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Jan. 12, 2021: In an interview with Politico, Haley said of Trump, “We need to acknowledge he let us down. He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.”

Source: NBC News - A timeline of Nikki Haley’s past Trump statements

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Hey now, she didn’t lie. She’s not letting it happen again.

She’s making it happen again.

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Being a Republican

Having real convictions

Pick one, because I haven’t seen the ability to do both.

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98 points

I’ll say it again, a WOMAN of COLOR being a republican has to be the biggest class traitor of all time.

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i agree with that but pretty sure she is trying to pretend to be white.

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Normally I wouldn’t care, but when someone goes out of their way to do so it’s hard not to.

She changed her name.

For the same reason Ron DeSantis wears those weird shoes.

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TIL that she’s Indian-American. I always just assumed she was white and had slightly tanned skin.

Well, just goes to show that you don’t need to be white to be a total piece of shit. (Though it sometimes helps.)

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There’s a number of rightwing indian Americans in the US and it honestly gives me secondhand embarrassment as a fellow brown person.

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Judging by Modi’s electoral success there are a lot of rightwing Indians in India as well. Just goes to show that conservatism can take many forms and doesn’t have to adhere to any (specific) racial bounds.

Either way, I feel for you.

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I live in Seattle and met a few Indian dudes at a networking event the other month who were both enthusiastically discussing a move to Texas where housing and taxes were really low. I’m white and from the south originally, I did my damnedest to warn them but they looked at me like was crazy.

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I could be wrong, but I think it’s because Indians who’ve immigrated to the US are disproportionately upper-caste ones.

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Well, just goes to show that you don’t need to be white to be a total piece of shit

Lol I really hope this isn’t some revelation to you.

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No, definitely not. I’ve always known that shit comes in all colours.

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Well, just goes to show that you don’t need to be white to be a total piece of shit. (Though it sometimes helps.)

Did you forget about Ajit Pai?

He is a good example that pieces of shit come in all different colors and shapes.

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Now there’s a piece of shit I haven’t heard about in a while.

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2 points

The caste system is still a thing in India. Isn’t it just slavery with a different name?

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9 points

What about Log Cabin Republicans?

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What’s that?

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21 points

Those are the gay Republicans. IIRC during the last midterms they got refused entry to CPAC for being gay.

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See also: the Log Cabin Republicans, the modern day Jews For Hitler, tokens like Herman Cain…

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93 points

I’ll be honest, I fell for it. I thought I had my naivete under control, but man she was convincing to me.

I really didn’t think she would endorse him. Didn’t think she’d endorse Biden either, let’s not be ridiculous. But still. I’m embarrassed that I’m disappointed in her.

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44 points

We hope for people to be better, don’t we.

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Don’t be embarrassed that you thought better of someone. That’s their failure, not yours.

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4 points

They are so in their bubble and wrapped up in their tribalism that the very idea of voting Democratic is just so anathema to them. Even if the alternative means the end of the United States.

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Her extreme policy positions should have given it away. But it’s a shame they’ve all rallied behind the wannabe dictator nevertheless.

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She’s a Repub.

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She obviously wants her political career to continue. I wouldn’t trust her if she switched sides and if she didn’t endorse Trump she’d probably get canceled.

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Yes, it’d be a case of actual cancellation. Not the kind that the repub party whines about constantly.

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81 points

They all fall in line behind Don Poorleone.

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Don Poorleone.

I like. 😁

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Spineless, utterly fucking Spineless.

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traitors usually are

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