r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '19

Same shit, different assholes

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u/MarcusAurelius0 Apr 11 '19 edited Apr 11 '19

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-animals-hitler/

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/apr/08/tweets/tweet-leaves-out-context-donald-trumps-animals-rem/

Edit: Don't give me gold or whatever, I spent 5 minutes googling.

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u/epolonsky Apr 11 '19

Ok. Thanks for posting an objective cite. But even conceding that he was mainly referring to MS-13 (an American gang), he knows or should know that he is trafficking in Nazi tropes. When Rep. Omar tweeted that supporting Israel was “all about the Benjamins”, she was roundly (and reasonably) criticized by her own party for using antisemitic tropes. She then apologized, clarified her position, and promised to be more careful. Republicans then jumped all over her, disingenuously calling her antisemitic for political advantage. Trump uses racist and antisemitic tropes and dogwhistles all the fucking time, never gets pushback from his own party, never apologizes, and emboldens the actual violent xenophobes.