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    puncha yo bunsMelissa Cronin
    2/28/16 3:59pm

    In an introduction to the interview, Horowitz noted Trump’s “sudden denial of a fact he had moments before confirmed.”

    The unbelievable denial in the face of actual fact/reality is mind-boggling.

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      Kenhe Loginpuncha yo buns
      2/28/16 4:01pm

      Trump is no Jedi. Christie is however a Hutt.

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      Howard the Duckpuncha yo buns
      2/28/16 4:02pm

      More like “These aren’t the facts you’re looking for.” He also uses it at campaign rallies.

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    jasoneliasMelissa Cronin
    2/28/16 4:03pm

    I bet Fred Trump was a beastly human being, he looks ‘70s soap opera villain.

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      Nefertittiesjasonelias
      2/28/16 4:09pm

      It’s the fivehead. Well, really his is more of a sevenhead, but who’s counting?

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      El Gigantejasonelias
      2/28/16 4:12pm

      He reminds me of Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz, a deliberately caricaturistic villain:

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    SniffyMelissa Cronin
    2/28/16 4:00pm

    Trump’s dad built his fortune partially by denying housing to qualified black people.

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/…

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      puncha yo bunsSniffy
      2/28/16 4:04pm

      Am I crazy for thinking there’s no way this man become President? There’s so much shit in his past (and present) it’s almost laughable. But I’m probably crazy.

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      Deadp00lpuncha yo buns
      2/28/16 4:10pm

      As opposed to Hilary???

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    Gabrielle CyniqueMelissa Cronin
    2/28/16 4:24pm

    I’m not a huge fan of “guilt by parentage.” Trump’s father: probable racist. Cruz’s father: stark raving religious lunatic. Bill Clinton’s father: womanizing piece of shit. Mel Gibson’s father: anti-semite. We tend to see reflections of the father in the son. And there are certainly issues of genetics and upbringing. And those reflections are further amplified when it becomes apparent that the son does in fact embody certain beliefs of the father.

    But I would in no way wish to be judged by my father’s profession or political beliefs (he’s a gun dealer and politically swings right of Cruz, despite also being Hispanic). My failings are my own (and they are innumerable!). Donald Trump is a failure as a human being for 1,547 reasons. His father possibly being arrested at a Klan rally 90 years ago isn’t one of them.

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      SniffyGabrielle Cynique
      2/28/16 4:42pm

      Most of Trump’s allure is that he is a ‘genius businessman’, but pointing out he started from a pile of $$ built on racism undercuts that.

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      GregorMendelGabrielle Cynique
      2/28/16 4:42pm

      Except he is following in his dad’s footsteps. How can you ignore that? I’m not my racist father, either, but it’s clear how far my apple fell from his tree. With Trump, it isn’t.

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    OMG!PONIES!Melissa Cronin
    2/28/16 5:03pm

    I would just like to give a shout-out to greyed out racist troll Unity and Organization 88, who just loves to gripe about “white liberals” and claim that “racism is how nature preserves.”

    Have fun trolling, Klansman. We’ll all just laugh at your sorry backwards knuckledragging racist stupidity.

    “DONALD TRUMP 2016!” indeed.

    And yes, of course, the 88 is “HH.” Heil Hitler, Trump supporters!

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      Ginger Is A ConstructOMG!PONIES!
      2/28/16 6:08pm

      Why do they always capitalize “We the People?” Also, thanks for the ‘88 tip. I once briefly entertained a debate with a Gawker commenter with ‘88 in their name, I just assumed they were born that year.

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      OMG!PONIES!Ginger Is A Construct
      2/28/16 6:14pm

      The other magic number is 14, referring to The Fourteen Words:

      “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.”

      For people who hate Jews, white supremacist assholes are sure into gematria.

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    TRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)Melissa Cronin
    2/28/16 4:26pm

    It’s apparent, based on their respective careers, that Donald inherited all of his father’s cruelty and greed, but none of his talent. I can think of no more fitting avatar for the modern GOP.

    TRUMP 2016: Because my dad’s richer than your dad (and I’m gonna keep it that way.)

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      GeorgeGeoffersonLivesTRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)
      2/29/16 2:58am

      I starred this because I think it shows he inherited his father’s worst traits. Where I disagree is the talent, because Trump has been more successful than his father could have even dreamed. I think the only real difference between the two is that Fred seemed to at least nominally cared about building affordable housing (though, only for working and middle class white people), and Trump couldn’t give a single flying fuck about developing anything other than “luxury” housing.

