morphballganon ,

CNN reports:

Helen told the Post that President Joe Biden tried to call her, but she declined to speak to him since her husband 'was a devout Republican, and he would not have wanted me to talk to him.'

But she added that she does not hold the current president responsible for what happened to her family.

'I don’t have any ill will towards Joe Biden,' she said. 'I’m not one of those people that gets involved in politics. I support Trump, that’s who I’m voting for, but I don’t have ill-will towards Biden.'

Let's see:

  1. Decides who to ignore calls from based on her husband's wishes

  2. Claims to not be involved in politics, yet supports a certain candidate

Yep, that's a garden-variety republican.

The important takeaway here is that Biden made an effort to reach out.

lennybird , (edited )
@lennybird@lemmy.world avatar

Ok my respect is quickly dropping for these buffoons caught in the crossfire. But it's like interviewing an attendee from a nazi rally, what should I expect? Critical thinking? Morals? Hah!

"devout Republican" haha... They're a religious cult.

Blankzy ,
@Blankzy@reddthat.com avatar

Right...because you're so great at critical thinking

lennybird ,
@lennybird@lemmy.world avatar

I'm not a Trump supporter, so yes, definitely a step above.

Granted the bar is on the floor but still.

Lightor ,

What about their comment lacked critical thinking?

elbucho ,
@elbucho@lemmy.world avatar

Why would you have any respect for Trump supporters going to a Trump rally? Just because they were unlucky? They're still shitty people.

lennybird ,
@lennybird@lemmy.world avatar

It's a little more complicated for me considering my family once was Republican during Bush's first term. Rural, Appalachian, Pennsylvanian. I know some of these people most likely. Dumb people who know no better. Manipulated by rich interests. Feeling many pressures no doubt but too uninformed to point the finger at the right problem.

They Thought Were Free is a great book that explores this ignorance endemic in the Third Reich.

elbucho ,
@elbucho@lemmy.world avatar

Ok, I get that you have a strong desire to humanize them. But humanizing someone doesn't mean you automatically respect them, other than affording them the basic level you'd give any other semi-sentient being. What is there to respect in people who cheer on an addlepated, narcissistic, fascist manbaby?

lennybird , (edited )
@lennybird@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah I'll admit respect probably wasn't the best choice for words, but as a father I respected his shielding his family from bullets, which is probably what led to use of that word.

finley , (edited )

“The President of the United States of America called me, and my turd of a husband told him to fuck off. Oh, but I don’t get involved in politics…“

Yeah, right lady. Your son just tried to assassinate someone running for president, your husband just basically told the current president to go fuck himself, and you say nothing. You don’t think that’s taking a position? Fuck you.

Edit: so it wasn’t the shooter’s mother. Explain how that changes anything.

NocturnalMorning ,

She's the husband of someone killed who was in the crowd...

AbidanYre , (edited )

I see where you're coming from, but you got a lot of facts wrong in your comment.

finley ,

Explain how that makes any fucking difference, and also respond to my original point while you’re at it

morphballganon ,

Your original point is a straw man fallacy, and thus deserves no response. Get your facts straight before you give us any more of this vitriolic attitude please.

morphballganon ,

This was the rallygoer, not the shooter. There were two deaths at that event.

finley ,

How does that make it different?

morphballganon ,

You are accusing the widow of a rallygoer who shielded his family from harm of having a would-be assassin son. You have your facts mixed up.

Blankzy ,
@Blankzy@reddthat.com avatar

To bad he doesn't make an effort to call any of the families who had family members killed by illegal immigrants

robocall ,
@robocall@lemmy.world avatar

You deserve an award for the stupidest comment of the day

Dultas ,

To be fair, it's probably not even their stupidest comment of the day.

JimSamtanko ,

He has made others. MANY others that are equally as dumb. You’ll have to check the mod logs to see them- as they’ve been removed because they’re just that fucking stupid.

Sanctus ,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

So you have time to make up shit about illegal immigrant mass murders but you can't respond to my receipts of the Heritage Foundation call to hatred when you first got on the Lemmy bloc? Lemmy dont forget anything but meme reposts, son. Where's them links on those illegal immigrant murder victims not getting a call from Biden? I want them.

morphballganon ,

You're aware that the first illegal immigrants on this land were white, right?

theonyltruemupf ,

And boy did they commit mass murder

jordanlund Mod ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Removed, misinformation. Temp banned for multiple offenses.

HawlSera ,

Biden is a better man than Trump will ever be even with half his brain turned to jelly

urquell ,

Which brain is jelly in this equation?

Serinus ,

Yes

Zipitydew ,
Pacattack57 ,
Railcar8095 ,

One day she'll realize that after her husband was killed, the candidate she supports cared more about his shoes than about him.

morphballganon ,

Doubtful

Gerudo ,

I'm glad I'm not the only one repeating this.

He was more concerned about his shoes than:

Following simple directions
Getting off stage
Acknowledging his staff was in danger
Getting the fuck away from danger
Asking about anyone else being injured
Leaving the scene

You know....NORMAL FUCKING SHIT

But no, he needed to stand on stage AND at his get away vehicle to throw his fist up like he personally took down the gunmen.

I cringed watching the SS try to get him to safety and he refused. I was just hoping no one else was going to get shot while he tried to be some kind of "hero".

Contravariant ,

People using devout to describe their political views unironically is the scariest thing I've read today.

MagicShel ,

I'll bet Trump hasn't given the guy a second thought. All of Trump's thoughts are about Trump.

Blankzy ,
@Blankzy@reddthat.com avatar

Garbage, Trump talks to victims families all the time, recently the families of those killed by illegal immigrants, unlike Biden who hasn't spoken to any of them

CodexArcanum ,

4 day old account, nothing but very negative rated posts about right wing talking points, "oh gee I wonder if this is a sincere and reasonable person with some valid points"

Sound the alarms queer mafia, we got an infilltrator!

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fabac12b-45e3-4327-bd27-9cd3c307b72e.gif

Ready the "Block User" button! Fire!

Spitzspot ,
@Spitzspot@lemmings.world avatar

It's a lot more fun to tag them with "Troll 🧌".😁

notfromhere ,

How do you do that? All I see on Voyager is block or send message.

jordanlund Mod ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Removed, trolling, misinformation.

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

I'll bet Trump didn't give him a first thought.

SpaceNoodle ,

No shit. Why would you expect that?

simplejack ,
@simplejack@lemmy.world avatar

Sounds on brand.

solidgrue ,

Also, she should get over it.

Isn't that what he said about the shooting in Perry, Iowa?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tells-supporters-get-iowa-school-shooting-move-forward-rcna132610

TheReturnOfPEB OP ,

I would like to state unequivocally that the wife of the Trump supporter that got shot at the Trump rally is not a crisis actor.

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