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imanamerican63

(13,771 posts)
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:15 PM May 2020

I know what VP Biden said during his interview on the Breakfast Club was not good.....

and understand that people were offended by what he had said. But Trump would doubled and tripled down on things like this! I would hope people can look pass this gaffe, because Trump is abusing anyone and everything that isn’t nailed down. He (Trump) is the racist, not Biden! Biden did apologize and Trump would never do that!

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I know what VP Biden said during his interview on the Breakfast Club was not good..... (Original Post) imanamerican63 May 2020 OP
let's please not use Donald Fucking Trump as any kind of standard Skittles May 2020 #1
We have to stop that because it does not appease so many, nor should it. Biden apologized. LizBeth May 2020 #14
Some are perpetually offended. LakeArenal May 2020 #2
Excellent point....... MyOwnPeace May 2020 #8
It will be over on Monday qazplm135 May 2020 #3
I'm an African-American female veteran and I give NewDayOranges May 2020 #4
...... imanamerican63 May 2020 #5
Yeah, uh, this is . . . DarthDem May 2020 #6
It didn't offend me it just pissed me off tman May 2020 #7
Rump is a master of nothing. Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #13
He fell ass backward into the presidency once Loki Liesmith May 2020 #17
Trump is an ignorant, inept clown with zero redeeming features tman May 2020 #20
THANK YOU Skittles May 2020 #15
I. Don't. Fucking. Care. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #9
+1000. nt ecstatic May 2020 #16
As others have said in other threads, how he said it was bad form, but not wrong. UTUSN May 2020 #10
"Look at my African American over here!" Goodheart May 2020 #11
Great point! imanamerican63 May 2020 #12
The fix is in Nature Man May 2020 #18
I wanna say "Joe, Joe, you've got my vote...just try to be less flippant Kitchari May 2020 #19

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
14. We have to stop that because it does not appease so many, nor should it. Biden apologized.
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:38 PM
May 2020

I am pissed we have someone that so often does it and is what it is. Black community told me to sit down on this one. They see it as a failed joke and move on. I tend to agree. I think Biden will once again start being a little more controlled.

LakeArenal

(28,813 posts)
2. Some are perpetually offended.
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:20 PM
May 2020

Usually by the wrong thing.
Joe says something dumb,
Trump puts babies in cages.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
8. Excellent point.......
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:26 PM
May 2020

more of the "false equivalency" bullshit. Joe was being "light" - having fun - but there is NOTHING "light" or "fun" about splitting families or putting kids in cages - NOTHING!!!

NewDayOranges

(692 posts)
4. I'm an African-American female veteran and I give
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:24 PM
May 2020

Less than a damn what former VP Biden said about the AA voters in that interview - I'm voting for him in November!

There is virtually no gaffe that Biden could make that would cause me NOT to vote for the Dem nominee in November!!!

tman

(983 posts)
7. It didn't offend me it just pissed me off
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:25 PM
May 2020

that he would be so careless. This campaign isn't about him, it's about the fate of this country and a referendum and on most incompetent, destructive president in US history. If we keep the focus on the latter, we WIN.

Trump is a MASTER at playing people against eachother.

Oh, and Biden has now boxed himself into choosing a black VP as the "Democrats take black people for granted" mantra has gone mainstream and his choice will be set against that backdrop.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
13. Rump is a master of nothing.
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:36 PM
May 2020

He never does or says ANYTHING with a plan or scheme, he is a 9 yr old child, everything he does and says is in the moment and the exact same way a 9 yr old does.

That his timing, with no influence by him, works sometimes to seem like he is doing something, is another thing.

tman

(983 posts)
20. Trump is an ignorant, inept clown with zero redeeming features
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:49 PM
May 2020

But the chaotic and unplanned nature of something doesn't always make it less effective. Ask yourself why it's still a close race and why he WILL be a formidable candidate in November.

The country may be stupid, but he is still effective at marshalling that stupidity, more so than other craven politicians.

UTUSN

(70,674 posts)
10. As others have said in other threads, how he said it was bad form, but not wrong.
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:31 PM
May 2020

One of my Eternal Questions is:

How can *ANY* minority member support or be a Repuke (not a question).

Any woman, Black, Hispanic, Gay, yes/economically oppressed Whites, discriminated/tortured ethnic groups, et al.

When I see anybody of one of those backgrounds being a Repuke, I ask that question. Change my words around and it's what BIDEN said.







Kitchari

(2,166 posts)
19. I wanna say "Joe, Joe, you've got my vote...just try to be less flippant
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:44 PM
May 2020

between now and Election Day." The stakes are too high.

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