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EarlG

(23,541 posts) Wed Sep 16, 2020, 09:31 AM Sep 2020

Pic Of The Moment: And Republicans Call This "Straight Talk" [View all]

Trump admitted he deliberately played down coronavirus threat

'I up-played it': Donald Trump disputes own admission he downplayed Covid pandemic

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Pic Of The Moment: And Republicans Call This "Straight Talk" [View all] EarlG Sep 2020 OP

Tsk,tsk, tsk! He's so confused. He's so unfit. brush Sep 2020 #1

'Up-played' ? WTH appalachiablue Sep 2020 #2

Is up-played a word???? bamagal62 Sep 2020 #3

salad words of the deranged appalachiablue Sep 2020 #4

Welllll. If up-sell is recognized as a word. . . niyad Sep 2020 #9

I'll uplook it in my OED. n/t Harker Sep 2020 #10

it's in the same dictionary as "bigly" NewJeffCT Sep 2020 #13

You can't lie using made-up words! nt Shermann Sep 2020 #23

The musings of an IMBECILE AZ8theist Sep 2020 #16

+1 lol BootinUp Sep 2020 #20

Can't take credit..... AZ8theist Sep 2020 #21

Straight talk? Hardly. FM123 Sep 2020 #5

That doesn't matter to his cult. And so doesn't it matter at all. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2020 #25

K&R Gothmog Sep 2020 #6

"I still like playing it down" PatSeg Sep 2020 #7

One of many examples of his words exposing his deep character flaws. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2020 #26

So often his odd use of very ordinary words PatSeg Sep 2020 #27

Good examples with "beautiful," but I tend to see it more Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2020 #28

Oh yes PatSeg Sep 2020 #29

Agreed. For those and countless others reasons Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2020 #30

Wise thing to do PatSeg Sep 2020 #31

This is a prime example of why I think VP Biden debating rump is a bad idea. NoMoreRepugs Sep 2020 #8

Don't believe your lying ears and eyes.... SergeStorms Sep 2020 #11

Typical Mass Murderer flip-flop Submariner Sep 2020 #12

We need to use 'mass murderer' constantly pandr32 Sep 2020 #18

Trump says what he wishes were true and never cares what is actually true. tclambert Sep 2020 #14

This man became President. Still is President Roc2020 Sep 2020 #15

It's not surreal. It's fucking VILE. AZ8theist Sep 2020 #17

Straight talk???? llmart Sep 2020 #19

TRUMP (pointing at a MIRROR) "dON'T LISTEN TO THAT GUY! He's a LIAR!" yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #22

There's yer next Biden ad. That audio, with titles, over footage of trailers full of body bags. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #24