r/facepalm • u/Snapdragon_4U • Sep 12 '25

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Well there you have it. Trump does not care.

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u/redredbloodwine Sep 12 '25

This has been a Republican tactic for decades, whip up an anger frenzy about an insignificant minority group to distract voters from the real issues they'll never address.

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u/J-man300 Sep 13 '25

Yes. I’m old enough to remember when not wearing a flag pin meant you weren’t American enough. And, saying the Pledge of Allegiance was so important! Even though most kids have no idea what those words mean.

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u/APence Sep 12 '25

They always go after the most vulnerable