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Orrex

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20. And of course it's not even simple racism that's driving it.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:50 AM

Jun 21

It's possible that Shitstain Vance went with José because it's "just some Hispanic name," but I'm betting that Vance deliberately chose it to liken Senator Padilla to convicted terrorist Abdullah al-Muhajir aka José Padilla.

So rather than the casual, default racism endemic among MAGAts and KKKonservatives in general, it seems like a straightforward attempt to smear by name association.

(Sorry if this is obvious and if others have already pointed it out, but I haven't really seen it explicitly stated yet.)

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Every single Democratic Senator needs to condemn that racist shit from [View all] malaise Jun 21 OP

Agreed SheltieLover Jun 21 #1

Hey Couchf****r, Sen Padilla's name is Alex, not Jose. surfered Jun 21 #2

He very well knows Senator Padilla's first name. He served in the Senate with him for four years. Walleye Jun 21 #3

He is nothing more than racist white trash pretending to be a smart guy. Diamond_Dog Jun 21 #6

Really, he seems pretty stupid to me. The guys who look up to him are not very smart either. Walleye Jun 21 #9

Never ever equate a Yale Law degree with intellect or decency. (nt) Paladin Jun 21 #11

He *pretends* to be smart. Diamond_Dog Jun 21 #12

I hope that trump kneecaps Vance's political career, forever. Paladin Jun 21 #16

I think it's basically the opposite. David__77 Jun 21 #19

The more "reserved" Dem Senators and Reps may be working hard behind the scenes. Magoo48 Jun 21 #4

They also need to individually and collectively condemn malaise Jun 21 #5

Yes, yes, and yes again. Magoo48 Jun 21 #8

Yup, like a mantra. Magoo48 Jun 21 #24

How about digging into who these so-called "ICE agents" really are Walleye Jun 21 #10

Yeeeees malaise Jun 21 #15

Good idea Magoo48 Jun 21 #23

K&R spanone Jun 21 #7

Who knows what timms139 Jun 21 #13

That would require every Senator to have a moral compass and a backbone dlk Jun 21 #14

exactly poozwah Jun 21 #17

Where did you see Democrat party in my OP malaise Jun 21 #18

i didn't poozwah Jun 22 #25

Cool - like you it pisses me off big time malaise Jun 22 #26

thanks poozwah Jun 22 #28

As I told a good friend last night malaise Jun 22 #29

And of course it's not even simple racism that's driving it. Orrex Jun 21 #20

Very important point malaise Jun 21 #21

Adding this thread - it's perfect malaise Jun 21 #22

Agreed BoRaGard Jun 22 #27