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Trump Says He Doesn’t Like The Term ‘Woke’—The Republican Buzzword He’s Repeatedly Used
Forbes ^ | 1 June 2023 | Brian Bushard

Posted on 06/01/2023 2:03:50 PM PDT by proust

Speaking at a campaign event outside Des Moines, Trump said he doesn’t like the term because “half the people can’t even define it” and “don’t know what it is.”

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


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KEYWORDS: donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; fakenews; trump
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1 posted on 06/01/2023 2:03:50 PM PDT by proust
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To: proust

This is news?


2 posted on 06/01/2023 2:04:37 PM PDT by stanne
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To: proust

“I don’t like the term ‘woke,” because I hear the term ‘woke woke woke’ — it’s just a term they use, half the people can’t define it, they don’t know what it is.”

Video of the quote here:

https://twitter.com/alexthomp/status/1664343111613423623


3 posted on 06/01/2023 2:04:40 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: stanne

For Forbes.


4 posted on 06/01/2023 2:05:07 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: stanne

Everything that comes out of the presumptive 2024 candidate’s mouth is news, yes. He got in front of a mike and said it.


5 posted on 06/01/2023 2:06:28 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust

The term was invented by the left.


6 posted on 06/01/2023 2:08:14 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

So was “fake news” but Trump took command of it in 2016 to great success.


7 posted on 06/01/2023 2:09:04 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust
He is quite right.

I dislike it myself as it should be synonymous with “alert” but as with people who label themselves as “brights” or “free thinkers” it is more an antonym. Perhaps “delusional” would be a better word.

8 posted on 06/01/2023 2:13:53 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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To: proust

So what? If you need a fainting couch for this, you gona die before Trump is elected the 3rd time.


9 posted on 06/01/2023 2:15:22 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: JoSixChip

I don’t need a fainting couch when Trump distances himself from the right. As others here say, that’s not really news.


10 posted on 06/01/2023 2:16:48 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: stanne

“The Republican Buzzword”

Forbes, gone like the rest of them.


11 posted on 06/01/2023 2:18:27 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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Here is my definition:

Woke - When you are ignorant enought to think that you know better than all those who came before you in the recorded human history. Even worse, you judge them harshly without taking any of their context into account. You also blindly assume that you can do better, even if it means burning our civilization to the ground.


12 posted on 06/01/2023 2:19:41 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: Steely Tom

Sure, and just like “liberal” and “feminist”, it’s become an insult, because the things they advocate are stupid.

They can come up with a new term, but that will just become an insult as well.


13 posted on 06/01/2023 2:19:54 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: rbg81

Hard to argue with that.


14 posted on 06/01/2023 2:21:36 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust

I thought woke was something the left came up with. Not a republican term.


15 posted on 06/01/2023 2:21:50 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: proust

The first time I ever heard that term was out of Obama’s mouth. I’ve hated it since that day.


16 posted on 06/01/2023 2:24:49 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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Definitions have been an ongoing battle in the culture wars that the left has been raging against America. The debate over “what is pornography and/or obscenity?” was another challenge. These are not fights to back down on. Can’t give the woke crowd an inch.


17 posted on 06/01/2023 2:24:59 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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18 posted on 06/01/2023 2:25:45 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: proust

Trump may be angling for the democrat nomination at this point. He’s pro Newsome, pro Cuomo and campaigning against the most successful conservatives. Oh and cozying up with Pfizer, Disney and big business.

Wtf is he doing?


19 posted on 06/01/2023 2:27:37 PM PDT by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates. )
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To: proust
It's going to be a looonng campaign season is we are going to dissect every speech from Trump or DeSantis.

I guess the only good news would be if they have Youtube videos of Pence campaign speeches. They'd be super helpful in falling asleep.

20 posted on 06/01/2023 2:28:29 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (DeSantis? No thanks. I've already voted for too many Bushes.)
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