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(62,444 posts)Botany
(70,730 posts)"Made up by Dems."
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,610 posts)BSdetect
(9,003 posts)That alone disqualifies him from holding office.
dalton99a
(81,881 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,555 posts)spanone
(136,038 posts)brooklynite
(95,301 posts)Durbin is on record that Trump used the phrase many times,
riversedge
(70,684 posts)Since he is writing to his base for the most part, he does know the impact---he wants to keep them angry!
Amy Siskind?Verified account @Amy_Siskind
After Trumps shithole comment, he retired to the residence alone and sent 7, some factually incorrect, tweets. Woke up 6 1/2 hours later and started tweeting again. The man leading our country is alone w/out checks, and has no comprehension of what he is doing and its impact.
Link to tweet
Bosimmatty
? @Bos_imm
2h2 hours ago
Replying to @Amy_Siskind
Actually I think he DOES know the impact, which is why he does it. He just doesn't care and he likes it bc it gives him attention. Lots of it.
3 replies 3 retweets 39 likes
E. Christophe'
? @simplyemc
2h2 hours ago
Exactly!
1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
FrancesStockton
? @FrancesStockton
2h2 hours ago
Ditto! He knows exactly who he's talking to, and Twitter is 45's means to wave a shiny object to distract, distract, distract. If no one RT'd, responded, or shared his Tweets, he'd go ballistic. IMO
BigmanPigman
(51,744 posts)He'll probably say it more often since he thinks attention=success.
RESIST! REMOVE! Peace.
CanonRay
(14,188 posts)Stuart G
(38,480 posts)She is a Haitian American elected from Utah's 4th congressional district.
Here is a link to a story about Mia calling for an apology:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/mia-love-response-trump-shithole/index.html
CanonRay
(14,188 posts)McCarthy? Cornyn? Buehler? Anyone?