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The Velveteen Ocelot

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6. Since the Bay of Pigs invasion was a huge flop

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2020, 01:31 PM

Sep 2020

and an embarrassment for the Kennedy Administration, an award named after it wouldn't seem to be much of a prize. And, in fact, there is no such award. CNN fact-checked the same claim last September:

He said that, before the 2016 election, Cubans in Miami "gave me the Bay of Pigs award. Can you imagine, right? The Bay of Pigs award." Trump got an endorsement from the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association, not an award. The endorsement was unprecedented from the association, so Trump could fairly boast about it. But still, an award and an endorsement are different things.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/fact-check-trump-makes-at-least-26-false-claims-at-new-mexico-rally/index.html

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What in the hell is the Bay of Pigs award? [View all] octoberlib Sep 2020 OP

The award for thwarting the Bowling Green massacre? muntrv Sep 2020 #1

Typo : he meant to say "they gave me the Big Ugly Pig Award" FM123 Sep 2020 #2

That would make a lot more sense, lol octoberlib Sep 2020 #4

He was speaking pig latin. ...nt 2naSalit Sep 2020 #7

I can't wait for the Bloomberg push back ad exposing there is no bay of pigs award kimbutgar Sep 2020 #3

If anyone knows about being a pig, it is him n/t The Genealogist Sep 2020 #5

Since the Bay of Pigs invasion was a huge flop The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #6

A figment of Lard Butt's imagination. 11 Bravo Sep 2020 #8

There is no Bay of Pigs award. Gothmog Sep 2020 #9

It gets awarded for the worst decision by an American president in a decade muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #10