This is not someone killed in battle:
Donald Trump raged when he learned the funeral bill for Vanessa Guillén—the U.S. soldier who was sexually harassed and horrifically murdered by a male soldier at Fort Hood in 2020—cost $60,000, a bombshell report revealed Tuesday.
Somehow knowing the circumstances of her death makes Trump’s awful remark even nastier. Especially since he is a rapist.
Guillén, a 20-year-old American of Mexican ancestry from Houston, was buried in her hometown on Aug. 15, 2020. Months later, in December, Trump reportedly asked his advisers in a meeting, “Did they bill us for the funeral? What did it cost?"
When an aide responded “yes” with the bill’s total, Trump allegedly unraveled. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f—ing Mexican,” he said, according to people in the meeting who spoke to the Atlantic.
Trump says vile things every day but this has to be one of the vilest.
I hate this man more than words can express
And yet somehow, not as much as I hate the people who will vote for him.
Trump would be nothing without his enablers. They definitely deserve your loathing first.
I have enough loathing to go around
Damn, he was almost close to making a valid comment about how wildly overpriced funerals are today, then instead went full bore into super racism
Because he starts with super racism and goes from there.
Super racism. Almost makes ya reminisce over just plain ol’ regular racism, right?
. . . but not Gary, he’s one of the good ones!
He followed through with the sentiment too.
The magazine reported that Trump then turned to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and ordered him, “Don’t pay it!” That order was apparently heeded by Meadows, as the Atlantic reported that Trump never sent a dime to help cover funeral costs for the slain woman.
So like any other bill.
He pays hookers.
so they don’t leave bad reviews.
Lol
Back in the '80s Trump publicly offered to pay the funeral expenses of a child killed by a bear … and then reneged, naturally.
It’s absolutely vile to invite the mother to the white house, offer to pay, and then later rescind that offer.
If he’d never offered it wouldn’t matter.
This is just so so abhorrent, even for trump.
But he definitely doesn’t think the same way about the people voting for him…
That’s the main point I never understood about his voters. His political agenda and your political affiliation don’t even matter. All you have to understand is that everything he does is for his own benefit. Nobody wants an egoist in charge in a smaller setting - why the fuck elect one as president?
It’s as if they all think that they’ll be rewarded for their loyalty to him.
He talks in very “us vs them” styles and it seems like a lot of people respond to that thinking the in group is his supporters. It isn’t, but they’re so sure. And it makes sense, he clearly adores his fans. But the in group is him. Everyone else is at risk of joining the out group on his whim
He talks in very “us vs them” styles
Haven’t you heard it’s a battle of words
Because they think that he will hurt people that they’ve been led to hate.
It will 100% stop her from immigrating.
and voted for you
I never thought the leopards would eat MY face!
The fact that this election is close makes this all even worse.
Your country is fucked dude.
Bad news: if America goes under everyone goes under. You can’t rip out a backbone of the global markets and expect no fallout.
Oh we do expect fallout, I’ve even been collecting bottle caps.
I almost wrote “and mine’s not far behind”
we’re all fucked, horray!
Behold, first past the post in its natural state!
And this is an american. Republicans should be afraid he can change whatever “american” is whenever he wants.
What’s funny is his dumb brain immediately went with “What are the costs? I can blame the dems for cost” without even considering the circumstances
This is an American actively serving the country.
It’s perfectly emblematic of how Trump doesn’t just ‘other’ people for political gain, it’s built in.
You’re missing a verb but you’re probably right.
Edit: My bad, I misread.
They’re using “other” as a verb. “Othering” people, as in racism
Oh right, sorry, I missed that. Makes sense now - thanks!
I wrapped it in single quotes so it makes more sense. Thanks
At least he said Mexican.
And not…you know…something more racist.
Every cloud
And the family he said it about continues to kiss his ass. What the fuck is wrong with people?
We are grateful for everything he has done and continues to do to support our troops.
Says the sister of the soldier who was sexually abused and slain at Fort Hood, TX.
What an absolute fucking moron, I hope her sister is haunting her
That’s what pissed me off the most when I read this. Fucking pathetic.
