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fujiyamasan

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9. This is something I don't recall growing up

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 04:33 PM

14 hrs ago

A president (of either party) calling groups of poeple ‘garbage’.

I’m too young for Nixon, but even he kept his racist remarks private. Ironically in public he supported civil rights legislation and even some affirmative action programs.

Trump is basically David Duke with a lot more money.

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Trump calls Somalis 'garbage' he doesn't want in the country. [View all] dalton99a 15 hrs ago OP

I saw a couple of these "garbage" Somali women taking their kids to school this morning. Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #1

President of the United States leftstreet 15 hrs ago #2

ALL THEY DO IS COMPLAIN kwolf68 15 hrs ago #3

he's been a dirty racist all his life eShirl 14 hrs ago #4

Trump makes Richard Nixon look like Mister Rogers. Aristus 14 hrs ago #5

The Somali immigrants I know pfitz59 14 hrs ago #6

Trump is a walking trash can dalton99a 14 hrs ago #7

racism is irrational eShirl 14 hrs ago #8

This is something I don't recall growing up fujiyamasan 14 hrs ago #9

It's unprecedented as far as I know. yardwork 13 hrs ago #14

And he called her name - Ilhan Omar malaise 13 hrs ago #10

A meme from the 2020 election Diamond_Dog 13 hrs ago #11

I wonder what he says in private. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #12

The same thing MustLoveBeagles 13 hrs ago #15

I think it is much worse in private. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #17

Dehumanizing people makes it easy to do terrible things to them Danmel 13 hrs ago #13

Someone must've read him articles from the NY Post and The National Review from earlier today Rob H. 13 hrs ago #16