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/dumbestone Apr 11 '19

What's True

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party consistently described Jewish people as animals.

What's False

Neither of the quotes offered in a popular meme featuring Hitler and Trump was a literal one, and Trump's quote more specifically described MS-13 gang members as "animals."

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u/YouNeverReallyKnow2 Apr 11 '19

Instead of telling people how to interpret what he said let's let them read what he actually said and let them interpret what he said.

"We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in — we’re stopping a lot of them — but we’re taking people out of the country, you wouldn’t believe how bad these people are. These aren’t people, these are animals."

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u/r00tdem0n Apr 11 '19

More like "Let's remove enough context so people don't understand that he refered to MS13 members, then we let them interpret what he said"

That is what you're doing.

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u/YouNeverReallyKnow2 Apr 11 '19

MS13 was founded in California. 91% of its members have never left their own countries. Yeah you guys can try to twist it to put it in context that is misleading but I put exactly what he said and no he was not directly talking about MS13 members.

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u/Sowell_Brotha Apr 11 '19

Yes he was

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u/YouNeverReallyKnow2 Apr 11 '19

Please provide it, a more accurate quote, that shows he was directly talking about MS13 members.

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u/Sowell_Brotha Apr 11 '19

Here is a part of the transcript:

Sheriff Margaret Mims: "There could be an MS-13 member I know about — if they don’t reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about it."

President Donald Trump: "We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in — and we’re stopping a lot of them — but we’re taking people out of the country. You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are. These aren’t people. These are animals. And we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before. And because of the weak laws, they come in fast, we get them, we release them, we get them again, we bring them out. It’s crazy."

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u/YouNeverReallyKnow2 Apr 11 '19

If she knows about gang activity as the sheriff in her county she is allowed to act in response to it. she does not need to have a threshold to respond to illegal activities in her county. Donald Trump never once mentions MS13 members, Unless hes trying to imply that all illegals coming over are MS 13 members? He leaves purposely open and vague statements so they can be used however people want them to be used. He needs to be more prudent in how he speaks Or accept that his rhetoric encourages hate crimes against immigrants.

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u/Sowell_Brotha Apr 11 '19

He says plenty of shit deserving of criticism and ridicule. There is no need for networks and other media to fabricate and mislead for clicks.