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Title: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: cuky on August 28, 2016, 01:49:00 am
Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-dwyane-wade-cousin-000000613.html

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Instead of initially offering condolences, Donald Trump looked ahead to Election Day when reacting to news that Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade’s cousin had been killed. Nykea Aldridge, a mother of four, was reportedly caught in the crossfire while pushing a baby stroller in Chicago’s South Side on Friday.

“Dwayne [sic] Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!” the GOP nominee tweeted Saturday morning.

The tweet stunned many on Twitter. It was somewhat similar to the “appreciate the congrats” message Trump had posted in June in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub.

Josh Jordan @NumbersMuncher
There's nothing more horrifying than a presidential candidate patting himself on the back after someone is killed. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/769526017887080449 …
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 Adam H. Johnson ✔ @adamjohnsonNYC
this is... literally the worst tweet ever https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/769526017887080449 …
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 Mark Harris ✔ @MarkHarrisNYC
This is not human.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/769526017887080449 …
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 Tim Miller @Timodc
This is the digital equivalent of passing out yard signs at a funeral. Emotional intelligence here is less than 0 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/769526017887080449 …
8:43 AM - 27 Aug 2016
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 Lauren Duca ✔ @laurenduca
.@realDonaldTrump I'm sure you are all Dwayne Wade's family can even think about right now!!
8:30 AM - 27 Aug 2016 · Manhattan, NY, United States
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 Jared Yates Sexton ✔ @JYSexton
You're a national disgrace. My god, man. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/769526017887080449 …
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 Nick Antosca ✔ @nickantosca
Legitimately sickening https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/769526017887080449 …
9:20 AM - 27 Aug 2016
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Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: sinkspur on August 28, 2016, 01:56:49 am
Trump can't help himself.  As an ultimate narcissist, every single thing that happens in the world is seen through the lens of how it benefits him. 

Black woman gets shot in Chicago?  Blacks should vote for Trump.

Until Conway changes the password in Trump's phone, this kind of stuff will continue.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: HonestJohn on August 28, 2016, 02:00:32 am
This guy is a one man Westboro Baptist church.

Using tragedy to try and spew filth.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: geronl on August 28, 2016, 02:06:08 am
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Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: 240B on August 28, 2016, 02:16:01 am
Trump is Hitler, Satan, Putin, and the Devil, all rolled into one. He is the worst person to ever walk the face of the Earth. And his orange skin, tiny hands, and weird hair show that he is not a real man anyway. Plus he is a Russian agent. If Hillary wins, it's not my fault.

#NeverTrump forever and ever!
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: XenaLee on August 28, 2016, 02:21:55 am
Trump can't help himself.  As an ultimate narcissist, every single thing that happens in the world is seen through the lens of how it benefits him.  

Black woman gets shot in Chicago?  Blacks should vote for Trump.

Until Conway changes the password in Trump's phone, this kind of stuff will continue.

Oddly enough.....it's the exact same prism through which Obama sees everything.  I guess you've seen one narcissist, you've seen em all.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: sinkspur on August 28, 2016, 02:23:36 am
Oddly enough.....it's the exact same prism through which Obama sees everything.  I guess you've seen one narcissist, you've seen em all.

Obama is a major narcissist.  But he has self-control.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: HonestJohn on August 28, 2016, 02:25:07 am
Trump is Hitler, Satan, Putin, and the Devil, all rolled into one. He is the worst person to ever walk the face of the Earth. And his orange skin, tiny hands, and weird hair show that he is not a real man anyway. Plus he is a Russian agent. If Hillary wins, it's not my fault.

#NeverTrump forever and ever!

Ur trollin' powahz B WEEK!
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: ABX on August 28, 2016, 02:25:31 am
*Dwyane
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: 240B on August 28, 2016, 02:36:49 am
Not trolling. That is commentary and satire. That is exactly how I see the NeverTrump movement. They are unreasonable and implacable, and have, in my opinion, silly arguments and childish points of view.

I know the NeverTrumps see themselves as the 'holier than thou' grand protectors of the realm, against the swarming ignorant masses. I happen to view the situation in reverse. I see the NeverTumpers as the people behaving in a silly way.

We can differ and still coexist. I have no problem with anyone or any point of view on this site. I am content with everyone expressing themselves, including me.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: r9etb on August 28, 2016, 02:47:49 am
One of the enduring mysteries of this campaign is, why hasn't Trump's campaign team cut off his thumbs? 

Seriously, Trump's twitter account is responsible for at least half of his gaffes.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: r9etb on August 28, 2016, 02:49:38 am
Not trolling. That is commentary and satire.

Whatever you might call it, it's gotten really old, and was never actually funny. 

Best to quit while you're behind, son.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: 240B on August 28, 2016, 03:06:03 am
Whatever you might call it, it's gotten really old, and was never actually funny. 
Best to quit while you're behind, son.

