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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#329651: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:52:37 AM

On a Fox News interview, Eric Trump seems to have come out as gay while trying to say his father has LGBT supporters.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#329652: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:56:08 AM

Like, actually come out, or just accidentally insinuated?

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#329653: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:57:12 AM

As the comments pointed out he probably quoting someone else,ego he's not just come out as gay

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#329654: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:57:23 AM

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Edited by tclittle on Sep 29th 2020 at 8:57:36 AM

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#329655: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:58:48 AM

According to the Trump campaign, he's only done two hours of debate prep.

Scratch what I said if this is the case this is going to be a beautiful disaster

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#329656: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:58:55 AM

And this is why posting tweets as news isn't a good idea.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#329657: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:59:45 AM

I agree, he said he is part of that community, which does not mean he is saying he is gay. It is similar to how some white people will say they are part of the black community, to show that they sympathize with that group and its goals.

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#329658: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:03:46 AM

538 pointed out something I thought was interesting. Almost all of the media outlets are reporting on Trump's tax evasion, but none of them are using the usual qualifiers they usually do. "Alleged", "Seemingly", etc.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#329659: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:18:13 AM

Tax evasion was the one thing that everyone knew Trump has engaged in for years. And now that there is solid proof, ethics dictates that they can finally say it.

Edited by Rationalinsanity on Sep 29th 2020 at 1:18:22 PM

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#329660: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:21:18 AM

[up] That's mainly because we already had a big revelation about his tax evasion schemes several years ago, but that was on his practices several decades ago, while this time it is about his current presidency.

The newsworthy bit is really about in how much financial trouble Trump is right now, and how that might affect his current presidency and upcoming election.

Edited by Redmess on Sep 29th 2020 at 6:23:04 PM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#329661: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:24:35 AM

Tax evasion was the one thing that everyone knew Trump has engaged in for years. And now that there is solid proof, ethics dictates that they can finally say it.
Isn't the rule that they have to use "alleged" or "suspected" or so on until proven guilty in a court of law?

With that in mind, it seems significant that they're not using qualifiers.

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#329662: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:26:47 AM

I presume it's because having the actual records would make a libel case much harder—as far as anyone can tell, it's true.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#329663: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:29:40 AM

Technically nobody is saying he's tax dodging. They're just pointing out that he didn't pay loads of taxes and that he's in loads of debt. Then they raise the possibility that he was cheating on his reporting or he might legit be so bad at running his businesses that they went under and could use those to write off his taxes.

Neither of these are good for him. 538 pointed out that he does see a decrease in approval when pollsters show voters his actual business track record.

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#329664: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:29:47 AM

What's he gonna do, produce his actual tax returns as evidence in court?evil grin

Edited by 3of4 on Sep 29th 2020 at 6:30:12 PM

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#329665: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:31:29 AM

"Objection!Here are his actual tax returns!"

-presents papers-

"Those papers don't appear to be filled out though,just the date and name"

"Exactly!"

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#329666: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:44:00 AM

I believe the continued support of Donald Trump is:

1. One part Sunk Cost Fallacy. They put themselves behind him and refuse to reveal weakness.

2. One part racism and greed. Donald Trump supports the evils they support.

3. The fact they're criminals who hate everything the Democrats stand for.

Bipartisanship is a joke to them because they loathe the idea if not being dictators. We see it as early as Clinton.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#329667: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:04:12 AM

How are Trump supporters criminals?

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#329668: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:06:24 AM

[up]Well, they haven’t literally broken the law necessarily, or at least not all of them, but the fates they wish to inflict on minorities, etc. definitely are outside the law.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#329669: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:12:20 AM

Let's not call them criminals, then. Criminalizing entire groups based on political affiliation is never a good idea.

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TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#329670: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:13:17 AM

Some of them (a few) has been reported murdering protesters during the LMB-protests though...

With guns among other things).

Edited by TitanJump on Sep 29th 2020 at 7:14:19 PM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#329671: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:20:01 AM

And you can call them criminals, but don't make sweeping statements like "Republicans are mostly or partly criminals".

Democrats can be criminals too, but we would not tolerate equally sweeping statements about Democrats being criminals.

Edited by Redmess on Sep 29th 2020 at 7:20:53 PM

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#329672: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:30:27 AM

Ohio and Iowa have moved from "Lean Republican" to "Toss Up".

Who is playing on watching the debate tonight?

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#329673: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:31:44 AM

[up]Wow, I had written off Ohio entirely due to voter shifts and suppression on the part of the state GOP.

Its traditional wisdom that a Republican ticket has no path to 270 EV without Ohio.

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#329674: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:41:35 AM

As it stands currently Trump has to sweep all the toss-up states and win some democrat leaning states. He needs to win both Ohio and Florida, while Biden can actually win without either.

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#329675: Sep 29th 2020 at 10:46:47 AM

And in even more good news we have a second poll showing Biden ahead in Pennsylvania amongst likely voters, by a whopping 9%.

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