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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:33 PM Jan 2019

Mulvaney Says Nobody Blames Trump for 'Coarsening' of Politics After Tapper Shows Devastating...

Mulvaney Says Nobody Blames Trump for ‘Coarsening’ of Politics After Tapper Shows Devastating %!@#ing Montage

by Caleb Howe | Jan 6th, 2019, 12:06 pm 24

Last week, President Donald Trump said that newly sworn-in Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) “dishonored” herself when she dropped an eff-bomb about him at an event. On Sunday, CNN’s Jake Tapper challenged new interim White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on whether Trump really has any room to talk when it comes to coarseness.

“The president said her remark, saying that it was time to impeach the mf’er, was quote ‘disgraceful’, President Trump obviously is not known as a delicate flower with his language he uses, he’s sworn publicly quite a bit,” said Tapper. “Take a listen to some of it.”

He then played a montage of clips of President Trump cursing in public events, including the eff bomb, and getting cheers from his crowds. Tapper asked Mulvaney, “does President Trump think that he has played any role in the coarsening of our national discourse?”

“No, no, I think…” began Mulvaney.

“He doesn’t?” Tapper asked somewhat incredulously.

“I think people can be coarse, as clearly this member of Congress is,” Mulvaney continued. “By the way, I was very glad to see some of my former Democrat colleagues distance themselves from that type of language.”

“The president does use coarse language in private a lot with us,” he said. Tapper interrupted to point out that those clips of Trump cursing using the same word and style as Tlaib were, like hers, in front of a crowd. “Those were public,” he said.

“Many people–I recogni–many people do,” Mulvaney said, without actually addressing the point that contrary to his own characterization the remarks were not private, but public, and were exactly like what Tlaib said, which Trump called “disgraceful” and that he said “dishonored her family.”

“But no, I don’t think anybody blames the president for the coarsening of the language of the —” he continued.

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Mulvaney Says Nobody Blames Trump for 'Coarsening' of Politics After Tapper Shows Devastating... (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP
A freshman back bencher vs. the leader of a political party and supposedly of the country exboyfil Jan 2019 #1
Denial as a way of life. empedocles Jan 2019 #2
"dishonored her family." femmedem Jan 2019 #3
Exactly wildflower Jan 2019 #7
Guy needs to powder his nose, Tump's butt is showing. marble falls Jan 2019 #4
It's Democratic colleagues malaise Jan 2019 #5
YES 90-percent Jan 2019 #9
I agree re respect malaise Jan 2019 #10
Mulvaney Another MoFker full of it!! nt Jarqui Jan 2019 #6
Republicans look like utter clowns trying John Fante Jan 2019 #8

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
1. A freshman back bencher vs. the leader of a political party and supposedly of the country
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:37 PM
Jan 2019

Someone needs to emphasize that point.

90-percent

(6,829 posts)
9. YES
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 02:34 PM
Jan 2019

We need to show those mother fucking republics the meaning of respect.

And that slur was a standard for limbaugh since the early nineties.

Speaking of corrupt un-American hate-mongers, what does this guy and Coulter have to say about the outcomes of their playing trump like a marionette? Could they maybe elaborate to the American people just what the fuck were they thinking?

We should deal with them and bypass the middle traitor. (riffing off recent borowitz works)

-90% Jimmy

malaise

(269,212 posts)
10. I agree re respect
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 03:35 PM
Jan 2019

Corrupt does not quite describe these scumbags - this is corruption on steroids.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
8. Republicans look like utter clowns trying
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 02:28 PM
Jan 2019

to take the moral high ground here.

You're the "grab em by the pussy" party now - take your faux-outrage and shove it. Motherfuckers.

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