10-14-2020, 11:32 AM
(10-14-2020, 11:14 AM)PhilHos Wrote: it's the simplest and requires the least amount of "mental gymnastics" to arrive at.
Instead of getting caught up in the semantics of defining "mental gymnastics" do you agree that it requires playing make believe and ignoring the context of his remarks?
You have to pretend that Trump believes there is a "Minnesota gene" that does not exist.
You have to pretend that Trump did not include himself in the "good gene" pool even though he is not from Minnesota.
You have to ignore that both he and the crowd were very critical of people who live in Minnesota but are black and came for African countries.
You have to ignore the fact that the crowd he was speaking to was probably at least 99% white.
You have to ignore the fact that he used the popular white supremacist dog whistle phrase "racehorse theory".
How can you say it is the "simplest" when it requires you to do all of the above?
