Morrigan Stark
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I was about 90% sure this wasn't an actual statement, but you being cheeky by writing a parody statement.
Fucking HELL
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I was about 90% sure this wasn't an actual statement, but you being cheeky by writing a parody statement.
Fucking HELL
The sad part of all this is that there are millions of dumbasses out there who read this and nodded in agreement.
Poor Canadians, you're stuck looking at this from outside and wondering why us Americans are playing chicken with a Trump presidency.
Azure Dream
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You could literally accuse Trump of anything, and he'd say, "Nuh uh, Hillary."
"Mr. Trump, you have tiny baby hands and skin the color of a Cheeto."
"Biased media at it again. It's the Crooked Clintons, Hillary with such small hands, really little, can barely hold a coffee cup. And that bright orange fake tan! Terrible, terrible. And I think, that hair, it's so fake, who does she think she's fooling?"
"I didn't mention hair-"
"Just terrible."
"Mr. Trump, you have tiny baby hands and skin the color of a Cheeto."
"Biased media at it again. It's the Crooked Clintons, Hillary with such small hands, really little, can barely hold a coffee cup. And that bright orange fake tan! Terrible, terrible. And I think, that hair, it's so fake, who does she think she's fooling?"
"I didn't mention hair-"
"Just terrible."
hipsterpants
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in the span of a single week the Trump campaign has released two bullshit statements attempting to defend indefensible actions by accusing Hillary of doing the same/worse. sad!
I hope this gets shredded. I'll laugh if the media is actually forced to defend the Clinton Foundation (which is a good organization, I'm not falling for the BS) in order to call out this nonsense, but I'm not expecting them to
I hope this gets shredded. I'll laugh if the media is actually forced to defend the Clinton Foundation (which is a good organization, I'm not falling for the BS) in order to call out this nonsense, but I'm not expecting them to
BoboBrazil
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Usually what happens is the media takes the bait and starts going after Clinton.
The spin continues:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/politics/washington-post-trump-foundation-report/
Time to press him on his tax returns again, then. C'mon Press! Live up to your name and press him!
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/politics/washington-post-trump-foundation-report/
Kellyanne Conway said:
Time to press him on his tax returns again, then. C'mon Press! Live up to your name and press him!
Yep.
The spin is so fucking stupid, I can't even deal with it.
I hope we're going to see a continued interest in this stuff by the news media, beyond just WaPo.
hipsterpants
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I don't know about that anymore. The birther stuff completely blew back in the Trump campaign's faces and there were articles on like every site explaining how it didn't start with Clinton.
The people who don't already know or believe that aren't reading those articles. There's almost no way to reach them if it's not on Fox News, Breitbart, or their Facebook feed. Even then, not sure it matters. You can see Trump get pushed a little even on Fox News sometimes, and all he does is ride the clock out. He knows he's not doing hour-long segments with them.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
I don't give a fuck about the deplorables, but I like to think less than half of the country falls into that category.
Wait, his foundations' numbers and donors are public?! I went looking on his foundation's website and couldn't find anything. Certainly unlike the Clinton foundation, which posts audited reports and their taxes.
Is this just another straightforward obvious lie?
Gordon Shumway
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An idiot speaks..
RandomExpletive
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I would pay LARGE SUMS OF MONEY to see Gordon Ramsay take a stab at Trump
Just imagining his booming voice criticizing every part of Trump's being, from his inability to run a successful business to his child-size fingers makes me feel better already.
StopMakingSense
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Oversight like that is a waste of money, as you can see from the zero management costs claim.
I can only keep praying that the 48 or so percent of the population voting for him see how unfit he is to lead this country.
DrForester
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Didn't even rank the opening Headlines on The Today Show.
Protests in North Carolina, Bomber arrest, and Bradgalina breakup....
I got motion sickness reading this.
EatinOlives
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Refuses to release tax returns
Lies about pretty much literally everything else
Tells us to take his word for it when he tells us he's been writing checks for charity left and right
Seems legit
Lies about pretty much literally everything else
Tells us to take his word for it when he tells us he's been writing checks for charity left and right
Seems legit
MarkMclovin
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This fucking guy.
Thank God I'm not the only one who heard that and bust out laughing.
HeisenbergLannister
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Five-year-olds are more emotionally mature than that.
That...literally says nothing.
RPGCrazied
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Its all Hillary's fault. Its all they know how to do anymore. Don't answer any questions, just blame Hillary. It's pretty pathetic.
Link
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The media let's them get away with it, so why not? In this case, they just start ranting about the Clinton Foundation without actually answering any questions. And the response is usually something like, "Yes, we'll have to look into that."
Nazgul_Hunter
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Yes and no; they've basically been punting on all the debacles. What are they waiting for? They're gonna get brought up at the debate and he won't have a good answer for anything.
(Not that there's any good answer for this. It seems pretty open and shut corruption)
Username1198
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LOL that's complete bullshit. Who on earth would beleive that tiny handed huge egomaniac would give away money to charity without a camera recording it?!
Lol
Mr. Giggles
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At first I was like "oh this ought to be a pretty by the book response" then the I read the statement beginning "in typical Washington post...."
And I was like "I dunno what I was expecting"
And I was like "I dunno what I was expecting"
Lord Frieza
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I would say Conway has been the best of the Trump surrogates at spin and deflection, but holy shit, even this shows how little substance there is to Trump's campaign and how much even an expert spinner can't really get past all his bullshit. This statement is basically literal nonsense.
Incidentally, for anyone curious about this, 990-PFs are public documents. You can see for yourself that the Trump Foundation gave $100,000 to Fisher House in 2007. See here, it's at the bottom of page 20. (Side note: the WWE donated $4M to his foundation that year, see page 16. This is not illegal or unethical, just hilarious.)
If you're curious about other years, go here: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133404773
If you're curious about other years, go here: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133404773
Can that have any actual affect?
According to his 2014 990pf filing on page 20, Trump gave $100,000 to Citizens United.
And then Trump said this about SuperPACs in October 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOaeAhpyTmQ
Hilarious.
I doubt it. Seems like posturing.
Duane Cunningham
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So... what happened with this? Nothing?
Charlotte happened, so the media focused on that instead.
Are you expecting anything? Thats not how thigs work. A news report doesn't juust come out and blam, case solved.
Who knows where or what this leads to, but this kind of reporting is needed and needs to be amplified.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Can't believe you guys fell for teh bias. Sad!
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