Donald Trump gave a rambling two-hour speech at a right-wing conference where he branded the U.S. a “third-world hellhole” under President Biden’s leadership. He falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged and investigations against him are an attempt to rig the 2024 election. He threatened to revoke funding from universities and pledged to revive the Muslim ban, mass deportations, and ending birthright citizenship. Several speakers at the conference made inflammatory claims about transgender people, calling transition healthcare “Mengele-like experimentation” and referring to trans people as “freaks” and "perverts.

  • Former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly said she no longer has empathy for people experiencing gender dysphoria. “There should be a healthy measure of ridicule,” she told Kirk during a lengthy discussion about trans people and the erasure of trans rights, which Kirk said is a “winner politically for Republicans.”

    These people are fucking ghouls.

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    “The election will decide whether your generation will inherit a fascist country or a free country, “ Mr Trump told the right-wing activist conference.

    He’s not wrong; he’s just not on the side he thinks he is.

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      that’s what both sides say! how am I to know which side is telling the truth?

      edit: (there was an /s in there)

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        …because one side wants to eradicate a group of people (trans people) for their personal choices that they have nothing to do with, and take away rights from people that affect them in exactly no ways.

        What does the left want to do that’s fascist?

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    He was president for four years. He ran on making the place great again (?). Why didn’t he? Golf was more important?

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    This is all coded language. When he says “thugs” he means black people. When he says “perverts” he means LGBTQ. This is straight up nazi rhetoric.

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      But, its always in China town, or “China Flu”.

      I can’t imagine anything worse than working alongside him. Surely everyone who ever worked alongside him would be frustrated with him lying about everything to his managers

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      While you’re right, my mind immediately couldn’t help but notice the irony that he used to run the place.

      And that he happens to preside over a criminal enterprise and be questionable in his morality.

  • I imagine Donald’s political calculation looked pretty much the same as every Republican doing this.

    “Hey, we have an election coming up and contributing constructively to literally anything is too hard. Instead, who can we crucify to satisfy the bloodlust of our base. Who’s good?”

    “Hmmm, that’s a tough one. After all, we’re all just whiny little babies so we’d need someone who we can really all gang up on.”

    “Very true. Let’s see…LGBTQ people?”

    “Hah, good joke using the acronym, Donald. Your sarcasm is extremely funny!”

    “I know, shut up. Also, stupid idea, assface. You see how many gay and lesbian people there are? Remember: I’m scared to even fire someone who literally is my employee to their face.”

    “Oh, well…what about the TQ part?”

    “Well, I don’t actually even know what that is. Trans? You mean chicks with dicks? Like that time I was in Russia with the-”

    “Yeah, yeah. Hey, Dave Chappelle and the Harry Potter woman agree, and they are still making millions.”

    “Oh. Right. Sure, yeah, whatever. Just make sure I’m as loud and stupid as usual.”

    “Got it covered, boss.”

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    Seems like I was just reading about Muslims being fans of the GOP. I get it, they both want religious theocracies, but it still makes me scratch my head. Politics are so stupid.

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    All this guy had to do was invest his inheritance into the S&P and live off the dividends. Everyone, including him would have been better off.

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    Every accusation a confession. He wishes the United States was a third-world hellhole where he can rig the election. His efforts to politicize the justice department and stack the supreme court are means to that end.

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    He announced his candidacy AFTER investigation was started, this is why special counsel was assigned (to remove any appearance of conflict of interest)