazen lately? Not only is there these tweets of him supporting racial slurs and the Confederate flag, but there's also how he referred to Democrats as fascists, both with a retweet on twitter and at that 4th of July ceremony, sharing a Brietbart article talking about how white men are angry about losing power in society, retweeting a Daily Caller article that said "a queer-affirming network is leftist code for anti-family", and he shared a video of a black man shoving a woman from October seemingly to paint Black Lives Matter protests as hypocritical. And just a month ago he called that old man shoved by police "an Antifa instigator", which he considers being equivalent to being a terrorist.

I mean, his hatred was rarely subtle to begin with, and we had other explicit examples like telling native-born citizens to "go back to their country", but this many open examples in such a short time with no pushback kind of feels concerning to me.

 

[Proxima Centauri B]

It could be he's trying to fire up his base because he is afraid of losing to Biden, but his base is gonna go vote for him no matter what or trying to distract people, but people arent just going to forget about major issues going on now.

 

[zoroarctic]

ICE says foreign students taking online-only classes in the fall can't remain in the U.S.

Foreign students in the U.S. planning to attend schools that will only offer online classes in the fall will need to transfer, depart the country or face potential deportation.

www.cbsnews.com

Flashback to 2015...

And this was AFTER he announced his campaign.

 

[prog rocker]

ICE says foreign students taking online-only classes in the fall can't remain in the U.S.

Foreign students in the U.S. planning to attend schools that will only offer online classes in the fall will need to transfer, depart the country or face potential deportation.

www.cbsnews.com

Flashback to 2015...
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And this was AFTER he announced his campaign.

Is it me, or does he contradict himself frequently?

 

[Proxima Centauri B]

Is it me, or does he contradict himself frequently?

Its not just you. People are constantly digging up old tweets where he does just that.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

Isn't there one tweet where he says the president should resign if the DOW drops so many points, only to have the same thing happen to him in January?

 

[TechSkylander1518]

This has always been my favorite example:

Wow was Ted Cruz disloyal to his very capable director of communication. He used him as a scape goat-fired like a dog! Ted panicked.

Ted Cruz has done so much for Texas, including massive cuts in taxes and regulations - which has brought Texas to the best jobs numbers in the history of the state. He watches carefully over your 2nd Amendment. O’Rourke would blow it all! Ted has long had my Strong Endorsement!

Senator @LindseyGrahamSC made horrible statements about @SenTedCruz – and then he endorsed him. No wonder nobody trusts politicians!

Senator @LindseyGrahamSC is a good friend and strong voice for the people of South Carolina. He’s helped us confirm GREAT Judges, rebuild the Military, and keep our Country SAFE. Strong on Life and our Vets. Lindsey has my Complete and Total Endorsement!
Triple combo contradiction!