TYT: Dictator Trips, Gets Meme'd, Then Gets REVENGE

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"Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe who was caught falling by the AP and turned into a meme, has fired at least 27 of his security staff for allowing him to trip over a carpet.

The two dozen-plus members of the presidential security and advance team were handed suspension letters earlier this week after photos showed them seemingly not assisting the 90-year-old president,

A “senior government official” provided an actual defense of the firings to the Zimbabwean paper Standard, which, to be fair, would inspire a Congressional inquiry here if the Secret Service allowed the President to fall flat on his face and didn’t help him up:

“The issue here is simple. The security team was caught napping."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/mugabe-punishes-27-bodyguards-after-he-falls-and-turns-into-meme/

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1. Mugs must be mellowing out...

In the old days he would have executed them.