Does anyone else think the racist comedian was hired by a disgruntled insider to troll the GQP?

[Lunabell]

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I mean, they had to know this was not going to be taken well by undecided voters. Could there possibly be a troll inside the orange blobfather's campaign? Or, did they just go for broke because they know they aren't going to win?

It just seems to me, that someone trolled the rnc.

Quit hitting me up with the Loomis comparison. I've never read or heard anything by her. I just thought it would be hilarious if someone in his inner circle would do this to him because it's exactly what he deserves because it has really tanked his approval with so many independent voters. So stop with that bullshit. It's not nice and is against tos.

[TwilightZone]

1. No. He was referred to Trump by Joe Rogan.

They're pals here in Austin.

[Blue Owl]

6. Rogan's Zeroes

[TwilightZone]

15. I like that.

Nicely played.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

57. He knows nothing, that Col Rogan

Schultz is the POW group leader, and he makes the US Army look like fools in this alt-universe tale set at a POW camp in Arkansas. After the war, Schultz becomes a chocolatier and decides to stay here.

[LisaL]

2. No

NT

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. What did they do to distance themselves from his vile remarks?

NOTHING.

They loved every word of what he said.

[Gore1FL]

7. They are saying he was a Harris plant now that they see consequences. nt

[TwilightZone]

16. Trump's team issued a statement saying he didn't represent Trump or his views.

They did try to distance themselves very quickly, probably as soon as they realized the backlash was intense.

[Ilikepurple]

38. Key words "as soon as they realized the backlash was intense"

As far as distancing, it seems to me a pretty weak attempt as to not offend his base.

[TwilightZone]

40. Trump never does this.

So even a weak attempt is very telling. Damage control.

[Ilikepurple]

48. Yes, but Trump didn't. one person from his campaign did and not very vociferously.

I have only been able to find campaign advisor Danielle Alvarez’s comment that the joke doesn’t reflect Trump’s views. No denouncement and it seems that distancing mainly means putting it in the past without stating what his views exactly are. I guess any statement at all is something from the Trump camp.

[Gore1FL]

4. The comedian said everything they beilieve.

They are only "disowning" him now because of the blowback.

Everything he said they believe.

[LisaL]

8. Trump himself has a history of offensive statements about groups of people.

NT

[ananda]

5. I would think that except they really are that stupid.

...

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

9. No. Behold, the Republican Party. (n/t)

[RockRaven]

10. Absolutely not. His "jokes" were in the teleprompter, which indicates

the campaign knew exactly what they would be in advance, just like every other speech/speaker at that event.

[Dem4life1234]

11. They aren't that bright

[RJ_MacReady]

12. No I don't

I think they are just that incompetent and lack self awareness.

[Think. Again.]

13. You don't understand who rightwingers are, do you.

[Island Blue]

14. No.

[Sneederbunk]

17. No, the Trump Campaign is not that bright.

[pwb]

18. I think that is what the 1% laugh at all the time.

The guy does the Balls and Gala's and Polo circuits. Like Mari largo.

[chowder66]

19. No. They didn't figure in the pushback and that's why they are throwing bullshit at the wall.

[Quixote1818]

20. No, they live inside their own bubble where racist jokes are just fine. nt

[Bev54]

21. Not a chance

[PatrickforB]

22. No. This is what the MAGA party believes. Mass deportations, camps, using the military against

people here in the US, abortion bans, cuts to Social Security and Medicare, gutting any climate change efforts for the save of big oil PROFITS, massive tax cuts for billionaire parasites, gutting unions.

Not trolling, but their reality. What they actually want to do when they get in power.

[2naSalit]

23. He was there...

The please that nazi, miller.

[emulatorloo]

24. No.

[jcgoldie]

25. I feel like they were playing to the room and they are too inept to see how it plays on tv

It has been reported that the Trump campaign read the transcripts in advance and drew the line at him calling Harris c..t. Basically they were like ok we dont want to upset the evangelicals, pour on the racism and hate but watch the language. They know those jokes play to everyone in that room but they are not smart enough to realize the soundbites they are making outside of it.

[RandySF]

26. No

[Dan]

27. They knew damn well what they were getting....

[Klarkashton]

28. No that's absurd. They knew what they were getting.

The rest of those bastards speakers were equally horrible. The press latched on to the one.

[radical noodle]

29. Not at all

He said what they're thinking.

