• spongebue@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I skimmed through the comments left so far, and haven’t seen one calling out that this is taking the actual quote way out of context.

    He didn’t say he couldn’t care less about unity. I saw the video this afternoon. He was asked a question, said he was going to get in trouble for his answer, but he didn’t care [about getting in trouble] - then gave his usual drivel

    Seriously, we have plenty of real stuff to say about this guy. Repeating crap like this to others, trying to make a point, but to people who are aware of the full quote will only make people repeating it look dumb. Don’t fall for that. Stick to things like how he was also talking about “second amendment people” taking care of Hillary Clinton. How he pardoned people who beat up cops (despite Vance saying that “obviously” wouldn’t happen) trying to execute a coup to keep him in office. Stuff like that. Not this.

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      3 hours ago

      The problem is his answer, which basically reinforced him not caring about unity… so it’s clear he doesn’t care about unity…

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        3 hours ago

        Ok, but quoting out of context is an awful way to express it. I’m not saying Trump actually really wants unity and gave a great answer. I’m saying he didn’t outright say he doesn’t care the way the headline implies, and it just sets us up to step on a rake if we try to bring it up with others.

        Happened this afternoon with a friend of mine posting the same thing elsewhere, unfortunately