I'd bet money that staffers had to replace "spade" with "ace"

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[panader0]

1. Yeah, I've never heard someone say "let's call an ace an ace."

He probably thought it was clever, or maybe just tone deaf to say "call a spade a spade."
The staffers should have left it.

[Nevilledog]

4. I've never heard ace used that way.

[panader0]

5. Duh! I edited my post. I meant to say never.

[luckone]

2. Smirky smug racists always think they are hilarious and are quite satisfied by their choice of words

Celebrating Juneteenth is now morphed into forcing crt as the reining ideology of our country

[Skittles]

3. focus on what unites us

while supporting Trump

alrighty then

[Harker]

6. In response, it's fitting that we also call that ass an ass. n/t

[Solly Mack]

7. Monuments to traitors coming down and school name changes

have put the racists in America on the defensive - from attacking historical accuracy to the false claim that Juneteenth came from whole cloth and all points in between.

They saw the world-wide embrace of Black Lives Matter after the murder of George Floyd and they are scared.

And even if he said call an ace an ace, he intended for people to hear call a spade a spade in their minds.

[rownesheck]

8. Hey dumbass refucklicans

who obviously have no idea what CRT is. It's not about how YOU treat people (he states he believes in treating everyone equally regardless of race). It's about how institutions in this country have been designed with a racial slant to them which is common knowledge to anyone who has lived here for at least 10 minutes.

I figure if you just moved here you took about 5 minutes to check out some architecture.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Rep. Rosendale's a born genius! So clever substituting "ace" for "spade."

He could have substituted "shoehorn."

A proper substitution for a "spade" would be a "heart", "diamond", or "club."


l
Rep. Rosendale



Wearing his cheaters, to show you his intellectual side.

[Trailrider1951]

10. Dear God! He doesn't look human

[Captain Zero]

16. when do the ANTENNAE come out of his head?

nt

[hatrack]

18. Well, his appearance certainly matches his choice of words . . .

Just oozing intelligence and warmth.

[hvn_nbr_2]

11. Juneteenth *is* celebrating what unites us

Juneteenth says we're all free now, not just some of us. Shared, equal freedom unites us after Juneteenth (well, at least in theory).

[brooklynite]

12. So, we'll be cancelling Columbus Day?

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Fucking. Asshole.

[fishwax]

14. strange that he thinks the end of slavery wouldn't be something to unite around

[Retrograde]

15. I always thougt spade referred to a farm implement

as in "call a spade a spade, not an entrenching tool (or a shovel, which I am assured is a different implement)"

[Captain Zero]

17. well, I and many others can assure you, Rosendale is a TOOL.

nt

[Sentath]

19. Don't remember where I heard it

But it is definitely a neologism: Recognize a spade as just a spade and not believe that with the right tax breaks and incentives it could grow up to be a backhoe or a bulldozer.

[LiberatedUSA]

20. The Cigar Store Indian

Him using “Calling an Ace an Ace” as if that was the expression is so telling that he might as well say “I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with that term”.

Seinfeld episode:

WINONA: Well, I'm doing a report on minorities in the media, and I wanted to use
that interview with Al Roker.

JERRY: Well, it's too late. I gave it to Elaine, and she's already on her way to give it to George's father.

WINONA: Jerry, I really need it back. It, it is mine.

JERRY: You can't give something and then take it back. I mean, what are you...
(catches himself)

WINONA: What?

JERRY: A uh, a person that uh...

WINONA: A person that what?

JERRY: Well, a person that gives something and then they're dissatisfied and they wish they had, had never uh...

WINONA: And?

JERRY: ...give, given it to the person that they originally gave it to.

WINONA: You mean like, an Indian giver?!

JERRY: I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with that term.