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2016 Postmortem

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts) Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:18 AM Oct 2016

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Did you hear Trump try to say the words "African Americans", "Latinos", and "Hispanics"?

He wasn't even reading from a teleprompter and he so uncomfortable saying them that he still sounded like he was reading hostage demands

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Did you hear Trump try to say the words "African Americans", "Latinos", and "Hispanics"? (Original Post) Snake Plissken Oct 2016 OP

Especially "African-Americans" Ellen Forradalom Oct 2016 #1

THE African Americans JustAnotherGen Oct 2016 #2

It was like he had learned new words. tetedur Oct 2016 #3

Ellen Forradalom

(16,160 posts)

1. Especially "African-Americans"

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:33 AM

Oct 2016

With almost the same tone of voice as "those people"

JustAnotherGen

(31,827 posts)

2. THE African Americans

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:09 AM

Oct 2016

He said THE. That's all I need to know about him. The, those, "them ones over there".

tetedur

(820 posts)

3. It was like he had learned new words.

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 06:49 AM

Oct 2016

He hasn't had much practice pronouncing them. So he was trying to make Mommy and Daddy proud by enunciating properly.

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