I’m starting to think Donald Trump is not a very nice person.
I’m going to need further citations
I’m told he does not like dogs.
Even Hitler liked dogs! /s… Kinda.
That’s what they want you to think.
Oh come on, give him a chance! /s
You know, the more I learn about this Trump character, the less I like him.
A guy is wildly racist for a few decades and suddenly that’s bad? This is 'merica! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Don is a nasty POS, fuck him and all his supporters.
How the hell is he winning so much of the Black and Hispanic vote? Like… any percentage at all?
A higher percent of the Hispanic support than any republican nominee in history (as high as 45%) with closest next being George W. Bush.
Do they just not know that he’s trying to kill them?
Apparently not, otherwise they have some serious delusions going on…
…and as low as 29% - depending on which polls you look at. The important thing is to make it seem like a close race so people will keep looking at ads.
That only counts Latino RV in swing states, excluding Georgia. And it’s 31% not 29%. That means it’s not counting the vast majority of Latino voters in the states with the largest Latino populations, notably California, Florida, Texas, or New York. That’s hardly a representative sample. This is the definition of selectively cherry-picking data to support your point.
This is the definition of cherry-picking data to support your point.
“As high as 45%” is another definition of cherry-picking. Here are two articles citing polls that say Harris and Trump are tied and Harris leads Trump, both from the same day. That’s the definition of “depending on which polls you look at.”
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/21/harris-trump-tied-battle-latino-black-voters/75682566007/
- https://thehill.com/latino/4944585-harris-leads-trump-battleground-latino-voters-poll/
Calling whatever contradicts you “cherry picking” is the definition of denial.
K
He’s not, he had higher polling with African Americans in the last two elections than actual voters, he had extremely low voting numbers with African Americans, slightly higher with men, but not by that much, it’s really common in politics to have a lot of people doing shady bullshit to see if it will sway elections, also the population nation wide is low enough that getting a sample size that’s actually representative is not likely, even some trusted unbiased polling was using the opinion of one single person to represent all polling numbers in a whole state and the poll was pretty old by that point as well, so with African Americans you see a lot of really strange lookin poll numbers, but believe me, Trump going after Haitian refugees with racist tropes about ‘‘savage’’ and voodoo bullshit made him quite vile to antiracists of all stripes, I don’t think those numbers are going to pan out at all.
Now Hispanics, that’s a whole different story, being Hispanic myself I can tell you, it’s not a solid voting block. We aren’t as good at consistently voting in our own interests. There’s light skinned people who think they’re white enough to be in the whites only club, racism isn’t hard to find among Hispanics, many do hate African Americans and others, so the white identifying crowd can be pretty similar to racist whites in a lot of ways, you also have Hispanics that are very concerned with hyper mauculinity and want the strongest man, and only think in terms of displays vs substance, and there’s deeply religious Hispanics who can get drawn in with the evangelical rhetoric. So your not going to see a big percentage on one vote or issue with Hispanics, it’s always going to be a mixed bag even with Trump’s promise too deport more Hispanics from the US regardless of legal status, or his call backs to ‘‘operation wetback’’ or this bullshit, you just won’t see big sweeping numbers from Hispanics it will always be slip up.
There’s light skinned people who think they’re white enough to be in the whites only club
Bro I’m whiter than sour cream, I’m actually grateful for global warming because everytime it snows no one in my family can find each other anymore, and I’m STILL not white enough to be in the Whites Only Club. You need white skin AND approval from a lot of guys named Ben, Franklin that is, if you get what I’m saying…
Money you need a lot of money.
well you have Cubans for one…
Because most people don’t follow politics that closely and are simply unaware of stories like this, but are vulnerable to the forces of nostalgia and false memories of the first Trump administration, plus lingering fondness from the character he played on the Apprentice.
If Harris loses, I know the fact that they didn’t constantly run ads showing the Pandemic of 2020 asking “Do you really wanna go back to THIS?” is partially to blame
He’s not, the media just wants it to look like a super-close race so people will keep watching ads.
