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oberliner

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2. People may have forgotten that the "orangutan" bit was a response to Trump's birtherism

Reply to smirkymonkey (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2018, 07:55 PM

May 2018

This was around the time that Trump was asking for Obama to provide his birth certificate to prove he was born in the US. Maher spoofed that by asking for Trump to provide his birth certificate to prove he was not the son of an orangutan.

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Rebublicans are all butt-hurt that Bill Maher called Trump an orangutan in 2013 and want him [View all] smirkymonkey May 2018 OP

He was like an orangutan in 2013? He's really gone downhill since then. n/t rzemanfl May 2018 #1

People may have forgotten that the "orangutan" bit was a response to Trump's birtherism oberliner May 2018 #2

Exactly! Heartstrings May 2018 #4

This was also in direct defense of Heartstrings May 2018 #3

And he did it! smirkymonkey May 2018 #6

Michael Cohen sent Bill a copy of Trump's birth certificate oberliner May 2018 #8

That was terrible. There was no need to besmirch Orangutans CentralMass May 2018 #5

Orangutans are thoughtful and empathetic jberryhill May 2018 #7

The Orangutans should have called for Maher to be fired. Caliman73 May 2018 #9

Bill Maher was so wrong! lkinwi May 2018 #10

I LOVE orangutans! ProudLib72 May 2018 #11

My brother used to tease me that I was 'Snowflake' the famous albino applegrove May 2018 #12

They love overlooking that detail. Ilsa May 2018 #13

Yes. Turbineguy May 2018 #14