[Ferrets are Cool]

30. Not a chance.

[onenote]

31. I think Laura Loomer might think that, but I would hope nobody on DU thinks like Laura Loomer.

[Lunabell]

50. Yeah, no I don't.

And I think it would be hysterical if someone in his inner circle did this to him to tank him. I've never read or heard her kkkrap, but I'm pretty sure she wouldn't think it as funny as I would.

[JHB]

32. No. I think they thought he was a hoot.

Trump's event planners are not exactly the sharpest people. How many times have his supporters been left stranded because they were bussed in someplace but the logistics of bussing them out again hadn't been on the planners' "to do" list?

[onecaliberal]

33. No. His remarks were in the teleprompter. Which means they were "vetted"

This IS EXACTLY who they are.

[jfz9580m]

34. After having actually watched that

What a snoozefest.
I never thought a Nazi rally could be this boring as well…

[spanone]

35. They troll themselves...they are that stupid

[Cha]

36. It's REported Rogan Rec him and he was a Regular on his

Pisscast.

[blogslug]

37. More likely they couldn't find another comic

I mean, that lineup of "VIPs + celebrities" was as C-list as they come. They probably would have booked Rob Schneider but his act has gotten so foul and messy even the GOP don't want him.

[TwilightZone]

41. No, he was exactly who they wanted.

He was referred to Trump by Joe Rogan months ago. They're good pals here in Austin.

[edisdead]

39. they reviewed his schtick

they did cut part out but left all that racist shit in.

They are just stupid assholes.

[Wiz Imp]

43. Do you realize that Your speculation about this sounds remarkably similar to Laura Loomer?

[Lunabell]

45. Oh please.

[Wiz Imp]

46. You: Does anyone else think the racist comedian was hired by a disgruntled insider to troll the GQP?

Laura Loomer: Doesn’t anyone think it’s weird how @KamalaHarris rolled out her policy on Puerto Rico the same day @TonyHinchcliffe told a joke at the Trump rally? Did the managers at @unitedtalent UTA leak Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes? And if they did, did they do so because he’s Pro Trump?

So you say it was a disgruntled employee and she blames it on the "comedian's" agent. You both come up with insane conspiracy theories to take the blame off of Trump himself. Trump and his team knew what the guy was going to say (they loaded it into the teleprompter) and they were perfectly fine with it. No, there was no conspiracy. what happened was a racist (Trump) intentionally hired a racist "comedian" to "entertain" at his rally because he knew that's the type of "humor" his supporters find funny.

[Lunabell]

49. Whatever

[LoisB]

44. No.

[claudette]

51. No

He was hired by Dump to say what he himself wished he could say

[CentralMass]

52. No. The are all just a bag of racist @$$holes.

[pat_k]

53. No. This was 100% self-inflicted. No conspiracy here.

[Lunabell]

54. I'm not doing conspiracy theories.

I'm doing my desire for that to have happened. It would be really funny if it were true. Because I believe it is really going to piss off enough Latinos (and some others) to change the course of this election. It's been reported that one S. Florida Latina wanted to change her already cast vote for tfg, but unfortunately, she can't. So, I just think it would be funny if it were true.

[Voltaire2]

59. It's exactly an unhinged conspiracy theory.

Not a shred of evidence.

[Lunabell]

60. Duh! But, that's not the context of my post.

Read again.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

56. online... a few are saying that Harris put him up to it.

[no_hypocrisy]

55. No. My best guess is that the endorsement came from no other than

Don, Jr. It's his kind of sick "humor".

[Voltaire2]

58. They own this.

This is who they are.

[BlueTsunami2018]

61. Not at all.

They know who that asshole is. That’s his “act”.

They know exactly who that trash appeals to.

[Zeitghost]

63. It is part of a very deliberate strategy

Trump has been on Rogan, Theo Vaughn and Andrew Shultz and has had Tony Hinchcliffe host the MSG event. This is part of a strategy to appeal to a subsection of young (25-45) male voters who don't fit into the traditional left/right paradigm and feel largely disenfranchised by the current system. None of those comedians/podcast hosts fit into the traditional Republican corporate or religious right constituencies but are part of a newer alt-right that is less concerned with taxes, regulation, abortion or gay rights and instead is focused on what they see is an overreach of "Woke" or "PC" culture.

Anyone offended by Hinchcliffe wasn't voting for Trump before the MSG event and isn't voting for him afterwards. Trump is trying to mobilize those who aren't normally involved in team politics and aren't normally motivated to vote.