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[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

She sure loves that orange dick.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago

Keep asking, reporters. Keep asking them if this isn't stealing an election. Ask them if they are chicken. Ask them what kind of chicken they represent. Ask them how badly they think they'd get beaten at the ballot box and why they have to resort to this. Don't give up. Please.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Leavitt claimed “the president was simply joking.”

“He was saying, we’re doing such a great job, we’re doing everything the American people thought, maybe we should just keep rolling. But he was speaking facetiously,” she added.

Another reporter chimed in, asking whether Trump “finds the idea of canceling elections funny.”

Leavitt, who claims she was a witness to the interview, went on the attack toward the reporter.

“I was in the room, I heard the conversation, and only someone like you would take that so seriously and pose a question that way,” she said.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't they know the rules by now? Whether or not Trump is joking is determined only by what's convenient after the fact.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I thought it was determined by whether or not it worked?

[–] butwhyishischinabook@piefed.social 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Haven't heard anything from Melania this last year.

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn’t she more of a Goebbels?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

We know she gargles.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This administration thrives on the quick dismissal. Once it works, they take real action. It is extremely important that this does not leave public consciousness.

Just like Epstein and a bunch of other shit they have stacked up.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago

You'd think she'd be dizzy 24/7 with how much she spins things.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Gaslighting and DARVO.

DARVO and gaslighting.

The conservative and Republican way.