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Tom of Temecula

(1,632 posts)
Tue Jun 4, 2024, 09:02 PM Jun 2024

'Going all in to win!' Dems deliver epic burn after RNC makes Ho Chi Minh City mistake

The Republican Party committed a bizarre mistake this week in advertising their upcoming national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where one of their websites swapped out the skyline of Milwaukee for that of Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese metropolis previously known as Saigon.

Democratic National Committee rapid response director Alex Floyd was quick to pound them with mockery over it in a statement. “Maybe if Donald Trump and the RNC actually bothered to have a real campaign operation in Wisconsin, they could tell the difference between Milwaukee and Ho Chi Minh City," said the statement. "We encourage them to continue going all-in to win the voters of Ho Chi Minh City while Democrats earn the votes of Wisconsinites.”

The skylines of these cities do not look remotely the same; Ho Chi Minh City is home to over 9 million people, while Milwaukee has fewer than 600,000 people and less than half the number of high-rise buildings in its city center.

This comes after the RNC has faced a number of setbacks, following the ouster of longtime chair Ronna McDaniel and her replacement by several hardcore Trump loyalists and election deniers, including former North Carolina GOP head Michael Whatley and Trump's daughter-in-law.



https://www.rawstory.com/rnc-milwaukee/
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tanyev

(49,297 posts)
1. Bizarre only if you aren't aware of the many times Republican ads
Tue Jun 4, 2024, 09:17 PM
Jun 2024

have used Russian stock photos. I swear they’re outsourcing their social media.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
9. That would explain a lot
Tue Jun 4, 2024, 11:36 PM
Jun 2024

They've made some truly bizarre mistakes like this in the past.

Wonder Why

(7,029 posts)
3. It was done on purpose so Donnie can get out of the country to escape jail time and more prosecutions.
Tue Jun 4, 2024, 09:34 PM
Jun 2024

Celerity

(54,410 posts)
4. true shame we don't have time travel, as we could ship Felonious Dump back into the middle of a Tet Offensive firefight
Tue Jun 4, 2024, 09:53 PM
Jun 2024

Bev54

(13,431 posts)
6. This happens so often, I sometimes wonder is somebody doing this on purpose or do they
Tue Jun 4, 2024, 11:15 PM
Jun 2024

think if they get away with it, they will have owned the libs? Are they this insanely incompetent?

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