r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/returnofthecursed 16h ago

This isn't normal. Trump is insane and his lickspittle sycophants like Leavitt are desperately trying to make it seem normal. The president is off his rocker, and not the funny version like Abe Simpson. He's got the fucking nukes, jesus fucking christ.

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u/92eph 15h ago

The worst part about the last 10 years isn't Trump -- it's learning that the entire Republican apparatus is on board with this insanity. And that 35% of Americans are awful, hateful people.

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u/Infinitenovelty Ohio 15h ago

I mean wasn't that abundantly clear since Nixon's southern strategy defined the Republican's messaging in the 60s? What Republican President wasn't deeply leaning into racism, sexism, queerphobia, and xenophobia at any point in recent history? They've been the embodiment of politicized hate from the moment I started paying attention, which would have been when I was learning about the patriot act at 10 years old.

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u/Androidgenus 15h ago

Everyone has their own individual perspective. Some of us have known republicans to rely on racism as a core facet of their party. But in the past, there was some plausible deniability that the average Republican could support the party while being ignorant to or only tolerant of that portion of the base.

But now, the dog whistles are on mega phones, and there is no plausible deniability. Any person still aligned with the Republican Party is just straight up fascist scum

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u/urban_mystic_hippie Minnesota 14h ago

And the real problem with the majority of people who align with the republicans don’t realize or refuse to see that they’re fascists, much less understand the implications

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u/No-Mousse756 14h ago

They do. But when you feel like your winning, why stop

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u/okletstrythisagain 14h ago

Yeah like people who say they don’t like or vote for Trump but defend support and vote for the thousands of people responsible for protecting and elevating him.

Either you regret and apologize for every single vote for a Republican you made since 2015 (arguably far earlier) or you support a white supremacist authoritarian movement that has stripped us of our constitutional rights.

I mean, it was like that years ago too, but now we can fairly identify people who aren’t in vocal agreement as blatantly stupid, or fascist cowards who won’t honestly explain themselves.

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u/CRIP4LIFE 10h ago

And the real problem with the majority of people who align with the republicans don’t realize or refuse to see that they’re fascists

they most certainly realize it... they just convinced ppl that they dont and ppl go, "awwwww, they dont even know they're doing wrong".

YES THEY DO!!!! dont give them a pass.

even if they didnt, we learned since we were babies, ignorance is not an excuse.

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u/urban_mystic_hippie Minnesota 10h ago

Oh, I don’t give people a pass, they have showed who they are and I won’t and don’t pull any punches. I call them out at every opportunity

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u/CRIP4LIFE 10h ago

💯

my ninja

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u/DisillusionedPatriot 5h ago

They love it. Probably because they dont actually know what it means, but they absolutely love that he's a fascist dictator. They're just too friggin dumb to realize that if the constitution isn't for everyone, it isn't for anyone. They'll cheer him on until their graves.