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Rhiannon12866

(204,707 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 12:39 AM May 2020

Trump Lashes Out at Spell-Check for Treating Him Unfairly

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Accusing it of treating him “very unfairly,” Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday at the widely used spelling tool spell-check.

“Almost every time I type a word, spell-check puts a red squiggly line under it,” he tweeted. “It never put a red squiggly line under Obama’s words.”

“Spell-check is rigged against conservatives,” he charged.

Trump accused spell-check of infringing on his First Amendment rights by interfering with what he called “freedom of spelling.”

“Freedom of Spelling is guaranteed by the Conitution,” he wrote.

In his most direct threat to the spelling tool, he warned that, if spell-check did not stop putting red squiggly lines under his words, he would “close it down.”

Trump also said that he was in talks with the Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, about eliminating spelling altogether.


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-lashes-out-at-spell-check-for-treating-him-unfairly





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Trump Lashes Out at Spell-Check for Treating Him Unfairly (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2020 OP
i just burst out laughing CatWoman May 2020 #1
Andy Borowitz never disappoints! Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #3
Me too! lunatica May 2020 #19
Okay. sheshe2 May 2020 #2
Exactly what we needed right now... Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #4
You as well my dear. sheshe2 May 2020 #5
Awww, thanks so much... Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #7
Was going to post, "Is that you, Rhiannon12866?!1" - BOROWITZ got me 2 times in a row!1 UTUSN May 2020 #6
Now isn't it more fun this way?? Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #8
ROFL! smirkymonkey May 2020 #9
He really does! Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #10
Republican kids in schools across the nation will be demanding Freedom of Spelling! KY_EnviroGuy May 2020 #11
Excellent point! That should be Trump's mantra! Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #12
NEXT: Trump to "repeal grammar checker strongly", claims "my writing is much very good" dalton99a May 2020 #13
I heard his statement today on MSNBC and I knew immediately that he didn't write it Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #15
Bwwwaahaha. littlemissmartypants May 2020 #14
He really is just the best - and his timing is perfect Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #16
Genius grantcart May 2020 #17
100,000 dead , duforsure May 2020 #18
I love good satire Gothmog May 2020 #20
had to check to see if it was Borowitz. Never can tell these days. Amaryllis May 2020 #21

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
11. Republican kids in schools across the nation will be demanding Freedom of Spelling!
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:12 AM
May 2020

Just like their parents demanding freedom from laws.

Thanks for posting, Rhiannon. Always love some Borowitz humor.

KY.............

Rhiannon12866

(204,707 posts)
15. I heard his statement today on MSNBC and I knew immediately that he didn't write it
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:28 AM
May 2020

It showed some compassion and it made sense!

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