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When did this happen? Genuinely curious

• jjoonathan 5y ago
  Repeatedly, at the 2020 rallies. After the applause died down, he would follow up his very sincere trial balloon with a much less sincere "just kidding." Find a clip, decide for yourself if it's a trial balloon or a genuine funny joke, but either way it's pretty damning from a freedom of speech angle. He has also repeatedly expressed a similar sentiment in other forms, like open admiration for oppressive regimes' control over the media.
  • Igelau 5y ago
    > Find a clip, decide for yourself The onus is on you to back up that claim.
    • jjoonathan 5y ago
      The onus is on me to the extent that it's in doubt. I was hoping it wouldn't be, since it made the rounds thoroughly enough at the time to shift the counter-discourse from "that never happened!" to "it happened, but it wasn't a problem, because it was just a joke." I guess I'll have to spend more time wading through the cesspool of political youtube. I spent 15 minutes trying to track it down and couldn't find it. It is buried under at least three incidents with similar search terms since last year, but two of them could have had attenuating circumstances and one of them is second hand, so none of them are as singularly indefensible as the statements he made on the campaign trail about having journalists shot. If I get some more time I'll go digging again.
  • rscoots 5y ago
    I couldn't find any clips. My parent comment has been downvoted a bunch. Why?
    • jjoonathan 5y ago
      For the same reason as my comment, but from the opposite team :) If you're looking for good reasons, you'll be looking for a long time.