It Doesn't Matter Who the Guy Is or Was. He Is Not Running for Anything
I think by now most, if not all people at DU are familiar with Donald Trump and the Unidentified Guy Who Hates Muslims.
A talking point on the right now is that the guy was a Democratic plant sent to embarrass the Donald.
That somehow this guy must possess some great 'Aura of Disturbance' that trapped Trump, prevented him from properly stating how much he loved Muslims, but instead left Trump open to mockery and derision
Two facts about this are
1. Unlike McCain, Trump screwed up
2. It's irrelevant who this guy is or what his motives are
When asked the question he could have said the guy was wrong or that he disagreed with his comment and moved on.
Instead, being the churlish, not yet ready for real world politics ass-clown that he is he let the comment ride, even complementing the guy
If someone walks up to you and says something derogatory or slanderous about a group of people and you tell everyone how much you love the guy making the stupid, bigoted statement and people find out... guess what? That's your own damned fault. You agreed with it or at the very least never challenged him and certainly made it seem as if you shared the same opinions.
Donald knows (as a Presidential candidate and one man carnival freak show) he's always on camera.
Trump is correct, he isn't obligated to correct the man and his caustic statements.
But when you're running for the office of president people are allowed to expect more out of you than a typical Trump after-the-fact mea culpa of, "I love the Muslims." Kind of like he loves the Mexicans and the Blacks.
It doesn't matter who the guy is. The guy could have been Bernie Sanders in a mask or Obama's best friend from college or some Hilary supporter who saw his chance to embarrass Trump or a guy paid by the DNC. Hell! He may have been Jimmy Carter's grandson, the same one we were told gave the tape of rMoney's 47% gaffe that Faux News tried to spin as the real story.
It's irrelevant. He isn't important because he's not running for anything, he's just some guy running his mouth and saying stupid, bigoted things rooted out of fear.
Trump's handling of it is what matters. He's the guy who wants to be president, not the unknown guy.
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