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Lena Dunham may have just locked up the nomination for Donald Trump
Hotair ^ | 04/26/2016 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 04/26/2016 1:42:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Since politics as we used to know it is apparently dead and gone, what the heck? We may as well dive into this story. You’re probably already at least somewhat familiar with actress Lena Dunham of Girls fame and her unabashed lurch into the world of politics. She’s a major Hillary Clinton supporter and has done her level best to raise money for her and push the young folks toward electing the historic First Female President. But now she may be inadvertently influencing conservatives around the nation and giving GOP frontrunner Donald Trump one last push toward the finish line. How? Well… she’s offering a very tasty reward if you agree to support the Manhattan business mogul. (The Hill)

Lena Dunham promises to move to Canada if Trump wins

“I know a lot of people have been threatening to do this, but I really will,” Dunham told Andy Cohen at the Matrix Awards on Monday.

“I know a lovely place in Vancouver and I can get my work done from there.”

Never one to miss a cue on social media, Trump jumped on that bandwagon with lightning speed.

Not only would Donald Trump not mind if certain celebrities flee the United States upon his election, the Republican front-runner said Tuesday that their opposition to his candidacy only increases his will to win.

During a telephone interview with “Fox & Friends,” Trump was asked about a tweet from Lena Dunham on Monday in which she vowed to leave the U.S. for Vancouver if he is elected president.

Trump’s response: “Well, she’s a B-actor. You know, she has no — you know, no mojo.”

“I heard Whoopi Goldberg too. That would be a great thing for our country,” Trump said, as the show flashed a graphic of celebrities who it said would leave the U.S. for Canada, including Dunham, Jon Stewart, and Rosie O’Donnell, with whom the Manhattan real-estate mogul has feuded for years.

Trump went on to refer to it as a “great service to our country” if he managed to drive Dunham to the Great White North. Perhaps she’ll share a moving van with Whoopi, Rosie and Jon Stewart. But is she serious? More to the point, are any of the people who threaten such a move every single election actually serious? Just last month NPR published a rather informal study on the subject and concluded that it actually does happen, but pinning down how widespread the phenomenon is turns out to be essentially impossible.

But is there ever a mass movement? Kind of. Maybe. It depends on what you mean by “mass,” really.

We know. It’s a crappy answer. But it’s a tough question to answer because the Canadian government has data on how many people move there, but not on why they move. When asked the “I’m moving after this election” question, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada sent NPR data on Americans who gain permanent residency status in Canada (gaining permanent residency is a necessary step toward gaining Canadian citizenship).

So there were spikes in Canadian immigration in the 24 to 32 month period following both the 2000 and 2008 elections. (It takes that long for most applications to be processed.) Does that mean people were fleeing the new administration and the impending implosion of America? Some of them, but we’ll never know how many. And the odds of liberals actually doing it seems to be considerably higher because Canada is a more liberal country than the United States to begin with. Conservatives moving there won’t find much relief.

There’s also the economic factor to be considered. Somebody like Dunham or the other celebrities on the anti-Trump list can afford to drop everything and move their studio productions to Vancouver. For the average worker it’s not quite so simple. Still… you stick by your guns, Lena Dunham. We’ll all admire you for your principles and wish you the best in your new home country.

LenaDunham


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; canada; election2016; lenadunham; newyork; presidentdonaldtrump; rosieodonnell; trump; whoopiegoldberg
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To: Squantos
Too late Squantos...when they got wind of the crowd threatening to head north, they got right to work.


61 posted on 04/26/2016 3:59:09 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: Vendome

That works for me. ;>)


62 posted on 04/26/2016 4:00:42 PM PDT by Gator113 (Go Trump, GO! Just livin' life my way. Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright. 👍)
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To: Squantos

This just in .....”Canada is building a wall” !

Crisis at the Canadian Border – A Prescient Look at the Consequences of a Republican Win in November

The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The Republican Presidential primary campaign is prompting an exodus among left leaning citizens who fear they’ll soon be required to hunt, pray, and live according to conservative ideas about the Constitution.

Canadian border farmers say it’s not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, global warming activists, and “green” energy proponents crossing their fields at night.
“I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn,” said Southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota . “The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn’t have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?”

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh across the fields, but they just keep coming.

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into electric cars and drive them across the border where they are simply left to fend for themselves after the battery dies.

“A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions,” an Ontario border patrolman said. “I found one carload without a single bottle of Perrier drinking water. They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though, and some kale chips.”

When liberals are caught, they’re sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and study the Constitution.

In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half- dozen young vegans in blue-hair wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the ’50s. “If they can’t identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age,” an official said.

Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage, buying up all the Barbara Streisand c.d.’s, and renting all the Michael Moore movies. “I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can’t support them,” an Ottawa resident said. “How many art-history majors does one country need?”


63 posted on 04/26/2016 4:20:21 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (When The Ballot No Longer Counts, The Ammo Box Does! What's In Your Ammo Box?(US Conservative)!)
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To: Snickering Hound

Chubby, isn’t she.


64 posted on 04/26/2016 4:38:45 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: SeekAndFind

She’s not that funny. Let Canada deal with her crudity and stupidity. Trudeau should like her.


65 posted on 04/26/2016 5:09:34 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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66 posted on 04/26/2016 5:11:38 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: SeekAndFind

Already making America great again....


67 posted on 04/26/2016 5:21:18 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Thibodeaux

exactly


68 posted on 04/26/2016 6:12:03 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: PhiloBedo

Yup Sherylin Fenn


69 posted on 04/26/2016 6:21:56 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I’d still hit it.


70 posted on 04/26/2016 6:23:15 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: Grampa Dave; Cuttnhorse

Too funny...... Canookistan on Alert for the Progressive Pervert !!!


71 posted on 04/26/2016 8:45:23 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: stonehouse01

“I have no clue as to who Lena Dunham is.”

Go to her FB page! She’s being drawn and quartered there. Lots of Canadians saying “NO EFFING WAY” can she come here. Did someone mention Mexico as an alternative?


72 posted on 04/26/2016 11:07:58 PM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

73 posted on 04/27/2016 5:55:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is there a gofundme site for the piglet’s travel costs?


74 posted on 04/27/2016 8:43:55 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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