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You love to see it. Who's sleepy now, Don? Looks like it's your fans listening to you rant.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 166 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not enough of them left early. They were clogging up traffic when I was trying to pick my kid up from band practice. Driving like assholes, too. One straight up ran a red light, and another cut me off and nearly caused an accident, then flipped me the bird when I honked. (How could I tell they were trump supporters? Easy: These weirdos plaster bumper stickers all over their cars.)

One of the most depressing things I've seen all week was a highway sign that said all the parking for the rally was full. I hate being surrounded by these people.

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How many giant "Rebel" stickers on the back of the most popular pick up truck in North America did you see? More than one I bet.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every damn vehicle leaving the area had some dumb sticker on it. But the person who ran the red light were in a late model Lexus and the who cut me off was in a busted-ass Altima.

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the one who cut me off was in a busted-ass Altima.

Well that tracks.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you translate for the non-Americans?

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nissan Altima drivers are somewhat notorious here for aggressive driving and the cars are often in rough condition, to the point that it's often memed. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=altima+drivers+meme&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for that! Why did they become a thing?

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Altimas are fairly affordable and have pretty solid performance for their size, so that sets up a certain likely scenario of someone with poor credit and a desire to go fast to wind up in a beat up Altima.

[–] blackwateropeth@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Every trumped out ride I’ve ran into has always driven like the most lawless asshat. They’re usually, speeding, tailgating, cutting people off, etc. Law and order? riiiggghhht.

[–] eldoom@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

Just a little PSA. When I was homeless I quickly figured out that nearly all vehicles with MAGAt stickers are unlocked... And the chances of there being a gun in there go up by like 25% per sticker.

Do what you will with this information.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

If they have trump stuff and a Jesus fish, do they speed or go 10 under the speed limit?

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 131 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Donald Trump arrived an hour late to a rally

And yet he chastised the organizers at the black journalist thing for not being set up on time.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That delay was on him, not equipment failures. Spoiler: he lied again.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You've got to be shitting me. Is that for real? Any news article to confirm?

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It was reported by I think NBC Chicago that Trump refused to participate if they went ahead with the live fact checking as planned, which produced a standoff that delayed proceedings by about a half hour.

I'm not sure this has been substantiated by other sources.

EDIT: It's mentioned briefly here, but somebody went into more detail in a tweet I don't have on hand.

[–] MajesticSloth@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This was an excerpt about it I grabbed from elsewhere.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 9 points 1 month ago

Right, that was it, thank you!

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

So there was supposed to be fact checking live on the screen, and he refused?

It’s 100% an idiotic power dynamic thing

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guess he's on CP (Corrupt Politician) time.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

He was too busy watching CP to make it there on time. Creepy ass old weirdo.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 73 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I’m going to stop calling them “Trump supporters” and start calling them Trump and his pedo ring.

Also, here’s a small poem I wrote:

Matt Gaetz

Date rapes

By the seashore

[–] voxthefox@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just refer to them as cultists, because that's what they've become. Especially once they adorned themselves with their sanctimonious ear patches to become one step closer to the visage of their one true Don

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Enjoy this weird clip of cultists “dancing” with 👂 ear tampons adorned 🙄

Bath salts may or may not have been involved

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/s/xtKSdAfEyJ

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not exaggerating when I say that's one of the worst minute long videos I've ever seen. I'd rather cartel execution videos or one guy one cup.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

“One guy one cup”

Lol 😂 that got me

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Just call them weirdos.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago

Republican trash

Pollutes the soul of freedom

Vote and punch Nazis

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

He sells

Her hell

By the seashore?

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lots of pictures in that article... look at those weirdos

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I love how Trump forced the poster designers to make Vance smaller even if it's the same amount of characters.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, it's pretty common for the VP name to be in smaller print, to indicate that they're two different names.

Examples:

[–] ech@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

While I'd fully expect two-scoop donald to throw a fit over it, that's also just pretty standard graphic design. Helps differentiate the vp candidate from the main candidate.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Other reasons people left early: Trump showed up an hour late, meaning he didn’t finish until 2.5 hours after his scheduled start time. People got places to be, man, respect their time. (I guess it’s not like Trump is known to respect others in general.)

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago

These people are absolute freaks.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump

Kamala joins Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, and Mika Brzezinski (of Morning Joe fame) under the "Crazy" moniker.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lets hope thats indicative of his chances to be reelected

[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

They'll still vote for him. The (R) outweighs anything a Democrat could do.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Hes like a rabid dog gnawing at but afraid to swallow its meal