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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumstrump tweets falsehood of general pershing and muslim terrorists
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Fact Check Military
U.S. General John J. Pershing did not effectively discourage Muslim terrorists in the Philippines by killing them burying and their bodies along with those of pigs.
SNOPES: FALSE
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pershing.asp
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)This is beyond inflammatory
Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)underpants
(183,002 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)Who is this idiot following on twitter?
Docreed2003
(16,898 posts)And fuck Trump for thinking he can school anybody on fucking history...that's the same dude that had never heard of Frederick Douglas or Susan B Anthony until some aide informed him of their history...and even then acted like he was the first person ever to appreciate their history! So yeah, Fuck You Trump and your shitty ass right wing history lessons!
spanone
(135,921 posts)he could have googled this and found out it was false, but then it wouldn't have fit his narrative
Docreed2003
(16,898 posts)When your RW bs websites create your damn memes for you! Hell, googling is that much more work and we know that Trump can't handle that, or educating himself without one page memos with pretty pictures...ugh, unbelievable this idiot is our "leader"
Leith
(7,814 posts)He said it in front of an audience and he honestly expected that to be news to them.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)There won't be any extremist bullshit in this country for at least 50 years. Shouldn't be too long before he dies of a massive coronary.
malaise
(269,263 posts)Fuck the lying Con
spanone
(135,921 posts)but shit that's so easily verified as FALSE....oh well, truth is too much to expect from the 'president' in these times.
malaise
(269,263 posts)it suits his present agenda and he cannot attack the slaughter in Barcelona directly because he lied that he waits for facts (when the facts didn't suit him Charlottesville).
This is the only angle for him to sneak in a point - he does not give a flying fuck that it is a well exposed LIE.
spanone
(135,921 posts)Link to tweet
malaise
(269,263 posts)What's another lie to the Con?
spanone
(135,921 posts)malaise
(269,263 posts)It's pathological with this scumbag.
spanone
(135,921 posts)he knows his ignorant base won't look any of his crazy shit up
and if the media reports it, it's fake news
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)I am not surprised trump gets history wrong. He does it all the time. But to glorify a sick story like this as something to be proud of is....well.....very nazi-like.
LeftInTX
(25,743 posts)Duh, if pig blood deterred terrorists, it would have been used by Rumsfeld