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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I first heard about it, I genuinely thought it had to be a fake story. And now I wish it was.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm still hoping to wake up and find it is still October, 2016.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Man, I would be so happy to find out everything since then was just a gnarly fever dream.

[–] thecrotch 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You really want to live through that shit again?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The point is that it would be better as a nightmare that never truly happened instead of our present reality.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is probably, mostly, a fake story.

My guess is he had some list of reasons black voters would vote for trump, and happened to mention the sneakers as an afterthought.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing is, it's not. You can watch the entire video, without edits. It's as racist and banal as it sounds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where’s the video? I can’t see the article

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Here's the video, straight from Fox itself: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6347175332112

(Ugh, I feel dirty sharing a Fox link, but I don't want asshats coming out of the woodwork declaring it's taken out of context or some bullshit.)