A violent weekend with mass stabbings in Minnesota and bombings in New York City and New Jersey prompted responses from both presidential candidates.
Hillary Clinton held a news conference at an airport and encouraged Americans to go about their lives, don’t be deterred by terrorists, don’t live in fear, and that we’re well prepared to fight terrorism at home and abroad.
Trump’s response was the equivalent of a drunk monkey throwing paint on a wall, but with a lower speaking level. He said we have to “knock the hell out of them” and possibly use profiling to stop terrorism. In the past he’s talked about profiling, bringing back water boarding, mass surveillance of mosques, and not taking in refugees from troubled areas (Muslim nations).
He blamed the attacks over the weekend, and in the past, on our immigration policies, even attacks that were committed by citizens born in the United States. He blamed terrorism on Obama and Clinton and said we’re too soft in fighting ISIL.
After the suspected bomber was apprehended and wounded in a shootout with police Trump complained how the guy will receive medical attention and legal representation. Trump doesn’t support the guy’s Constitutional rights for a fair trial but he’ll support his 2nd Amendment rights to own a gun.
Hillary Clinton has actual experience as part of a government fighting terrorism. She was in on the decision to take out bin Laden. Trump yells and screams about “knocking the hell out of them,” torturing and banning Muslims, and even compared refugees to Skittles. He claims he has a secret plan to fight terrorism, which is probably like his secret plan to replace Obamacare with “something better.”
Clinton accuses Trump of giving comfort and aid to the enemy. I’m not sure that’s entirely true but I can see how his rhetoric can be used by the enemy to inspire recruits and copycats. Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, the Klan, and Scott Baio all want to see Trump elected, so why not ISIL?
Trump wants accolades for saying the attacks were bombings before the authorities announced it. In the past he said he received congratulations for predicting terrorists attacks. What sort of sick morbid people does Trump hang out with? His sons?
One candidate is meeting with world leaders this week at the United Nations. The other is making Skittles analogies.
Trump’s stupid analogy about three skittles in a bowl being poisonous does make a little sense. Out of the 17 candidates in the Republican primaries we grabbed a handful of arsenic.
I’d rather vote for the paint-throwing drunk monkey.
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Wasn’t it Trump, Jr. who made the skittles remark?
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Yes it was, majorreacher, but it’s all the trump campaign. Also, I watched trump and his friends at Fox laughing about his “call” about it being a bomb—- that he was ahead of the cops….he was so proud of himself….it made me puke a little inside.
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I was about to comment the same exact thing!! I agree with booktrout, though – regardless of which Donald Trump said it, it still reflects the campaign. Especially when, looking for the image, I noticed that it has “Trump Pence 2016 – Make America Great Again” at the bottom.
By the way, Skittles responded to Trump, Jr., said: “Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy.” They’re pretty p.o.’d about being dragged into this political s***storm.
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