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oldtime dfl_er

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27. It pains me to say this

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 12, 2016, 12:09 PM

Dec 2016

but I think her words were not taken serously for two reasons: first, Trump had lowered the bar on truth so far that there was a false equivalency that nothing anyone said in the debates could be taken as true, and second, she's a woman. Nobody listens to women when they raise these kinds of alarms.

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Laughing stock Trump tweets: Why wasn't this [hacking] brought up before election? [View all] riversedge Dec 2016 OP

Didn't Hillary bring it up in one of the debates? femmocrat Dec 2016 #1

Yes she did, the good thing is he's tweeting about it means its getting to him to some degree uponit7771 Dec 2016 #4

he's really lying it up for all to see, not that Trumpsters care wordpix Dec 2016 #9

with him slagging the CIA, I think false flag is unlikely. Trump and his Flying Monkey KittyWampus Dec 2016 #35

I think she brought it up in two of the debates NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #26

Oy...Someone brought it up BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #2

Thank you! femmocrat Dec 2016 #5

He's a clown and most of his supporters lost their political minds a long time ago BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #14

Stephanie Miller played an audio clip this morning. femmocrat Dec 2016 #21

It pains me to say this oldtime dfl_er Dec 2016 #27

He was too busy trying to remember what Aleppo was to focus Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #7

I don't see how she could have been more clear NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #16

No, SHE'S the puppet! maddiemom Dec 2016 #17

Is there a name for this? Projecting, maybe? cilla4progress Dec 2016 #29

It will go down as one of the best responses in presidential debate history BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #24

I hope he is too dumb to be a successful dictator. SamKnause Dec 2016 #3

The problem with that is that he is surrounded by evil people who are smarter than he is. femmocrat Dec 2016 #22

He is, but his henchmen and henchwomen are not :-( etherealtruth Dec 2016 #33

Twitter needs to add a fact-check system for tweets getting more than 5000 likes Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #6

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He should ask Mitch McConnell. Baitball Blogger Dec 2016 #12

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The intelligence community issued a warning on October 7. More than a month before the election. riversedge Dec 2016 #13

The fake news trolls are out in force on twitter for Twitler. MADem Dec 2016 #15

and lots of them have 'deplorable' as their names!! riversedge Dec 2016 #31

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Gaslighting. eom littlemissmartypants Dec 2016 #18

Donald the Laughing Stock cab67 Dec 2016 #19

I honestly thought that was someone mocking Trump.... usedtobedemgurl Dec 2016 #20

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When will the deplorables figure out theyve been played? Jacob Boehme Dec 2016 #28

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