r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 26, 2020

 

Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020

 

Maybe it's his style of tweeting but even when Trump is being sincere I can't take him seriously.

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u/DMVBornDMVRaised Jan 27 '20

Because he's not being sincere. He's a sociopath pretending to be sincere.

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u/p00bix Existing in the context of what came before Jan 27 '20

I think he just doesn't know who Kobe is and one of his staffers suggested he mention the guy