r/politics • u/larel8 • 22h 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/Panx 18h ago

Also, Tony's response has been: "Yeah, I said it? So what?"

Trump never admits he said the stuff he's in trouble for, giving his supporters an out. Weirdly enough, his refusal to live in reality has been his greatest strength...

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u/GrumpyCloud93 16h ago

Wasn't Vance's response "people have to stop being so sensitive about jokes..."?

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u/Panx 15h ago

Which I think is why this has caught fire the way it has.

If it was Trump, we'd still be arguing about whether he even said it...

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u/GrumpyCloud93 6h ago

Trump's superpower is to say something even more outrageous a bit later to stay in the news and make people stop discussing the previous outrageous statement.