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Tanuki

(14,924 posts) Sat Dec 30, 2017, 02:47 PM Dec 2017

Why didn't 45 just retweet Sarah Huckabee instead of plagiarizing?

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Why didn't 45 just retweet Sarah Huckabee instead of plagiarizing? (Original Post) Tanuki Dec 2017 OP

He wants to pretend he said it since he can't form a coherent sentence on his own and Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #1

But, but, but.... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #2

You see, SHS's job is to represent what the president says True Dough Dec 2017 #3

He's just mansplaining. marble falls Dec 2017 #4

Technically... BBG Dec 2017 #13

Talking Point Theater Blue Owl Dec 2017 #5

Not content to just forcibly grabbing women's pussies, now Trump is forcibly grabbing women's words. Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #6

Hah :) TimeToGo Dec 2017 #8

This jerk makes george bush look like a Rhodes Scholar. George II Dec 2017 #7

The other fun thing about those tweets is you can replace "Iranian" with "US" bitterross Dec 2017 #9

Easily explained: RoBear Dec 2017 #10

He might not realize he is doing this. murielm99 Dec 2017 #11

Almost James48 Dec 2017 #12

and a hashtag. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2017 #17

Because she's a woman and he's an asshole? DRoseDARs Dec 2017 #14

Or maybe both of them were parroting Putin's talking point Mr. Ected Dec 2017 #15

I give him credit for learning how to copy and paste. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2017 #16

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)

1. He wants to pretend he said it since he can't form a coherent sentence on his own and

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 02:49 PM

Dec 2017

more power to him...not like he can get caught or anything.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,111 posts)

2. But, but, but....

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 02:52 PM

Dec 2017

it's not the same. He added the word "many".

True Dough

(17,339 posts)

3. You see, SHS's job is to represent what the president says

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 03:00 PM

Dec 2017

so her tweet was essentially his words anyway. So he's just borrowing his own words back. Or something like that.

marble falls

(57,394 posts)

4. He's just mansplaining.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 03:34 PM

Dec 2017

BBG

(2,559 posts)

13. Technically...

Reply to marble falls (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 05:38 PM

Dec 2017

He was manYsplaining.

Blue Owl

(50,532 posts)

5. Talking Point Theater

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 04:07 PM

Dec 2017

n/t

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

6. Not content to just forcibly grabbing women's pussies, now Trump is forcibly grabbing women's words.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 04:11 PM

Dec 2017

TimeToGo

(1,366 posts)

8. Hah :)

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 04:39 PM

Dec 2017

But also -- the press sec isn't supposed to be making policy and political statements. That's not her job.

George II

(67,782 posts)

7. This jerk makes george bush look like a Rhodes Scholar.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 04:36 PM

Dec 2017

bitterross

(4,066 posts)

9. The other fun thing about those tweets is you can replace "Iranian" with "US"

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 04:51 PM

Dec 2017

Try it. It works just fine:

Reports of peaceful protests by US citizens fed up with the regime’s corruption and its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. The US government should respect their people’s rights including their right to express themselves. The world is watching