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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:44 PM Sep 2017

Jerry Brown compares Trump supporters to cave dwellers

Source: Politico




By DAVID SIDERS 09/18/2017 02:16 PM EDT

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday called President Donald Trump’s approach to climate change and North Korea “stupid and dangerous and silly,” sharpening his criticism of the president and comparing his supporters to cave dwellers.

“They’re both kind of very similar,” Brown said at a climate change event in New York. “You should check out the derivation of ‘Trump-ite’ and ‘troglodyte,’ because they both refer to people who dwell in deep, dark caves.”

Brown, the Democratic governor of the nation’s most populous state, has been rushing to recruit other state and local governments to sign onto their own nonbinding climate agreements in defiance of Trump. At an event coinciding with the United Nations meeting in New York, Brown said Trump’s election has made it easier to promote climate-related policies, with the rise of a “real adversary that is not believable, is not credible.”

“President Trump is the null hypothesis, which he’s proven,” Brown said. “Everything he’s doing is … stupid and dangerous and silly. I mean, come on, really, calling the North Korean dictator ‘Rocket Man'? … He is accelerating the reversal through his own absurdity.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18/jerry-brown-criticize-trump-supporters-242846

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Jerry Brown compares Trump supporters to cave dwellers (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
Add racist then you've got it! nt wolfie001 Sep 2017 #1
It's nice to hear a man stand up to this misogynist crap bettyellen Sep 2017 #2
stupid and dangerous - got that right lunasun Sep 2017 #3
That man should become president some day. ffr Sep 2017 #4
Not likely since he's 79 years old. BlueStater Sep 2017 #8
He ran in the 1992 primary alp227 Sep 2017 #9
Why insult cave dwellers? NT Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 #5
Oh come on, there is a certain "Cave" message board alp227 Sep 2017 #10
i only recently discovered that site... JHan Sep 2017 #17
I think the cult/base likes to hear this...it encourages their BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #14
He should've said deplorable cave dwellers True_Blue Sep 2017 #25
Not a good comparison. For their time cave dwellers were smart joeybee12 Sep 2017 #6
That's an insult to cave dwellers. nt SunSeeker Sep 2017 #7
I call them morons and knuckle draggers. Lil Missy Sep 2017 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #12
Cave-dwelling Nazi. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #13
Thank you, Governor Brown! mountain grammy Sep 2017 #15
K&R Scurrilous Sep 2017 #16
Yeah, like these guys... Turbineguy Sep 2017 #18
Pour it on, Jerry. roamer65 Sep 2017 #19
Shout it from the rooftops! riversedge Sep 2017 #20
KnR Hekate Sep 2017 #21
Jerry Brown is so MEAN! Rollo Sep 2017 #22
Jerry Brown...master of the understatement. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #23
Outstanding Mr. Governor yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #24
I'm sure going to miss Jerry Brown. NBachers Sep 2017 #26
Oh no, now racists Trumpkins won't vote for us! I'm concerned! RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #27

JHan

(10,173 posts)
17. i only recently discovered that site...
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 08:45 PM
Sep 2017

they're so pathetic..

and there's another con. site where they're addressing DU members as if anyone cares......

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
14. I think the cult/base likes to hear this...it encourages their
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 07:18 PM
Sep 2017

pea sized brains to become even more miniscule and eventually shrivel up and die. They thrive on being told this...they are truly sick, sick, sick. I hope that they all get the karma they deserve. However they are too stupid to realise that their dementia is making their personal situation even worse than before Nov 8th. This makes them dig their heels in even deeper to defend their idiot perceptions.

True_Blue

(3,063 posts)
25. He should've said deplorable cave dwellers
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 11:25 PM
Sep 2017

We don't want to disparage any cave dwellers that didn't vote for Trump.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
6. Not a good comparison. For their time cave dwellers were smart
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:57 PM
Sep 2017

They knew enough to get put of the rain. Trumpanzees don't

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)
23. Jerry Brown...master of the understatement.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 09:32 PM
Sep 2017

At least the cave dwellers of yore left behind stunning cave paintings that revealed their humanity.
Trump's cave dwellers will leave nothing behind but a legacy of hate & mistrust that reveals nothing but their inhumanity.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
27. Oh no, now racists Trumpkins won't vote for us! I'm concerned!
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 01:14 AM
Sep 2017

He's right. Fuck Trump and anyone who voted for him.

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