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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,071 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 03:58 PM Feb 2020

Chrissie Hynde directly appeals to Trump to drop charges against Julian Assange

Chrissie Hynde has appealed to Donald Trump to drop US charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

In a series of tweets directly addressed to Trump, the Pretenders frontwoman urged the importance of unity, regardless of political differences.

She began by referencing the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, to whom Trump recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

“Dear Mr President, I often think of how much my father, Melville ‘Bud’ Hynde, who proudly served his country as a Marine on Guadalcanal, would have enjoyed your Presidency,” Hynde wrote.

https://news.yahoo.com/chrissie-hynde-directly-appeals-trump-124241916.html

Just remind him of the fact that Assange helped get Trump elected.

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Chrissie Hynde directly appeals to Trump to drop charges against Julian Assange (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 OP
Well that's...weird. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #1
..and here I was thinking I liked Chrissie Hynde. tinrobot Feb 2020 #2
I encountered her once Cirque du So-What Feb 2020 #3
Fuck Assange and fuck her. roamer65 Feb 2020 #4
I know cancel culture sucks JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #5
Seriously? Bayard Feb 2020 #6
No surprise Blecht Feb 2020 #7
i "thought" i'd heard she opposed that but didn't own the rights do do anything about it. uncle ray Feb 2020 #9
god damn it... Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #8

Cirque du So-What

(25,949 posts)
3. I encountered her once
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 04:12 PM
Feb 2020

I recognized her from 100 ft away, and tried to be discrete, but she caught me looking at her. She abruptly sashayed out of the area altogether - skittish as a gazelle.

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
5. I know cancel culture sucks
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 04:27 PM
Feb 2020

But she was canceled by me when she popped off at the mouth about the #metoo movement.

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