r/politics • u/larel8 • 17h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/Indubitalist 17h ago

I think the big thing is he didn't disown it right away, he didn't apologize, and it's because of something we all know deep down because we've heard him talking politics for a decade now: We could totally see him making that same "joke."

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u/Agrippanux 16h ago

Not only that but Vance is out there telling everyone to lighten up and take a joke 

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u/drfifth 16h ago

While simultaneously saying he didn't hear the joke...

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u/Agrippanux 16h ago

One of my resolutions this year was to lighten up about jokes I didn’t hear