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[–] 177 points 5 months ago (17 children)
  • [–] [M] 121 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I think it needs to be an archived link of the tweet... I suspect the problem is tweets getting deleted, not so much the veracity of the quote (which is well documented)

    At least... I hope. Because otherwise that would be dumb.

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  • [–] [M] 7 points 5 months ago*

    I guess I'm dumb, lol. I originally started doing it because the propaganda and lies being spread through memes in this community were a lot. Most of the people, like 99.9% in this community, are awesome. They'll help if a poster doesn't understand.

    I think it needs to be an archived link of the tweet… I suspect the problem is tweets getting deleted, not so much the veracity of the quote (which is well documented)

    At least… I hope. Because otherwise that would be dumb.I guess we're du

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    Thanks , I can't listen to him ramble. My hand uncontrollably goes on my forehead and I get embarrassed that almost half of Americans voted for this fucker.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    ~22% of the population voted for him. Yeah, that's still too much, but it isn't anywhere close to a majority

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    277 million Americans were 18 or older in 2024. 77 million voted for Trump. That's ~27%.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    Yes I know. And the ~30% who apparently stayed home voted for him, too, if those figures aren't a complete fabrication.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    They didn't vote for him, but they did unintentionally help him win.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Nah. They may not have participated in the poll, but they did vote for it by abstaining.

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