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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump retweets personal attacks on Clinton, Pelosi, Abrams
How the Hell did we get this man as president?President Trump spent part of his Memorial Day weekend using his Twitter account to promote personal attacks on Democrats, retweeting posts that took aim at former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abramss appearance and another that called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as HRC the Skank.
Several of the attacks Trump retweeted on Sunday came from former GOP congressional candidate John K. Stahl ... In one tweet taking a swipe at Abramss appearance, later retweeted by Trump, Stahl wrote: We just got a look at the official portrait for the self proclaimed Governor of Georgia. She fought a tough race, kissed a lot of babies and visited every buffet restaurant in the state. Joe will be a racist if he doesnt pick her.
The president also retweeted a post by Stahl that attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Anyone know whats going on with PolyGrip? Ive noticed lately that her face seems glossy and she is sporting a poorly marked 2nd set of eyebrows," Stahl tweeted. In a second tweet attacking Pelosis appearance that appeared on Trumps page over the weekend, Stahl took a shot at the Speakers teeth, claiming she wore dentures, and wrote that she drank alcohol on the job.
This is not the first time Stahl has used sexist language in criticism targeting women on social media. Stahl also once referred to MSNBC host Joy Reid as a skank on social media and called Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), another prominent woman of color, as a ho ... retweeted by Trump.
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment (but has not heard back).
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/499405-trump-retweets-personal-attacks-on-clinton-pelosi-abrams
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Trump retweets personal attacks on Clinton, Pelosi, Abrams (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
May 2020
OP
The Hill pretends outrage and yet faithfully repeats each and every dog whistle
pecosbob
May 2020
#4
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)1. The world must be laughing their asses off at us.
SouthernCal_Dem
(852 posts)2. How did we get this man as President you ask? Easy explanation....
dweller
(23,641 posts)3. C'MON
ISCHEMIA ...
✌🏼
pecosbob
(7,541 posts)4. The Hill pretends outrage and yet faithfully repeats each and every dog whistle
GusFring
(756 posts)5. What happened to the be best or whatever bullshit?
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)6. This is the sort of shit that really turns off those suburban women voters...
the ones who helped flip the House in 2018. I just hope they're seeing the tweets or at least hearing about them...