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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:57 PM Oct 2016

Borowitz: Putin Cancels Campaign Event with Trump

MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report)—Calling the Republican nominee’s behavior “completely indefensible,” the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, cancelled a joint campaign appearance with Donald Trump on Monday.

Putin, who had been scheduled to campaign alongside Trump at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, said that he would make no joint appearances with the billionaire for the remainder of the campaign.

“As the father of two daughters, I cannot condone or defend Mr. Trump’s behavior,” the Russian leader said in a curt official statement.

In addition to cancelling his appearance with Trump, Putin, who had been expected to spend thirty-one million rubles, or roughly five million dollars, on Trump campaign ads, is pulling those funds and will instead “focus on down-ballot races,” the statement said.

Appearing on CNN, Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, attempted to downplay the Putin defection by claiming that Trump still has the support of many other totalitarian dictators.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/putin-cancels-campaign-event-with-trump?mbid=nl_161010_Borowitz&CNDID=25394153&spMailingID=9665406&spUserID=MTMzMTgyNjg0NzM5S0&spJobID=1020786474&spReportId=MTAyMDc4NjQ3NAS2

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Borowitz: Putin Cancels Campaign Event with Trump (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2016 OP
Putin drops support for Donald too? Damn, times are hard! ffr Oct 2016 #1
ROFL, that was great! Jersey Devil Oct 2016 #2
Thank you Mama and New Yorker saidsimplesimon Oct 2016 #3

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
3. Thank you Mama and New Yorker
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 08:09 PM
Oct 2016

for the humour. You know, Borowitz is lost in space, oui? There is nothing humorous about this unless you are a masochist or an Onion reporter?

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