Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, drew a wave of online ridicule after complaining that Democrats want to make Ohio a state.

Trump Jr. made the remark Monday while actually in the Buckeye State to campaign for Republican candidates.

“They want to, what is it? Save democracy by destroying democracy,” Trump Jr. said of Democrats. “They wanna pack the Supreme Court. They wanna make Ohio a state, make D.C. a state, have permanent one-party rule.”

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.ca
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    “Potatoe”

    “Slick willie”

    “Enthusiastic scream”

    “Swiftboating”

    “Thanks Obama”

    “Biden gaffe machine”

    “But her emails”

    “But her laugh”

    …But when a nazi scumbag has an awkward moment, suddenly the calls for decency and measured reactions. Fuck that times infinity. Any and every low blow is absolute fair game at this point.

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      “Potatoe” was Dan Qualye, Republican, though, right? Who was famously then immortalised as the lowest possible ranking in the Civilization game series.

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        You’re right, I was just tossing out as many things as I could think of. Pardon my gish gallop, my main point is just that showing respect to nazis is not going to earn it from them so why bother.

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      Was the person you replied to ever inconsistent with their stance about “clemency for small political/social gaffes”?

      You’re making it seem like they’re soapboxing for Don Jr. when they could just be consistently against making fun of people.