The purpose of the petty & gratuitous ad hominem attack in #Trump's parenthetical - to signal to "the base" that those whose names don't sound WASPy enough can be labeled "phonies" & their "Hispanic heritage" can be made the premise of criticism - is racist & divisive.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1158950196560171014 …
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Replying to @cooney21
His legal name is Robert. Beto was a nickname his family gave him, because he had a grandfather named Robert, and it was confusing. He doesn't have any Hispanic heritage. It's too bad he was seen laughing during a tragedy.
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I didn't know about O'Rourke being seen laughing during a tragedy. Maybe you can fill me in on the details of that. But if the rest of what you say is true, then you could add "false and misleading" to "petty" & "gratuitous" to describe Trump's parenthetical.
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Definately false and/or misleading. Here's a tweet with video of the footage:https://twitter.com/thefightinggop/status/1157778889193775104?s=21 …
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