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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    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?

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        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?

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          Trump isn’t used to fact checking, or people having valid clarification questions. His whole thing is being loud and repeating talking points so people agree with him.

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      Such an obvious question he was going to get, and he has a slam dunk answer he could give. “Black people are historically oppressed, they are disproportionately in lower-education fields and thus disproportionately at risk of losing their job when there is an influx of lower-education workers.” It’s actually a fine pitch, but you can’t actually make it while also appealing to White Nationalists.

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    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?

    • 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.

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        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]

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        Yeah, that’s so weird… Normal healthy people don’t say that stuff.

        My only thought was maybe it’s mental decline because he’s just SOOO old, but he’s been doing this for a long time right? So the fact that he’s old, which we all agree on that fact, isn’t as relevant as the fact that he’s a weird convicted felon, rapist and credibly accused pedophile that’s bragged about watching naked minor girls change their clothes…

        Republicans man, they are just plain weird people. Also, have any of you noticed that they really seem to be fixated on children’s genitals as well? Weird shit, man…

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          I’d bet actual real money that there’s some kids locked up in a pizza place basement somewhere right now, I’m not even kidding.

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        The “this weird thing seems forced” thing seems like a weak response to an effective tactic.

        It’s effectively highlighting how they are just really, truly, fucking plain weird - like Ted Cruz giving a high five weird and “if she wasn’t my daughter I’d pay her to have sex with me” dangerous weird. It’s also important that they contrast with a platform of “we’re normal hardworking Americans, like you”. No you aren’t… You’re fucking weird.

        It’s not about you, the fact that that is how you receive it is something you can work on personally. But again, not about you, friend.

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      Literally fucking EVERYONE has commented it, to the point where now calling him weird seems desperate and cringy. Which I guess fits the lemmy M. O. “Weird” was a good insult because it was new and unexpected. Now you lemmings are just saying it over and over again. It’s the type of shit I’ve always criticized Republicans for, endlessly repeating their talking points. We’re better than this. There’s no shortage of ways to insult Trump.

      I saw a comment that said he was braindead before he got shot, that’s a good one.

      “Bone spurs” is a good one because it’s not done to death. Saw one saying Captain Bonespurs obviously couldn’t have read a draft of Project 2025 because drafts make him shit his diapers.

      Every other fucking comment shoehorning “weird” into a sentence dilutes its effectiveness. Chill, dudes. Yeah, Kamala got him good with “weird”. It’s a point you can keep hitting at when he does something particularly bizarre, but that happens all the time. Just saying “he’s weird” every time he does anything makes the insult meaningless.

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    That interview was uncomfortable to watch.

    He literally set the tone right from the start of the interview. “You are (women, black, minorities, insert slur of choice here), and you are to be put in your place. I am better than you. I am above you. And I will treat you accordingly.”

    And he did that multiple times through the interview. When talking about Harris being a “DEI Hire”, not only did his answer seem to side with racists, but he attacked the interviewer. When being asked one question he didn’t like, he responded by randomly attacking one of the other interviewers about absolutely nothing in particular. Even when one of them started kowtowing to him, he still attacked her over random “equipment issues” that she had nothing to do with. When trying to get the interview back on track, he snapped at one and told her no, he’ll do what he wants.

    And one of the things that I noticed that made me particularly uneasy. At the end of the interview, one of the interviewers tried to ask about Project 2025, only to immediately be cut off by another interviewer “per the Trump team.” There could be a scheduling reason if they ran out of time, but go back and watch it. It’s at the very end. It gives off the impression that under absolutely no circumstances was Project 2025 to be discussed, based on Trump’s demands. That’s very unsettling.

    And honestly, I don’t even think this was ever supposed to even appeal to black voters. I can’t see a single minority watching that interview and saying “Yup, that’s my guy!”. But think of the message it does send. It’s telling the people that he’s relying on most that “Watch me put these women in their place, just like I’ll put the <racial slur of choice> in their place. This time, I will hurt the right people!” (Edit: this seems to be the prevailing opinion; Al Sharpton among others is saying that the real purpose was to show the MAGA base that he’s willing to bring the racism to “them” on their own turf, in order to throw some red meat their way and make sure they stay in line.)

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      the real purpose was to show the MAGA base that he’s willing to bring the racism to “them”

      Who cares what cultists think? They’re gonna zombie march their way to the polls even if sir fartsalot fucks all their moms for 30 seconds, the longest he’s ever lasted during sex. An appearance like this could only be detrimental for him-- none of the centrists will be swayed by any of his usual schtick here, and some of them who are POC will be put off by his jackassery on blatant display.