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live love laugh

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4. Snopes is a RW owned tool now. The question is purposely posed wrong

Reply to WarGamer (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2024, 02:20 PM

Jun 2024

It makes it easy to make a full denial — but “very fine people on both sides” in the context of the situation then amounts to calling them fine people.

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After 7 years... Snopes calls Trump "fine people" claim FALSE. [View all] WarGamer Jun 2024 OP

Wow. Kinda late. And really worthless anyway. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #1

Snopes is correct; I remember when the statement was made. Ocelot II Jun 2024 #2

Kinda a matter of interpretation. Said there were very fine people on both sides. One of those sides was inarguably ColinC Jun 2024 #3

Snopes is a RW owned tool now. The question is purposely posed wrong live love laugh Jun 2024 #4

sure? WarGamer Jun 2024 #9

That was 10 years ago. Currently notsomuch. live love laugh Jun 2024 #12

I have not trusted Snopes for a while LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2024 #5

Trump is lousy at many things, but he does have one gift; he knows how to get his toe a micron away from the line. bluesbassman Jun 2024 #6

I'm not one for watching a lot of political videos EYESORE 9001 Jun 2024 #7

The way he babbles everything requires paraphrasing and interpretation. RockRaven Jun 2024 #8

as noted in the snopes article, his comments got a hearty thank you from david duke, so draw your own conclusions. unblock Jun 2024 #10

another point is that the comment was 7 years ago. he's become even more overtly a white supremacist/nazi since then. unblock Jun 2024 #11

I used to love Snopes. Captain Stern Jun 2024 #13

Snopes is right and wrong at the same time.. Peacetrain Jun 2024 #14

He did the old--say what you mean first....... Kingofalldems Jun 2024 #15