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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

You can’t keep your shit and throw it too.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 76 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Watch any of his recent speeches for five minutes.

I just went on YouTube, searched for "Trump speech", clicked on the first result from a day ago, picked a random spot in the middle of the vid and watched for 5 minutes (so you don't have to).

Tivo is the greatest invention ever
100% of the job gains in recent years went to migrants (Crowd booing)
Look at all of that fake news...THAT'S A LOT! THAT'S A LOT!
The illegal immigrants come from all over the world, and the crime rate in all those countries is way down. Cause they're giving us their criminals.
I'm leading the Democrats with Hispanics.
I faced Hispanics many times. They're brutal.
The African Americans are being decimated by the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants that are pouring through the open borders of Stupid Kamala.
If they announced those numbers before the election, you won't have one African American voting for Kamala.
"Hardworking wonderful black people"
I own the most beautiful beaches with salt water.

Also, he looks like he's sick and tired of all this shit, slurring, with the body language and facial expression of someone having a stroke.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 29 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Worlds within worlds

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 22 points 19 hours ago

facial expression of someone having a stroke

Ah the Mitch McConnell special.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 119 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

He lost his shit, but he can still win this shit, and turn it all to shit.
Go take a shit ... and then go vote!

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 13 points 19 hours ago

There are also still opportunities to volunteer in person and online - including on election day!

https://go.kamalaharris.com/

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

You call it taking a shit, I call it "Purging the Voter Rolls"

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Is it okay if I only pee’d a little?

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 26 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He is preparing for a loss

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 17 points 19 hours ago

have been since the start. still cracks me up what maga stands for and how it didn't happen in his first term.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 19 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The Orange Turd giving mic blow jobs for his following. How can you complete with that! /s

[–] accarezzu@lemmy.ml 24 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

sigh.. I can't believe I'm living in a timeline where I'm hearing the words "giving mics blowjobs" come outta someone's mouth while talking about a fucking candidate for POTUS..

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago

One who still stands a chance of actually winning. It's fairly impossible to grasp looking from the outside in.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. I was laughing at UKdians for brexit and torontonians for the mayor of blow and now I just look around me and wish I was somewhere else so I could laugh at my country from a distance.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Well if it makes you feel better (probably not); the right wing government here is tanking the economy....for reasons.

It seems to be hell bent on giving tax cuts to the already wealthy; but usually when they have done this in the past, the kept the rest of the economy relatively stable. But this time it is one terrible decision after another, and rather then the "soft landing" we were on target for when they were elected, is looking like a full recession that didn't need to happen.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 19 hours ago

I mean it would but I just don't have it in me to laugh at other peoples misery. Thats how bad it is /s

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 17 points 20 hours ago

I think that’s what the diapers are for

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Have you checked his pants?

[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 14 hours ago

That would be a shitty thing to do.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Did he ever really have his shit? He's been shitless as long as I've been paying attention.

[–] Lime66@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago
[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

have they tried looking in his head?

[–] corroded@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Wouldn't find any. It's all in his diaper.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

New Republic out with the plain and simple. Nice to see.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago

His rhetoric has gotten much worse.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I guess the best case scenario for a Trump win is that he gets sworn in and Vance immediately invokes the 25th Amendment?

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure that's best case either. Vance scares me more than Trump.

[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Wouldn't that potentially give us a democrat as VP, based on the speaker of the house (assuming the house stays blue) being moved up to VP?

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 17 hours ago

No, it isn't like the nemesis system in a Lord of the rings game. A new VP is appointed, instead of everyone moving up a rank.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

The house isn't blue. That's why we all know about Mike Johnson's porn watching habits

[–] seaweedsheep@literature.cafe 1 points 12 hours ago

No. Look at Nixon. Spiro Agnew, his first VP, resigned, so he chose Gerald Ford as a replacement. Then, Nixon resigned and Ford became president.