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      TRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)GeorgeGeoffersonLives
      2/29/16 3:25am

      I think Fred Trump was a old-fashioned hustler who built an infrastructure for Donald. His relationships with construction unions (including making peace with the mob,) his familiarity with the New York real estate market and laws, his personal connections and organizational expertise; the entire Trump Organization is Fred’s baby. I don’t think it’s coincidental that as Donald gained more and more control over the company, and more of the organization was comprised of his own men (rather than his father’s,) the company became progressively less successful and less profitable.

      Donald’s big contribution, in my eyes, was a strategic bet on the Manhattan housing market that went very, very well for him. Other than that one good decision, Trump’s entire career has been licensing the name he built through that one successful decision, and making sure that name stays in the news often enough to keep it valuable. There is a certain talent to that, but it certainly wasn’t his father’s talent.

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    SktroopMelissa Cronin
    2/28/16 4:04pm

    When Trump becomes president, it will be illegal to record or write down anything that he says. Either that, or prior to any recording/transcription, his hype man, Chris Christie, will make a statement that basically states that whatever President Trump says is not necessarily what he said.

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      toothpetardSktroop
      2/28/16 4:14pm

      “That’s not the way the world really works anymore.... We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.”

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      gimmesummertoothpetard
      2/28/16 4:42pm

      That's a Mussolini quote, right?

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    cheerful_exgirlfriendMelissa Cronin
    2/28/16 4:17pm

    Evidence of the Trumps’ discriminatory conduct came from Trump employees. In 1979, Village Voice reporter Wayne Barrett wrote of Fred and Donald Trump’s real empire:

    “According to court records, four superintendents or rental agents confirmed that applications sent to the central [Trump] office for acceptance or rejection were coded by race. Three doormen were told to discourage blacks who came seeking apartments when the manager was out, either by claiming no vacancies or hiking up the rents. A super said he was instructed to send black applicants to the central office but to accept white applications on site. Another rental agent said that Fred Trump had instructed him not to rent to blacks. Further, the agent said Trump wanted to decrease the number of black tenants already in the development by encouraging them to locate housing elsewhere.”

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      DavidHHcheerful_exgirlfriend
      2/28/16 4:37pm

      You deserve more stars for digging that up.

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    Wonder WomaaahnMelissa Cronin
    2/28/16 4:29pm

    I read somewhere that his father/grandfather was Jewish and had developed the first affordable housing in NY as a result of seeing Jewish immigrants live in ghettos after fleeing Europe and Russia. Not sure how far back this goes or how accurate - anyone else read this? It means nothing as Hitler was a quarter Jewish...

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      DonnaLWonder Womaaahn
      2/28/16 4:34pm

      No. Trump doesn’t have any Jewish ancestry. His family name was Trumpf. Plain old German. And no, Hitler wasn’t a quarter Jewish. Or any part Jewish. The people who spread that rumor are usually the kind who say “the Holocaust never happened, but if it did the Jews deserved it, and anyway Hitler was part Jewish so it’s a Jew’s fault anyway.”

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      Wonder WomaaahnDonnaL
      2/28/16 4:54pm

      Well, I’m a Jew of German background and didn’t find the idea of Hitler’s possible Jewish ancestry that far-fetched, especially for Austria (though now I read a bit more research on this, which still seems vague). Same with Trump - on Wikipedia (not that it’s reliable), it mentioned his father’s background and I had the same reaction. Given that Jews from Austria- had been actively persecuted and ostracized for hundreds of years, many just kept their heritage a secret or very quiet - and were heavily resentful for the hell they endured as children for a cultural identity that they had been born into, rather than chose. This can translate into radical racism and antisemitism handed down through generations in families. It’s sad but true...

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    KyloRenandStimpyMelissa Cronin
    2/28/16 4:24pm

    Cthulhu bless you Gawker for reporting all of the shitty things from Trump’s past. The guy has a closet full of skeletons so large, Narnia can fit inside of it. But it is unfortunate that none of this will penetrate the thick wall of idiocy surrounding his babbling bumbling band of baboons.

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      GeorgeGeoffersonLivesKyloRenandStimpy
      2/29/16 3:01am

      I wouldn’t want it to. I hope this only solidifies his base.

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      KyloRenandStimpyGeorgeGeoffersonLives
      2/29/16 9:14am

      That’s a fair point. I hope that undecided voters will see how awful both Trump and his supporters are and feel revolted into voting against him.

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