Who said that it was supposed to be funny?

But i will take your well-meaning advice under consideration. My very best to you and goodnight.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Luis Gonzalez on August 28, 2016, 03:09:13 am
Oddly enough.....it's the exact same prism through which Obama sees everything.  I guess you've seen one narcissist, you've seen em all.

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Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: geronl on August 28, 2016, 03:58:45 am
That is exactly how I see the NeverTrump movement. They are unreasonable and implacable, and have, in my opinion, silly arguments and childish points of view.

Principles and convictions are terrible things :whistle:. Standing strong on what you believe, how horrible. Trumpsters kept saying Trump was strong, so what does "strong" mean in that context? To me a person who doesn't bow down and shift their positions for the mob is strong, but Trump supporters have a very different definition it seems.

flip-flopping all over is "strong"?
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Chosen Daughter on August 28, 2016, 04:20:55 am
Oddly enough.....it's the exact same prism through which Obama sees everything.  I guess you've seen one narcissist, you've seen em all.

Great observation.  So true Obama does the same thing.  Guess you've seen one liberal you've seen them all.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Chosen Daughter on August 28, 2016, 04:22:48 am
Has anyone noticed you can see Trumps bald head through his comb over?
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Formerly Once-Ler on August 28, 2016, 04:59:45 am
We can differ and still coexist.
Not if you want to kill me.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Longmire on August 28, 2016, 12:13:21 pm
This man is the lowest, most indecent person to ever run for POTUS. He is contemptible and the GOP members need to grow a backbone and drop him.

Colin Kapernick level gibberish.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: RedHead on August 28, 2016, 01:00:06 pm
Oddly enough.....it's the exact same prism through which Obama sees everything.  I guess you've seen one narcissist, you've seen em all.

I suspect that if Obama were to use this tragedy for political points then he would at least spell Dwyane Wade's name correctly. 
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: NavyCanDo on August 28, 2016, 02:26:36 pm
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I have dabbled in rewriting songs,with some of them being quite witty and funny I'm told.   But this one stumps me.  I have tried to change the iconic Ebony and Ivory song to Ebony and Burt Umber, but do you know who hard it is to match words to burnt umber?
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: geronl on August 28, 2016, 05:32:18 pm
Colin Kapernick level gibberish.

No. It was accurate. Trump is a sleazy person
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: HonestJohn on August 28, 2016, 06:09:36 pm
As are many of his supporters.  It is why many work hard to shed the light on the type of people scurrying around the online social networks and forums in support of trump.

Yep.

I have long said that since Buchanon was 'reformed'... we had a problem with skinheads, klansmen, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists infiltrating the right.

And the proof is right in our face.  Trump and his 'alt-right'.  So politically correct they can't even use the old words for what they are.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: catfish1957 on August 28, 2016, 06:27:50 pm
They are unreasonable and implacable, and have, in my opinion, silly arguments and childish points of view.


Do you realize how accurately you've described DJT himself?
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: HootOwl on August 28, 2016, 07:05:43 pm
No. It was accurate. Trump is a sleazy person
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This was just an example of what is going on in South Chicago.  It has become a war-zone.  Trump did not ASK for their votes.  Do you want to defend Chicago??.  I  doubt if Obummer would set foot in his  prior neighborhood--nor would Hillary.  He could have left off his final sentence, knowing that you never-Trumpers would be more interested in that than the  outragious murders of women and children there.  Talk about evil and name-calling, you take the cake! 888what
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: dfwgator on August 28, 2016, 07:09:00 pm
Democrats politicize shootings all the time and never get called on it, like Trump was here.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: LadyLiberty on August 28, 2016, 08:41:32 pm
One of the enduring mysteries of this campaign is, why hasn't Trump's campaign team cut off his thumbs? 

Seriously, Trump's twitter account is responsible for at least half of his gaffes.

They tried to control his tweets, but he told them "you are not the boss of me!"
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: dfwgator on August 28, 2016, 08:47:27 pm
Maybe if that "outrage" was turned more towards the blacks that keep killing other blacks, maybe there could be some progress.


But NOOOOO,  let's just get outraged at the white guy.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: geronl on August 28, 2016, 08:47:53 pm


Your post is confusing. All the text is inside GeronL's quote. Could you try posting again please? This time, please be kind enough to type your response outside the formatting tags for the quote you're attempting to reply to. Thanks.

 :silly:
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: EasyAce on August 28, 2016, 10:06:50 pm
Democrats politicize shootings all the time and never get called on it, like Trump was here.

Show me any shooting, I'll show you a politician (regardless of party) ready to politicise it in one
or another way. And people wonder why I think politics and government are the nation's largest
organised crime family.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: r9etb on August 28, 2016, 10:12:35 pm
They tried to control his tweets, but he told them "you are not the boss of me!"

