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NastyRiffraff

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11. If he knew he could get away with it

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon May 29, 2017, 12:29 PM

May 2017

he'd cheer them on. And he would if he were still a candidate. As it is, he has to appease his rabid base and try to placate the rest of the American people. Not doing a great job at either.

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Trump Had At Least 15 Chances To Address The Portland Attack On Twitter. He Didnt. [View all] workinclasszero May 2017 OP

and he isn't going to . That would be criticizing his base supporters. He WANTS it to happen luvMIdog May 2017 #1

Bingo workinclasszero May 2017 #5

And he did. But he did not mention the hate crime, just assault on defenders of hate victims. L. Coyote May 2017 #12

He probably didn't even see the story in the news because his name wasn't mentioned. n/t shraby May 2017 #2

His base wouldn't approve. mn9driver May 2017 #3

Of course he did Lotusflower70 May 2017 #4

If another Dylan Roof happened tomorrow, he'd say it was regrettable and call for calm and dalton99a May 2017 #6

Trump only cares about Muslims if they live in golden palaces, have cool glowing orbs, and... Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #7

the boy who wants to be potus heaven05 May 2017 #8

And why does Trump never use the phrase "Radical Conservative Terrorist"? n/t Binkie The Clown May 2017 #9

Right wing christian male terrorism. tRump-Bannon not interested. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #10

If he knew he could get away with it NastyRiffraff May 2017 #11

His silence is cheering them on workinclasszero May 2017 #13

Of course not. This is what he wanted. To stir up enough hatred within his smirkymonkey May 2017 #14