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Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 05:17 AM Jan 2016

Donald Trump Retweets Creator of Pic Showing Bernie Sanders Sent to Gas Chamber

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been littered with odd moments, but this one takes the cake.

This Friday, Trump’s official Twitter feed retweeted this Tweet that takes a jab at GOP rival Jeb Bush. It shows a photoshopped image of Bush in front of the Trump Towers, holding up a “Vote for Trump” sign.

He is a fucking toad


Point and match. Fritz Kuhn has been resurrected.
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Donald Trump Retweets Creator of Pic Showing Bernie Sanders Sent to Gas Chamber (Original Post) Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 OP
Odd? More like megomaniacal hatemongering. Liberty Belle Jan 2016 #1
I think Trump is already too close to the White House. Tobin S. Jan 2016 #3
This seems to only be surprising to a few people. Behind the Aegis Jan 2016 #2
...... Nyan Jan 2016 #4
There was a time Flying Squirrel Jan 2016 #5
Nothing new if you've been online for any length of time frizzled Jan 2016 #6
When he said he could shoot someone murielm99 Jan 2016 #7
Both Hillary and Bernie supporters here need to "leave off their hate". It's bad. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2016 #8
Hillary supporters are not the ones guilty of hate. murielm99 Jan 2016 #10
The OP is a Bernie supporter. You don't to call me a Bernista? Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 #12
I have seen lots of hate and pettiness from both sides. It needs to stop yesterday if not sooner. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2016 #14
This!!! OMG, so MUCH this. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2016 #15
Why call out Bernie supporters? This is a bullshit post and you know why! Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #9
Bye. murielm99 Jan 2016 #11
He knows he's trolling all of us IronLionZion Jan 2016 #13

Liberty Belle

(9,535 posts)
1. Odd? More like megomaniacal hatemongering.
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 05:39 AM
Jan 2016

This is scary. Tweeting an image of a Jewish candidate in a gas chamber is not funny--and Trump knowingly retweeted the tweet from a Twitter user with an obvious white supremacist name. It is no exaggeration to compare him to Hitler.

His ex-wife once told Vanity Faire that Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches beside his bed to reach each night. When asked by a reporter about this, he was evasive but did not deny it.


I hope more Republicans will endorse anyone but Trump, to send a message that this depth of depravity has no place in our society.

Trump must not be allowed to get anywhere near the White House; he is very dangerous.

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
3. I think Trump is already too close to the White House.
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 07:05 AM
Jan 2016

He should never have been taken seriously. It goes to show how ignorant a great portion of our society truly is.

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
2. This seems to only be surprising to a few people.
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 06:06 AM
Jan 2016

Some people really don't know what anti-Semitism is at all. Should Sanders get the nod from the democratic party, it will be a rude awaking for quite a few people.

 

Flying Squirrel

(3,041 posts)
5. There was a time
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 07:26 AM
Jan 2016

When something like this would be the end for a candidate.

But we won't hear much about it, I think. (I suppose I can hope to be wrong though.)

murielm99

(30,745 posts)
7. When he said he could shoot someone
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 07:40 AM
Jan 2016

in the street and not lose support, he meant it. This retweeting is just pushing it further. It is beyond disgusting. And, as someone else said here, it is scary.

All the Bernie supporters here, and the ones on Facebook need to leave off their Hillary hate for awhile and go after Trump on social media. Go after him hard. And Jewish organizations, like the Anti-Defamation League, should make a statement.

I am a contributing member of SPLC. I will encourage them to say something about Trump, too. They might consider that outside their area of expertise, but it is worth a try.

Trump has to be stopped.

murielm99

(30,745 posts)
10. Hillary supporters are not the ones guilty of hate.
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 07:51 AM
Jan 2016

I have been coming here for a long time and I have never seen anything like the hate that I am seeing from Bernie supporters.

I meant what I said in a good way. And I do feel that Trump, and some of the other scary republicans, like Cruz, are the real enemy. And anti-Semitism should never be condoned.

But you just have to get your nasty licks in, don't you?

Goodbye. You are just one more bernista who is not worth my time.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
15. This!!! OMG, so MUCH this.
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 10:00 AM
Jan 2016

The loudest supporters for each side make it incredibly difficult to want to discuss the primaries.

IronLionZion

(45,453 posts)
13. He knows he's trolling all of us
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 08:06 AM
Jan 2016

just trying to see how much he can get away with. I bet he's flabbergasted as to why so many people still support him.

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