:silly:
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: dfwgator on August 29, 2016, 02:36:30 am
This is almost surreal. Like wow what is there no to understand?????  There is outrage at trump because his tweet was low, sleazy and in extreme poor taste. Hello there should be outrage. Actually there should be an avalanche more of outrage, but the GOP is now gutless to calling out his crap.

There is also outrage about black on black crime as there should be and there probably should be more. But to use that as a defense against the outrage and disgust of trump and what he tweeted is ridiculous.   :chairbang:

I reserve outrage for what people DO....not what they say.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 29, 2016, 08:32:01 am
Obama is a major narcissist.  But he has self-control.
Obama has a teleprompter. Trump is off script.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 29, 2016, 08:35:15 am
Oddly enough.....it's the exact same prism through which Obama sees everything.  I guess you've seen one narcissist, you've seen em all.
What is really interesting is that his fans, the real hardcore, not just those voting to stop Hillary, see through the same prism as the Obama supporters...A real fill in the blank with what you want candidate.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 29, 2016, 08:37:33 am
I have dabbled in rewriting songs,with some of them being quite witty and funny I'm told.   But this one stumps me.  I have tried to change the iconic Ebony and Ivory song to Ebony and Burt Umber, but do you know who hard it is to match words to burnt umber?
Ebony and burnt umber
much the same as dumb and dumber...

It's a lot easier than finding a rhyme for "orange"
Closest I ever got was "door hinge"
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 29, 2016, 08:52:20 am
Maybe if that "outrage" was turned more towards the blacks that keep killing other blacks, maybe there could be some progress.


But NOOOOO,  let's just get outraged at the white guy.
Those guys won't put their stuff in the media unless they put it on Facebook.
Sure, there is outrage at the Democrat controlled and created war zone in South Chicago. A lot of gun control measures are 'justified' by statistics generated by that slaughter. My being outraged by that won't change it, I'm just a white guy in North Dakota, another 'flyover country hick' to city folks who don't know me. The people in Chicago have to change that mess there. The Government can't--even though it helped create the problem (how's that Great Society working out for y'all?).

All that said, the "white guy" you are talking about here is not some billybob slackjaw from Buttscratch, wherever, he is a supposedly socially sophisticated person running for the office of President of the United States of America. If he can't avoid the sort of self-serving nonsense which he ladled on a tragedy without apparent basic consideration for the feelings of friends and family of the victim, is he really the person you want in the Oval Office?

A tweet of his condolences for the family might have been a bit more apropos, ya think? Just the source would have been sufficient for the ad value. Bragging that blacks are going to vote for him because some innocent was gunned down in a turf war isn't likely to do anything but draw fire. Sometimes acting like a bad schoolkid just gets you in the corner with a dunce hat.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Formerly Once-Ler on August 29, 2016, 10:34:13 am
Ebony and burnt umber
much the same as dumb and dumber...

That was pretty good.  Got a chuckle out of it.  Very possible I'll be writing you in for President in November.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: Neverdul on August 29, 2016, 11:12:39 am

A tweet of his condolences for the family might have been a bit more apropos, ya think? Just the source would have been sufficient for the ad value. Bragging that blacks are going to vote for him because some innocent was gunned down in a turf war isn't likely to do anything but draw fire. Sometimes acting like a bad schoolkid just gets you in the corner with a dunce hat.

Trump, or someone with access to his Twitter account (Conway? Ivanak?), did Tweet condolences, but that was an hour after the initial Tweet, after he got a lot of criticism for the insensitivity of the first one.

Trump Campaign Manager Doesn’t Even Try To Defend Him Over Dwyane Wade Tweet

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-dwyane-wade-campaign-manager_us_57c2e8e9e4b04193420f89c5 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-dwyane-wade-campaign-manager_us_57c2e8e9e4b04193420f89c5)

More pandering for the black vote on Trump’s Twitter account this morning:

Quote
Donald J. TrumpVerified account
‏@realDonaldTrump
Today is the 53rd anniversary of the March on Washington - today we honor the enduring fight for justice, equality and opportunity.

Trump needs to be careful.  Tweets like that will anger his #WhiteGenocide #DukeForSenate #AltRight #/DailyStormer followers.


Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: GrouchoTex on August 29, 2016, 12:09:29 pm
A note of sympathy towards Dwayne Wade's family would have been nice, ya think?
He couldn't do that for some reason.
It truly is all about Trump.
Sad to watch.
Title: Re: Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death
Post by: r9etb on August 29, 2016, 03:26:58 pm
I reserve outrage for what people DO....not what they say.

What Trump DID was to take time out of his busy campaign -- for the presidency, you'll recall -- to do a bit of trash-talking via Twitter about a poor dead girl.

That's DOING, sir.