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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 09:01 AM Aug 2017

Trump Lambasted for Tweet Promoting Sheriff Clarkes Book: 'Your Fellow Americans Are Getting ...

Trump Lambasted for Tweet Promoting Sheriff Clarke’s Book: ‘Your Fellow Americans Are Getting Flooded’

by Josh Feldman | 8:47 am, August 27th, 2017

In between tweets on the response efforts to Hurricane Harvey, President Trump tweeted this morning a plug for Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke‘s book Cop Under Fire:






You may notice that Clarke’s tweet about his book is from March, so it’s not clear why the President promoted it now.

-snip-

A lot of people tore into the President for the timing of this particular tweet:






















https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-lambasted-for-tweet-promoting-sheriff-clarkes-book-your-fellow-americans-are-getting-flooded/
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Trump Lambasted for Tweet Promoting Sheriff Clarkes Book: 'Your Fellow Americans Are Getting ... (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2017 OP
Impeach the Imp. oasis Aug 2017 #1
WTF is wrong with him? mobeau69 Aug 2017 #2
Trump is telling the world that he's a white supremacist. yardwork Aug 2017 #10
He is totally not a normal human being. lark Aug 2017 #13
Well, himself Scarsdale Aug 2017 #17
Can't mgardener Aug 2017 #23
"WTF is wrong with him?" Mr. Evil Aug 2017 #33
He's a raving lunatic and malaise Aug 2017 #3
"a book by an intolerant fuckknob decorated with flair" tanyev Aug 2017 #4
Sherriff Clark Scarsdale Aug 2017 #20
loved that too! steve2470 Aug 2017 #32
cop under fire or how i became a nazi sheriff spanone Aug 2017 #5
Zero empathy, the sign of a psychopath. ProgressiveValue Aug 2017 #6
It's his version of celebrating McCain's birthday on the tarmac while New Orleans drowned. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #7
It's much worse, imo. yardwork Aug 2017 #11
Trump getting ready to announce New Homeland Security Director? aeromanKC Aug 2017 #8
rest assured handmade34 Aug 2017 #9
Another book he has never read world wide wally Aug 2017 #12
Why is Trump just now promoting a book that came out in March? maddiemom Aug 2017 #14
He is a monster DesertRat Aug 2017 #15
+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #19
Clarke has his own ties to Russia via the NRA HAB911 Aug 2017 #16
PINTO! NastyRiffraff Aug 2017 #18
maybe the damn thing can be used in lieu of sandbags? lastlib Aug 2017 #21
..."like an NFL fan live-tweeting a game..." Tanuki Aug 2017 #22
He is beyond any rescue... syringis Aug 2017 #24
Oh oh... Obama's was better.... LakeArenal Aug 2017 #25
I didn't know Obama was drawn in the same style syringis Aug 2017 #26
Yes. It's iconic. LakeArenal Aug 2017 #29
How would Super Stupid know it's a good book? rurallib Aug 2017 #27
"Nobody reads more than me" dalton99a Aug 2017 #30
Sadly a lot of replies to those tweets were defending him. OliverQ Aug 2017 #28
This made me laugh: Lifelong Protester Aug 2017 #31

mobeau69

(11,167 posts)
2. WTF is wrong with him?
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 09:14 AM
Aug 2017

Flood or no flood, endorsing this nut case is another beyond the pale antic by the orange anus.

I'm beginning to wonder how much more I can take.

yardwork

(61,771 posts)
10. Trump is telling the world that he's a white supremacist.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 09:35 AM
Aug 2017

This isn't an accident. Trump pardoned Arpaio on Friday for torturing and killing immigrants, and on Sunday he praised a man who is known for torturing and killing immigrants.

Trump's base loves this. They want more. Blood lust.

lark

(23,191 posts)
13. He is totally not a normal human being.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 10:18 AM
Aug 2017

He has zero caring or empathy so it doesn't occur to him to try to help. This is just another day and more poisonous drivel is coming from PINO, nothing uplifting, no thanks for first responders, nothing good ever comes out of his mouth or his tiny fingers. If the words even sound halfway human, he's just reading what someone else wrote and he always sounds so wooden because he truly has no fucks to give about anyone in the world other than himself.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
17. Well, himself
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 11:03 AM
Aug 2017

and daughter/wife Ivanka. Hey, maybe he will send smart kid Jarred to oversee the flood responses in Texas?

 

ProgressiveValue

(130 posts)
6. Zero empathy, the sign of a psychopath.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 09:18 AM
Aug 2017

He feels if he mentions the flood and how bad it is, that is the end of it and it is back to normal tweeting and other topics. I'll bet he is more concerned over what he will have for breakfast than the flood devastation.

GoCubsGo

(32,100 posts)
7. It's his version of celebrating McCain's birthday on the tarmac while New Orleans drowned.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 09:22 AM
Aug 2017

I am glad his tweets are being saved.

aeromanKC

(3,330 posts)
8. Trump getting ready to announce New Homeland Security Director?
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 09:31 AM
Aug 2017

Seems Trump gives thumbs up to Clarke to make everybody feel positive about him and then promotes him.

handmade34

(22,759 posts)
9. rest assured
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 09:33 AM
Aug 2017

someone(?) reminded him he is President and made him tweet out something about Harvey an hour later...

he is a poor excuse for a human, let alone president


then again 15 minutes later
 @realDonaldTrump
I will also be going to a wonderful state, Missouri, that I won by a lot in '16. Dem C.M. is opposed to big tax cuts. Republican will win S!

a really poor excuse for a human being

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
14. Why is Trump just now promoting a book that came out in March?
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 10:26 AM
Aug 2017

He was probably given the book in March, and just now finished reading it? If so, he's to be congratulated, this would be a major accomplishment for him Or maybe the audio version didn't come out until much later.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
26. I didn't know Obama was drawn in the same style
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 12:12 PM
Aug 2017

Do you have a link? Thank you

BTW, have you ever seen something good or simply normal that comes from Trump?

LakeArenal

(28,865 posts)
29. Yes. It's iconic.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 02:04 PM
Aug 2017

Unfortunately, I don't know how to use Photobook and can't post pictures.

Google: Barack Obama's "Hope" poster

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
28. Sadly a lot of replies to those tweets were defending him.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 01:38 PM
Aug 2017

Saying, "what else can he do at this point?"

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
31. This made me laugh:
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 04:50 PM
Aug 2017

David Simon
✔ ?@AoDespair

Yo, fucknuts. One of your states is under water.


7:38 AM - Aug 27, 2017
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