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rogue emissary

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7. It's no surprise he's going after the racist low-hanging fruit that his base eats up.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 07:09 PM

Sep 2017

Puerto Rico and the US Virgn Islands are struggling. This takes up time during every broadcast about his offensive comment and most of the nation's outrage.

The reason Katrina was so bad for Bush was we got 24-hour coverage with the simple message that the government had failed its people.

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Puerto Rico Is Trump's Katrina [View all] sheshe2 Sep 2017 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Sep 2017 #1

Lock him...all of them up. sheshe2 Sep 2017 #3

It should be, but it won't be bearsfootball516 Sep 2017 #2

Bush left Louisianna to drown, that was part of our mainland. sheshe2 Sep 2017 #5

I'm just happy I haven't seen CNN refer to "the island nation of Puerto Rico" for a while Pope George Ringo II Sep 2017 #8

And his idiot supporters will probably blame this one on Obama too. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #4

Expect "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job" moments. Hortensis Sep 2017 #6

It's no surprise he's going after the racist low-hanging fruit that his base eats up. rogue emissary Sep 2017 #7

Recommended. eom guillaumeb Sep 2017 #9