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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,957 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:29 PM Jun 2020

Condoleezza Rice urges Trump to "put tweeting aside for a little bit"

Washington — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged President Trump to take a break from Twitter and focus instead on fostering dialogue with the American people amid the swelling movement in support of racial justice and ending police brutality.
"People look to the Oval Office as we've looked to the Oval Office throughout our history for messages, for signals, and as I said, the president has used some language that I really very much admire, like the 'resilience of the American people,'" Rice said on "Face the Nation" in an interview that aired Sunday. "Just be careful about those messages. I'm not advising the president, but if I were, I would say let's put tweeting aside for a little bit and talk to us, have a conversation with us. And I think we need that, and I think he can do it."

-snip-

"So I would say think about the historical context before you say something, because it is a deep wound," she said of the president.

Rice also urged Mr. Trump to "speak in the language of unity, the language of empathy."

"Not everyone is going to agree with any president, with this president, but you have to speak to every American, not just to those who might agree with you. And you have to speak about the deep wounds that we have and that we're going to overcome them," she said. "I'm not advising the president. But, you know, unfortunately, Twitter and tweeting are not great ways for complex thoughts, for complex messages. When the president speaks, it needs to be from a place of thoughtfulness, from a place of having really honed the message so that it reaches all Americans."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/condoleezza-rice-urges-trump-to-put-tweeting-aside-for-a-little-bit/ar-BB159Xav

Yeah like that's going to happen.

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Condoleezza Rice urges Trump to "put tweeting aside for a little bit" (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
Hey, Condi! PJMcK Jun 2020 #1
lol right on! Cha Jun 2020 #6
+1 2naSalit Jun 2020 #7
Failed National Security Advisor says what? ZZenith Jun 2020 #2
Yep (n/t) PJMcK Jun 2020 #10
Nobody could imagine a twit tweeting so much Blues Heron Jun 2020 #3
Oh shit.. if that isn't an Understatement.. Quit Gaslighting, condi.. Cha Jun 2020 #4
Wow Condi TheDemsshouldhireme Jun 2020 #5
Ugh. Time to go away, Condi. Cash in with some directorship seats and just hush. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2020 #8
You'd have a better chance of getting him to stop breathing. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2020 #9
Clueless one the outside... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #11
Uggh. Sounds like she's admonishing a five year old for a temper tantrum when refused a cookie. hlthe2b Jun 2020 #12
And he's gonna do all that with the marybourg Jun 2020 #13
oh STFU Skittles Jun 2020 #14
C. Rice obviously has not followed Trump these last 3 plus years for her to think that Trump riversedge Jun 2020 #15
'Sleeza's slithered out I see. live love laugh Jun 2020 #16
Fuck you, why would you offer this turd useful advice? RockRaven Jun 2020 #17
It's like asking Lucy to let Charlie Brown kick the football. tanyev Jun 2020 #18
ffffffffff Solly Mack Jun 2020 #19
Post removed Post removed Jun 2020 #20
Then you don't know her very well. n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #27
Ms. Condoleezza "Mushroom Cloud" Rice says what? scarletwoman Jun 2020 #21
No smarter than ever Midnightwalk Jun 2020 #22
Here it comes! THE PIVOT!! Any day now!!! EarlG Jun 2020 #23
i really think he listened to her advice dweller Jun 2020 #24
Fuck off. SamKnause Jun 2020 #25
She can buzz right off. Laelth Jun 2020 #26
Hey Condi -- the smoking gun is a mushroom dick asshole Republican Blue Owl Jun 2020 #28
If she was serious she would have advised him to resign. This is wasted air. chowder66 Jun 2020 #29
Not bad advice, overall. Rump's response: Buns_of_Fire Jun 2020 #30
He can catch a showing of Spamalot and buy some new $3,000 Ferragamo shoes. NYC Liberal Jun 2020 #31
Her comments are ridiculous. madaboutharry Jun 2020 #32
Like he is going to listen to a woman. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #33
She should have been fired after kairos12 Jun 2020 #34
Complicit Condoleezza Newest Reality Jun 2020 #35
Poor Kindasleezy... llmart Jun 2020 #36
Only thing anyone ever needs to say to that #$*[[ Roland99 Jun 2020 #37
Condi: Don't forget to ask Santa for a pony lindysalsagal Jun 2020 #38

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
14. oh STFU
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:38 PM
Jun 2020

does she REALLY think he is capable of doing anything more than he is doing now? OH MAYBE SO, she DID work for Dubya

riversedge

(70,206 posts)
15. C. Rice obviously has not followed Trump these last 3 plus years for her to think that Trump
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:40 PM
Jun 2020

can be a man to convey unity.


...... I'm not advising the president, but if I were, I would say let's put tweeting aside for a little bit and talk to us, have a conversation with us. And I think we need that, and I think he can do it."

RockRaven

(14,966 posts)
17. Fuck you, why would you offer this turd useful advice?
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:43 PM
Jun 2020

Are you a big enough moral monster to want a second term of this shot? Apparently so.

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
21. Ms. Condoleezza "Mushroom Cloud" Rice says what?
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:50 PM
Jun 2020

Who the hell does she think she's shining on with this horseshit?

Rice also urged Mr. Trump to "speak in the language of unity, the language of empathy."

As if. Has she not listened to him for the past 3-1/2 years???


Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
22. No smarter than ever
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:51 PM
Jun 2020

She wasted no time saying exactly what she really felt:

the president has used some language that I really very much admire


Then she tried to have a complex thought. It came out like this:
But, you know, unfortunately, Twitter and tweeting are not great ways for complex thoughts, for complex messages.


Ya think Condie?

Your plan is to have the president speak and unite the country? God damn you are stupid.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,175 posts)
30. Not bad advice, overall. Rump's response:
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:05 PM
Jun 2020
Loser Lizzy Rice, failed Secretary of State under Dummy Dubya, thinks she can advise The Greatest Speaker of All Time! Loser Lizzy should stick to trying to get her name on another big boat! Sad! Loser! Kumquats!

madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
32. Her comments are ridiculous.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:09 PM
Jun 2020

She is clueless. Trump is not a normal person. It is a waste of time to even talk about him as if he was. Trump is a psychopath. You can’t reason with a psychopath.

She embarrassed herself with this comments.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
33. Like he is going to listen to a woman.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:17 PM
Jun 2020

She's clueless. He is never going to listen to a woman. Period. He and his supporters are proud of the fact that they never listen to a woman and make sure to always put a woman "in her place." Don't believe me? Ask one of them. They will be glad to tell you all about their shit views on women.

Besides, should a war criminal really be telling a Tweeter not to tweet? As if that would undo her and Bush's war crimes? No.

kairos12

(12,859 posts)
34. She should have been fired after
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:23 PM
Jun 2020

passing on R. Clark's desperately wanted meeting in July of 2001 to discuss impending attacks. As the National Security Advisor she was asleep at the switch and her conduct was a disgrace.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
35. Complicit Condoleezza
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:25 PM
Jun 2020

That was ridiculous.

Withdraw your cooperation completely and then were talking. That was catering.

Eat me, collaborator.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
36. Poor Kindasleezy...
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:26 PM
Jun 2020

I guess all the expensive shoe stores are closed due to Covid so she took some time out from her "busy" day to say something trite and unhelpful.

Go back under your rock, Condi.

lindysalsagal

(20,680 posts)
38. Condi: Don't forget to ask Santa for a pony
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:45 PM
Jun 2020

And the Great Pumpkin for a new costume.

Might as well ask to be annointed the Queen of Sheeba while you're at it.

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