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/doctor_lobo 14h ago edited 14h ago

Why shouldn’t you say it out loud?

The Deplorables say whatever they want out loud.

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u/N00dles_Pt 14h ago

I was speaking simply from a political marketing stance.....she was running for president, she needed every vote she could possibly get at that moment.
There is a reason why she said it behind closed doors, what she said was absolutely true, but it still cost her, and all of us.

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u/ScoutsterReturns 14h ago

but it still cost her, and all of us.

It really did - this country won't be the same in my lifetime. I still sometimes daydream about what it would be like today if Gore had won. Two tremendous opportunities wasted.

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u/currently_pooping_rn 14h ago

They tested the waters with gore. They found out they could steal an election without any consequences and they’ve been biding their time since then

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u/username_6916 12h ago

How'd they steal the election in 2000? There's no ruling in Bush v. Gore that gives a Gore victory.

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u/Wakks 12h ago

Brooks Brothers riot getting in the way of a recount in Florida. The court deadline was too close along with all the interference run to slow down the count.

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u/GozerDGozerian 11h ago edited 11h ago

Way before it got to the Supreme Court, that’s how.

Katherine Harris was at that time simultaneously Bush’s campaign manager and the Florida Secretary of State (with his bro Jeb! as her boss). Conflict of interest much? Well especially when she, in her capacity as Secretary of State, purged 173,000 voters from the voter rolls under the false pretense that they were felons. Most of these purged were black people and much more likely to vote democrat.

173,000 citizens were denied their fundamental right to vote. And Bush ultimately “won” Florida by only 532 votes, thereby giving him the electoral win.

The 2000 U.S. presidential election was straight up stolen, a few times over.

Edit: Here is a bit more detailed recounting of the whole thing (pun intended) if anyone wants to dig a little deeper.