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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Maneuvers To Protect Robert E. Lee's Name In Secretly Recorded Phone Call
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-inhofe-recorded-call-robert-e-lee-cancel-culture-bullshit-024450751.htmlPresident Donald Trump dismissed the bullshit of the effects of cancel culture as he negotiated with a senator to preserve the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at military installations, according to a recording of a phone conversation given to The New York Times.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) put Trump on speakerphone at an Italian restaurant in Washington, D.C., as the men talked politics Wednesday night. The conversation was overheard and recorded by someone in the room, the Times reported Thursday.
All right, my friend, said Trump. Are you doing good? Were going to keep the name of Robert E. Lee?
Inhofe responded on the tape: Just trust me. Ill make it happen.
Trump piped up: I had about 95,000 positive retweets on that. Thats a lot.
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Trump Maneuvers To Protect Robert E. Lee's Name In Secretly Recorded Phone Call (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2020
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Fiendish Thingy
(15,657 posts)1. Only delaying the inevitable by 6 months nt
BGBD
(3,282 posts)2. forming policy
by the number of Russian bots who liked your twitter post......
We have to beat this guy.
the fact that his proverbial finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing are tweets is just fucked up....
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)3. Hope someone posts the audio. n/t
Maraya1969
(22,497 posts)6. The audio is at the link but I don't know how to just get that.
5X
(3,972 posts)5. How stupid is it first off to be eating out in a restaraunt,
second: putting dotard on speakerphone in public (if you are on his side).
guess inhofe is stupider than I thought.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,367 posts)10. Speakerphone at a restaurant is a whole 'nuther level of "rude".
Look at me.
Hey, look at me.
I'm talking with the president.
The president of the united states is talking to me.
Am I important, or what!
Look at me.
Blue Owl
(50,505 posts)7. 95,000 retweets -- what is that, like .0003 percent of the U.S. population?
Wow Donny, impressive math skills you have there...
maxrandb
(15,358 posts)8. It's quite substantially less once you deduct all the Russian GRU Bots
Takket
(21,629 posts)12. Most of his followers are Russian bots
They retweet him to expand his online presence.
So even 95k is really more like 40k of legit MAGAts
dalton99a
(81,590 posts)9. Traitor protects traitor
GoCubsGo
(32,094 posts)11. Traitors of a feather flock together.
Trump, Inhofe, the whole fucking lot of them...
jcgoldie
(11,646 posts)13. retweets are dictating policy
Well thats pretty solid.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,212 posts)14. K&R