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Peacetrain

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14. Snopes is right and wrong at the same time..

Reply to WarGamer (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2024, 03:27 PM

Jun 2024

Trump did say there were good people on both sides.. people who wanted the statues taken down and those who wanted them to stay up. true that

also true was that the Nazis and white supremist's marched in support of keeping up the statues of a failed insurrection to destroy our country in the same town at the same time the pro and anti statue demonstrations were going on ..

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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