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(86,004 posts)
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 01:57 PM Jan 2017

Last time Trump bothered to mention MLK, he was defending Paula Deen after her use of the N-word

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all of the many wonderful things that he stood for. Honor him for being the great man that he was!
8:54 AM - 16 Jan 2017


Parker Molloy ?@ParkerMolloy 25m25 minutes ago
Prior to today, @realDonaldTrump' only Twitter mention of Martin Luther King was a 2013 tweet defending Paula Deen saying the n-word.

More context on that:




Donald Trump Defended Paula Deen In 2013, Said She Was Wrongly ‘Crucified’ Over N-Word
https://t.co/msqRVFmUgB


Parker Molloy ?@ParkerMolloy 18m18 minutes ago
@HuffPostPol Also, if you Google those two names together, the result is a collection of increasingly disturbing face swaps 😂


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Last time Trump bothered to mention MLK, he was defending Paula Deen after her use of the N-word (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2017 OP
Yes, the well-battered Paula Deen dalton99a Jan 2017 #1
Well battered WhiteTara Jan 2017 #2
I'm not following what he's trying to say TlalocW Jan 2017 #3
he's dissembling, as usual bigtree Jan 2017 #4

bigtree

(86,004 posts)
4. he's dissembling, as usual
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 02:11 PM
Jan 2017

...talking trash without really understanding what he's talking about.

At any rate, his true nature was revealed, as is normally the case when he speaks.

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