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13. I'm with Don LEMON on how Drumpf's Jewish ex-ambassador to Israel tried
Mon Nov 28, 2022, 12:07 PM
Nov 2022

to deflect the subject away from Drumpf and over to Progressives in Congress:

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/don-lemon-and-ex-trump-staffer-clash-over-trumps-dinner-with-white-supremacist-dont-put-words-in-my-mouth/

Don Lemon and Ex-Trump Staffer Clash Over Trump’s Dinner With White Supremacist: ‘Don’t Put Words in My Mouth’

.... Lemon spoke to Len Khodorkovsky on Monday morning over the fallout from Trump having dinner last week with Kanye West and prominent white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Khodorkovsky, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Trump administration who is Jewish, began the conversation by remarking about his descendence from Holocaust survivors to say, “I can tell an anti-semite when I hear one. And I tell you with confidence that President Trump is not an anti-semite.” ....

... As Khodorkovsky wished that Trump hadn’t met with West or Fuentes, he then tried to deflect from criticism of the former president by going after alleged anti-semitism from progressive members of Congress.

“They’re not the president of the United States. He’s the former president of the United States,” Lemon countered. “This is not whataboutism. He met with an anti-semite. So can we stick to the former president and not do whataboutism? We can talk about those other people when there are issues, but there aren’t issues right now.” ....

The clash continued as Lemon maintained the focus on Trump while Khodorkovsky kept trying to deflect to anti-semitism from other people. Khodorkovsky grew increasingly agitated as Lemon called out his “whataboutism” and his refusal to break off from the current news about an ex-president hosting anti-semites at his house. ....

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Supposedly, Turbineguy Nov 2022 #1
Yeah, was going to add: UTUSN Nov 2022 #3
Why does the group have to be oppressed to have self-hating members? Jack the Greater Nov 2022 #23
Gosh, seems like every syllable has to be defended, like whack-a-mole. Uh, the general connotation UTUSN Nov 2022 #26
I see a lot of colorful people behind Trump at his rallies. Self-hating-whatever. nt Samrob Nov 2022 #28
And has ye* looked in the mirror lately? GreenWave Nov 2022 #2
well yeah but he is rich and semi-divine, so he is above all that...(wink,wink) Thomas Hurt Nov 2022 #5
More about the Trump/Fuentes love fest here: Ocelot II Nov 2022 #4
His Name should have given him a hint eh? pwb Nov 2022 #6
White supremacist, white nationalist. The word is racist, why dress it up. They're proud of it Walleye Nov 2022 #7
Look into Hispanic racism. Geechie Nov 2022 #8
A broad brush applies to all of humanity in whatever its sub-groups. UTUSN Nov 2022 #9
Partly what did that LA council member in Sympthsical Nov 2022 #19
She's not the only one Retrograde Nov 2022 #29
When I took Hispanic Studies for my associates... haele Nov 2022 #21
Mexico is a multiracial society. David__77 Nov 2022 #10
"Embarrased by his Mexican heritage" from Post 11 - good definition of "self-hating." UTUSN Nov 2022 #14
Many, but not all Mexicans, are Mestizo. LuvLoogie Nov 2022 #11
I'm with Don LEMON on how Drumpf's Jewish ex-ambassador to Israel tried UTUSN Nov 2022 #13
Yes. Baitball Blogger Nov 2022 #12
I believe Nick also applied as Hispanic on his college applications. Freethinker65 Nov 2022 #15
It just goes to show that Trump's narcissism overrides all else, even his profound racism. LaMouffette Nov 2022 #16
And billionaire cartel honchos, too, like his history with Russian mob oligarchs. UTUSN Nov 2022 #17
Yup. Mary Trump's book "Too Much and Never Enough" lays out explicitly how this jerk ended up LaMouffette Nov 2022 #31
consider the venomous reptile Stephen Miller, agingdem Nov 2022 #18
Exactly on all points. Or why not his mother's or grandmother's maiden names? UTUSN Nov 2022 #24
I'm seriously getting major Clayton Bigsby vibes from Kanye hanging out with that POS. Initech Nov 2022 #20
Mexican is not an ethnicity. It is a nationality. It hs nothing to do with genes. Jack the Greater Nov 2022 #22
"indigenous" or "mestizo" or "heritage" - that better? UTUSN Nov 2022 #25
That's just complicating things further Retrograde Nov 2022 #27
"Fuentes, I prefer not to refer to him at all" - well, since this is that thread, don't know what UTUSN Nov 2022 #30
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