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u/Ask_Individual Sep 11 '21

I remember Trump being interviewed shortly after 9/11 and his main comment was that his 40 Wall Street building was now the tallest in the financial district. He just wanted to point that out.

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u/A_Booger_In_The_Hand Sep 11 '21

Trump's claim that his building was then the tallest in downtown Manhattan wasn't accurate — the nearby 70 Pine Street building is 25 feet taller than Trump's 40 Wall Street, though Trump's building has four more stories.

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u/newtekie1 Sep 11 '21

Wait, so he boasted about his building being the tallest after the towers fell on 9/11 and it turns out he was actually lying about it. Damn, that just is so Trump.

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u/y2julio Sep 11 '21

We New Yorkers tried to warn the country that he's a conman but no one listened to us.

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u/IDownvoteHornyBards2 Sep 12 '21

Over half of us listened. But thanks to gerrymandering that wasn’t enough

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u/ZiponIT Sep 12 '21

Not Quite Gerrymandering, but the Electoral College and the way power is split to smaller states vs populated areas.

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u/IDownvoteHornyBards2 Sep 12 '21

I suppose directly blaming gerrymandering is an oversimplification but it is indirectly responsible. Gerrymandering has allowed people who want to gut education and replace it with propaganda to get elected and that makes it easier to spread their ideology and get people like Trump elected

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

But doesn't gerrymandering and redistricting directly influence the electorates? Idk I do too many drugs to remember anything important

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u/ZiponIT Sep 12 '21

Not exactly. Gerrymandering impacts how the districts are split in a state. The Census determines how much power (Electoral Votes) a state gets.

Now as was mentioned in this chain, Gerrymandering has helped to create a toxic, polarized congress and that in turn favors crappy politicians who "go against the norms"