Suggested topic of further conversation, Donald J. Trump’s own comment when he refused to approve reimbursing the family of murdered soldier Vanessa Guillén's for their funeral costs: "It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican."
That one didn’t seem to get quite as much play as the PR “joke” did. I don’t recall the rush to disavow that statement like happened last night. I wonder if it’s because it was Trump himself making that comment and people are just immune to him spewing hatred.
This really makes me wonder about "Trumpism without Trump" going forward. If Trump had said this, almost no one would care because he's said 100 worse things. Makes me skeptical that someone like Vance or DeSantis can take up the torch.
Trumpism doesn't work without Trump, because his hypothetical successors are all politicians who can never replicate the authenticity that Trump has (because Trump is a typical Fox News viewer in truth).
DeSantis tried it and collapsed, because he's a politician and not your racist uncle who watches 20 hours of Hannity every day and screams at the TV.
Suggested topic of further conversation, Donald J. Trump’s own comment when he refused to approve reimbursing the family of murdered soldier Vanessa Guillén's for their funeral costs: "It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican."
That one didn’t seem to get quite as much play as the PR “joke” did. I don’t recall the rush to disavow that statement like happened last night. I wonder if it’s because it was Trump himself making that comment and people are just immune to him spewing hatred.
And it was reported in a newspaper that he said it, several years ago. This was a well-known comic saying it on national tv at a major political rally
This really makes me wonder about "Trumpism without Trump" going forward. If Trump had said this, almost no one would care because he's said 100 worse things. Makes me skeptical that someone like Vance or DeSantis can take up the torch.
Yeah, it's a perverse irony that the statement has more potential for damage coming from some "comedian's" mouth than it would have coming from Trump.
Trumpism doesn't work without Trump, because his hypothetical successors are all politicians who can never replicate the authenticity that Trump has (because Trump is a typical Fox News viewer in truth).
DeSantis tried it and collapsed, because he's a politician and not your racist uncle who watches 20 hours of Hannity every day and screams at the TV.