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I'm not sure anyone even asked Melania. The statement was put out by her Communications Director. It is totally possible that Melania said nothing, and Donny Jr. or another of the kids told the Director to put out the statement.
Doesn't matter. She is FLOTUS, the Communications Director is her official spokesperson, Melania owns the statement. It is on her until/unless she disclaims it. Period.
(I say this as someone who is sympathetic to her overall plight but she is an adult who has choices.)
I almost felt a little sorry for, Sarah Huckabee Sanders today. She looked like she was going to cry at one point, it looked very painful and uncomfortable for her up there defending Trumps tweets. She sure looked like she would have rather be somewhere else today.
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What has no place in our nation is anyone who wants to limit the free speech of the President for political purpose or anyone else for that matter. If someone could limit his speech imagine what they could do to the rest of us.
It is the new Presidential. Get use to it.
There's no legal restraints on the president, I assure you. The voters and the Congress have the right to deal with the president in any way they want, as constrained by the law and the Constitution. If "we the people" want to vote for or against a president based on style instead of substance, we have the constitutional right to do so. That includes style of speech.
"New Presidential" is an Appeal to Novelty - confusing actually true / right with merely new. By that standard, Communism is more advanced than Democracy (Marx came after Jefferson, Hamilton, Franklin, etc), and Naziism more advanced than either of those two (Hitler, and Herbert Spencer's social Darwinism, the seedcorn of Nat. Socialism, came after Marx). See my point?
Finally, if you'll allow a very off-topic side note -- I would NEVER want anyone to take a bullet to protect MY "right" to verbally abuse, for that implies that abuse is a necessary part of communicating ideas vital for society to know. It also implies that the "weak", "sensitive", etc. deserve are worthy of any degradation they get simply for being "weak", "sensitive", etc alone - and the psychological injuries chronic abuse tends to cause. That is NOT what I consider a value worth defending to the death.
I voted for Trump.
I like the accomplishments he is making.
Although, what he said in this tweet is uncalled for.
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Originally Posted by ohhwanderlust
Thank you.
It's more than possible to overall support someone and still call them out if necessary. If anything, that goes with the territory, because you *want* to see him succeed, and behaving with dignity will help that happen.
Because by dropping to that level you normalize their truly offensive statements. You help them defend themselves by lowering yourself to that.
I am offended by your assertion I am dropping to the level of POTUS and FLOTUS by calling them PIGS for his personal attack tweets and HER defense of them. They are indeed the bottom of the barrel and calling them out for that is not sinking to their level. It is being honest. It is what more GOP leaders need to do....stop saying they are 'disappointed' or 'wish he didn't say that"......they need to call these people what they are.
I voted for Trump.
I like the accomplishments he is making.
Although, what he said in this tweet is uncalled for.
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Originally Posted by Timmyy
His accomplishments?
Timmyy.........,
If that is all you got out of my post, you 're a prime example why some don't take you and your party as mature or seriously.
And looking for right around every corner.
His tweetstorm was a childish reaction to being outed for his fake Time magazine covers.
BINGO.
It was obvious from the get-go that this is about something bigger than Ms. Brzezinski.
She's a convenient scapegoat for his latest self-inflicted humiliation - and as usual he picked on the woman in the pair, she represents all the women he fears and despises.
I am offended by your assertion I am dropping to the level of POTUS and FLOTUS by calling them PIGS for his personal attack tweets and HER defense of them. They are indeed the bottom of the barrel and calling them out for that is not sinking to their level. It is being honest. It is what more GOP leaders need to do....stop saying they are 'disappointed' or 'wish he didn't say that"......they need to call these people what they are.
Bill Kristol did in his tweet:
Good for him. POTS deserves it based on his actions. FLOTUS however is defending her husband, and not worthy of that level of disrespect.
Thank you for bringing some sanity here. No one is perfect, and it's OK just to recognize that. People are acting like he's either a saint or a demon. People are complicated and sometimes smart people make mistakes or unsuccessful people make good decisions.
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No one is perfect, and it's OK just to recognize that. People are acting like he's either a saint or a demon. People are complicated and sometimes smart people make mistakes or unsuccessful people make good decisions.
