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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLast 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
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dalton99a
(81,543 posts)1. Yes, the well-battered Paula Deen
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)2. Well battered
then deep fried.
TlalocW
(15,388 posts)3. I'm not following what he's trying to say
Anyone able to translate Trump Twitterspeak?
TlalocW
bigtree
(86,004 posts)4. he's dissembling, as usual
...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.
start here: