Not surprisingly Trump now spreading claims Islamic prayer rugs litter border

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

And Republicans wonder why we want nothing to do with the party

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-promotes-unfounded-claim-that-islamic-prayer-rugs-are-littering-the-border_us_5c41e93ce4b0bfa693c2fb33

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[Crumpets]

Those things are nice. I'm sure its sacrilegious, but you can probably flip those for a pretty penny if they're just lying around.

[ProudModerate2]

Are you f***ing kidding me?
What a moron.
If someone can find his Tweet, please post it.

[ProudModerate2]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1086252588088082432

I found it. See above.
Uggggg !

[dead0man]

Why would a devote Muslim bring his prayer rug halfway across the world just to ditch it as soon as he crossed into the US?

[Joe Republic]

Trump is everybody's grandpa between the 90s dial-up days and the moment they discovered the Face Book.

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[7,052,770]

Why would a devote Muslim bring his prayer rug halfway across the world just to ditch it as soon as he crossed into the US?

This "story" isn't targeted at someone thinking critically like you.

[Badger]

Why would a devote Muslim bring his prayer rug halfway across the world just to ditch it as soon as he crossed into the US?

This "story" isn't targeted at someone thinking critically like you.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Why would a devote Muslim bring his prayer rug halfway across the world just to ditch it as soon as he crossed into the US?

This "story" isn't targeted at someone thinking critically like you.

Exactly. This is going to be gospel truth for the right by the end of the weekend, if it isn't already.

We'll be hearing about Muslim hordes surging across the border for a decade or more.

[Pericles]

This blatant racism is getting increasingly shameful and ridiculous. If this is how bad he is in January 2019, the thought of how bad he'll get in November 2020 is truly terrifying.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

This blatant racism is getting increasingly shameful and ridiculous. If this is how bad he is in January 2019, the thought of how bad he'll get in November 2020 is truly terrifying.

I'm with you, but I'm much more concerned about what this is doing to and for the people of the country than I am about Trump in his own right. They were bad before, but at least there was some minimal recognition that it wasn't really "allowed." The hope was that keeping it in the dark would maybe help it shrink because it wasn't get fed as much as it could be. By all means, dismiss the merits of that strategy... but surely it's easy to admit that what we've got now is a whole hell of a lot worse.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Why would a devote Muslim bring his prayer rug halfway across the world just to ditch it as soon as he crossed into the US?

This "story" isn't targeted at someone thinking critically like you.

Exactly. This is going to be gospel truth for the right by the end of the weekend, if it isn't already.

We'll be hearing about Muslim hordes surging across the border for a decade or more.

We already have.  I think the prayer rug story has been around since the GWB administration.

[Pericles]

This blatant racism is getting increasingly shameful and ridiculous. If this is how bad he is in January 2019, the thought of how bad he'll get in November 2020 is truly terrifying.

I'm with you, but I'm much more concerned about what this is doing to and for the people of the country than I am about Trump in his own right. They were bad before, but at least there was some minimal recognition that it wasn't really "allowed." The hope was that keeping it in the dark would maybe help it shrink because it wasn't get fed as much as it could be. By all means, dismiss the merits of that strategy... but surely it's easy to admit that what we've got now is a whole hell of a lot worse.

Well true, though otoh racism was still an issue then. Now the US has to reckon with it and can't pretend it no longer exists. Trump has in some ways spurred a positive progressive backlash, but admittedly overall the consequences of his presidency and public racism seem negative.