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Hard to imagine anything much weirder than wanting to present oneself as racist in front of an African-American journalists association. Pretty much guaranteed to get a hostile reception when you do that.

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[–] [email protected] 152 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Two races? In one person?!

Wut what whaaaaa?!

[–] [email protected] 103 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Wait until they learn about Taco Bell Pizza Huts

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Your comment made me lol out loud.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago

They're both quoting John Stewart

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Remember when Italians were a boogyman race?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Racists today are just lazy, relying on skin color to discriminate. Back in the day the Irish weren't "white". The IRISH!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Bless Jon Stewart.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

ENEMIES EVERYWHEEEERE

sorry, but I see what what whaaaat and I can only think of Halo enemies and their delightful banter.

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Trump: “A Black job is anybody that has a job,” Trump said. “That’s what it is. Anybody that has a job.”

And Biden didn't make sense?

[–] [email protected] 67 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He's trying to deal with his own previous statement, which implied that Blacks can only aspire to holding some kinds of jobs.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm familiar with him saying that before. I was surprised he hadn't come up with an answer to the "what are black jobs" question since it has been all over the media in response to his prior claim. But I guess he's too lazy or stupid to think ahead like that.

My comment was more directed at his nonsensical answer. First, if a black job is any job, then why specify it? Second, how can the answer to "what is a black job" be that it is a person?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But Biden had a raspy voice!

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 8 months ago (16 children)

Has anyone commented just how plain weird this guy is? I mean don't get me wrong, he's old, he's tremendously old, but he's also just SO weird, right?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This guy, and let me tell you some people really say it, is the absolute, no really he is and I'm telling you the truth, you wouldn't believe it, they say he is weird and nobody else is weirder.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tears in their eyes, they come to me and they say, "sir, oh sir" and did I mention these are BIG men okay, motorcycle men, crying, and they've never cried before because they are so tough and so big, okay? So they say to me, they say, "sir! You're weird and old, sir" and it's true okay, like you've never seen. [Fart]

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well he always talks about how much he wants to bang his daughter so yeah, he's weird

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 8 months ago (3 children)

He’s a creep, he’s a weirdo

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What the hell is he doing here?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago

He don't belong here.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't bring my favorite song into this.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 8 months ago

It's beyond even racism. For someone have the utter mayonnaise to gatekeep someone's inclusion in an identity that you're entirely outside of, that sense of entitlement has to come from somewhere. A sense of superiority, perhaps. Supremacy even.

And if we know anything about Donald at this point, it's that he has mayonnaise pumpining through his very veins.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a job so my pasty ass is black now apparently

[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh so you suddenly turned black just like Kamala

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but only when it's convenient. Like what the MAGA ass hats are saying about Kamala.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

When he blamed the journalist for equipment problems. Pointed at her and goes "this woman". Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

The fact that so many people love this weird dumbass grandpa... 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Chef's kiss. No notes. Wouldn't have had it go any other way.

Next to watching maralago burn down I'm not sure what else could satiate the desire to see him get his returned.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i am 6 of one race, half dozen of another

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I still don’t understand why he was speaking there in the first place. I read the press release that he would be there, as well as the statement by a Black author/presenter that because of his presence she would not be - it doesn’t sound like it was planned out much in advance. So does anyone know what NABJ’s purpose was with this interview? (I assume Trump’s was chaos and/or intimidation.)

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