10mo ago

Trump Falsely Suggested New Orleans Suspect Was an Immigrant

www.nytimes.com

At this point, is this news ? Though it highlights Trump's politics.

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Public lie, spread by a public figure, with an intention to mislead the public, should be a criminal offence.
- You just have to think Republicans in Congress would much rather have a president JD Vance. Most of them hate Trump with a passion
- Nope, best I can do is "falsely suggested" and a sense of legitimacy imbued by constant media coverage of his self-serving asshole behavior
- Intent is very hard to prove.
- Now try proving intent in court.
  
  That needs to be done in number of offences. Your point is?
"Immigrant" means non-white in MAGA speak.
- When they plan to denaturalize people they can make all their noxious dreams come true.
  
  This guy was born in Texas. He's as American as they are not just not as white.
Of course he did. He's a cunt.
- Lying cunt
Is “immigrant” now primarily a racial slur?
- Always has been.
  
  As evidenced by US citizens unwillingness to describe themselves as immigrants, instead using the moniker "expatriate" even though they're immigrating to another country.
  Immigrant has always been a racial slur.
If we don't keep calling it out as evil it will become standard. Never be silent.
To Trump and most of his followers, anyone with a non-Western-European name or isn't Christian is an "immigrant". Doesn't matter if their families have been in the country for a hundred years.
Yes, it is news. We’re tired of hearing about his lying but, unlike when he was given a huge platform in 2016, now that he’s holding office we don’t get to ignore it. I’m Canadian but even here the power he is wielding and the way it influences our conservatives means even I have to keep up with this bullshit.
He’s going to lie anyway and there will be people who hear him do it so everyone else needs to know ahead of dealing with those idiots that he’s definitely lying.
People will spread that he was now. A lie always gets more traffic then the truth

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