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Trump Keeps Turning Up the Dial on Vulgarity. Will He Alienate the Voters He Needs?
The New York Times ^ | Aug. 29, 2024 | Ken Bensinger, Karen Yourish, Michael Gold

Posted on 08/30/2024 9:36:32 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Over his decades in the public eye, former President Donald J. Trump has a well-established history of making degrading and racist remarks about women, people of color and pretty much anyone else who crosses his path.

It is a proclivity that dates to his days as a reality television star and that has only expanded in the meme-driven era of social media. In the words of Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, Mr. Trump is “an equal opportunity offender.”

But in Vice President Kamala Harris, Mr. Trump has found a particularly complicated and risky target for his trademark brand of transgression, as more Americans are suddenly tuning in to what has become a highly competitive race.

Although there are no clear signs that Mr. Trump has increased the quantity of abuse he levels at his opponents, his decision to repost a string of sexually and racially charged broadsides in recent weeks suggests that he has turned up the dial when it comes to pure vulgarity and crudeness.

That eagerness to offend is likely to receive increased scrutiny as the election enters its final stretch. With both major parties battling for female and moderate swing-state voters, Mr. Trump could potentially alienate an undecided audience uncomfortable with his coarse rhetoric.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: karenyourish; kenbensinger; michaelgold; newyorkslimes; nyslimes; thenewyorkgaslight
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To: unclebankster

Sorry,

Delete this post, it’s on the wrong thread.


41 posted on 08/30/2024 10:17:04 AM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

The people of Vermont.


42 posted on 08/30/2024 10:17:42 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Truth is an absolute defense.


43 posted on 08/30/2024 10:19:25 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nonsense.

Like everything else, they are only claiming it hoping to gaslight people into believing it.


44 posted on 08/30/2024 10:20:16 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Stopped reading at New York Slimes


45 posted on 08/30/2024 10:21:01 AM PDT by delchiante
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No.

What did the NYT say when Woopie asked Clinton, “How the f*** are you?”


46 posted on 08/30/2024 10:21:19 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He can’t get too vulgar for me. 😏


47 posted on 08/30/2024 10:22:31 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Was the NYT offended by the vulgarity of Stephen Colbert referring to Trump as Putin’s “c*ck holster”? Or - as others have pointed out - the vulgarity rampant in today’s entertainment “culture”.


48 posted on 08/30/2024 10:42:32 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He can’t help it if Kamalas name is vulgar.


49 posted on 08/30/2024 10:44:24 AM PDT by chuckb87
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To: Leaning Right
Roman Moroni : "You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves."

Maronie

(from "Johnny Dangerously")

50 posted on 08/30/2024 10:52:39 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Your right to be offended stops at my First Amendment.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

kamala’s TV appearance has lowered her standing in the polls.

A debate or two with Trump will finish her off!


51 posted on 08/30/2024 10:55:15 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Schools Teach “vulgarity” you morons...write about that?


52 posted on 08/30/2024 10:58:48 AM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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To: Honorary Serb

She is like Cankles. Her numbers go up when she stay out of sight and down when she pokes her head above ground.


53 posted on 08/30/2024 11:00:48 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Seems people are just rehashing articles from Trump’s first campaign.


54 posted on 08/30/2024 11:01:41 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The world is driven by envy, not greed.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The New York Times Lecturing President Trump on vulgarity. Now That's funny.
55 posted on 08/30/2024 11:05:46 AM PDT by teletech (you)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There was a story earlier that the mainline Democrats were upset that President Trump wasn’t assassinated.

And this is what they write about?


56 posted on 08/30/2024 11:06:51 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Donald J. Trump has a well-established history of making degrading and racist remarks about women, people of color and pretty much anyone else who crosses his path.

Ummm ...

No.

NYT are lying.

Again.

As usual.

57 posted on 08/30/2024 11:07:42 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What is with these hypocrites? The routinely call Trump and conservatives the most vile names imaginable. What a load of thin skinned poosies.


58 posted on 08/30/2024 11:08:28 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: MikelTackNailer

Awesome underappreciated movie.


59 posted on 08/30/2024 11:10:18 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Truml telling the truth of the corruption and ineptitude of Democrats is now “vulgar” to the NY Slimes!


60 posted on 08/30/2024 11:13:30 AM PDT by dowcaet
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