Elevating the discourse

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Ophelia Benson

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AP headline:

Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults

Crude, racist, and sexist.

With just over a week before Election Day, speakers at the rally Sunday night labeled Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” called Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris “the devil,” and said the woman vying to become the first woman and Black woman president had begun her career as a prostitute.

“I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” said Tony Hinchcliffe, a stand-up comic whose set also included lewd and racist comments about Latinos, Jews and Black people, all key constituencies in the election just nine days away.

And by “lewd” do we mean sexist? I bet we do.

Trump’s childhood friend David Rem referred to Harris as “the Antichrist” and “the devil.” Businessman Grant Cardone told the crowd that Harris ”and her pimp handlers will destroy our country.”

Makes one proud to be a Namerican.

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7 responses to “Elevating the discourse”

  1. Mostly Cloudy Avatar
    Mostly Cloudy

    The atmosphere at that rally seemed to be Don Imus meets Augusto Pinochet. Disgusting.

  2. Sackbut Avatar
    Sackbut

    Kevin Drum has been posting about the rally, including about Elon Musk’s speech:

    So Elon is claiming we should literally zero out the entire rest of the federal budget. Everything. The FBI, national parks, food stamps, Medicaid, education, NASA, the EPA, farm support, the NIH, all federal R&D grants, embassies worldwide, the FAA, the Department of Justice, the VA, the weather service, the border patrol, etc. etc. Everything.

    What is it that didn’t just move Musk to the right, but turned him into into a screaming, drooling lunatic with the effective IQ of a squirrel? I won’t say I’ve never seen anything like it, but I’ve never seen it quite so unhinged from a basically sane and brilliant starting point.

  3. twiliter Avatar
    twiliter

    The tools of fascism that incite riots. I’m afraid they’re just getting started; there’s still a week to go.

  4. Pliny the in Between Avatar
    Pliny the in Between

    Two incidents today show the Maga style commitment to democracy. Two ballot drop off boxes were torched today = one in Vancouver WA and one in SE Portland.

  5. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    Yes I was reading up on that and the Reichstag MSG nightmare while you were commenting. Busy night last night.

  6. Blood Knight in Sour Armor Avatar
    Blood Knight in Sour Armor

    Islands don’t float unless they’re made of pumice…

  7. Tim Harris Avatar
    Tim Harris

    And Musk’s pro-Trump PAC had a post up on X saying:

    America really can’t afford a ‘C-Word’ in the White House right now.

    VOTE TODAY >> VOTESAFE.ORG << VOTE TODAY

    KAMALA HARRIS IS A C WORD.

    Apparently, it’s been taken down but is still there in all its despicable glory on Facebook.

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