See, at this point… I’m either convinced Harris has pretty much got this in the bag and the media is lying to get people to doomscroll because money, or there’s a Copium Leak and when it’s fixed I’ll see that Trump is coming to kill us all.
The former feels weirdly more valid…
Still VOTE, I ALREADY HAVE! MY STATE HAS EARLY VOTING, FIND OUT IF YOURS DOES TOO!
I desperately want to believe that about the media, but Tim Miller and the folks at Pod Save America (whom I trust to be brutally honest) are also constantly talking about how close the race is. I’m so fucking depressed about this shit. We are this close to having a literal fascist as President.
This fucking son of a bitch had to ask John Kelly who the good guys were in WWI.
FUCK.
Nate Silver’s said he’s already calling it for Trump, which doesn’t feel good to know, because the last time he said that Trump won.
Just one more thing that should absolutely torpedo any political career, that won’t hurt him at all. His MAGAt cultists probably think that was “speaking the truth” or some stupid shit like that. Anyone who would be bothered by his comments has abandoned him ages ago.
Fuck the Troops!
-Patriotic Republicans!
But not with consent! -Trump in particular
Like he’d pay any bill ever
If I were a betting man, I would wager that Donald will drop the “N” word by the time the election is over.
I don’t think so but I’d take a bet that he’ll drop racial slurs for mexicans
i think he hates mexicans much more than black people, though he hates both, and the mexican slurs are easier to get away with politically
I dunno. I don’t think any politician can come back from dropping an N-bomb (Trump excluded). I’d like to think the b-word would be treated just as harshly, but I guess white people haven’t been scolded enough over it yet.
One time when I was in highschool, a student said, in front of the principal, that he hopes trump would build that “beaner wall”, one of the other students confronted him, saying it was racist, the principal (a trump supporter, obviously) said “what’s racist about that?”
The fact that this interaction has ever occurred on this earth leaves me with no hope that it would be treated as harshly.
Wow. Where was this? Outside of the worst 5 states in the US this should have been a career ender
I won’t dox myself, but I will say the school went under literally right after I graduated due to a lawsuit, that principal is no longer allowed to run schools.
Sorry fair point.
I would put money on that. What I wouldn’t bet on would be it losing him votes.
Just a matter of time before he lets that slip.
Let’s slip? He’ll probably bray it, and still not a single vote will change
He got to occupy the news space so yeah why not. He wants hitler generals and “loves” Kim jong un and putin so there’s no limit IMO.
Oligarchy 101.
Treat public expenses like it’s coming out your own pocket.
Treat the public purse like it’s your own personal bank account.
Fuckface 45 is a disgusting pile of burning excrement.
To be fair fuckface 45, is a disgusting, con artist, rapist, mushroom-shaped penis’ed, pile of burning excrement in some wonderful orange make-up that’s totally normal for an 80 year old man. He also loves the phantom of the Opera which is perhaps the most offensive thing about home.
Wtf are funerals that expensive?
In the US, funeral homes try to get as much money out of you as possible because they know you are emotionally vulnerable. There are exposes on funeral homes having predatory services.
Is there a Ralph’s around here?
“Goddamn you Walter! You fuckin’ asshole! Everything’s a fucking travesty with you, man!”
They can be, sadly. It depends where you live, where you have someone buried, and what services and coffin and whatnot you get. But yeah, the funeral business in the US is pretty crazy greedy. $60k is definitely on the higher end. According to a quick Google, my state’s average funeral cost is around $8k, with the total cost (including mortuary services, etc) around $20k.
Yeah but it’s gotta be cheaper for Mexicans, right? (/s, obviously)
The hell. What if your wage is 10k a year. Ie. you’re on disability benefits or social security. Will my family have to bury me in the backyard?
Not allowed to do that
But cremation is cheaper
So it’s illegal to die poor
Illegal to live poor too… shitty situation to be in
Have you tried not being poor?
Have I? Yes, yes I have. I live fairly comfortably in a house that I own with a good job to pay the bills. But I volunteer with people that are not in the same situation and it’s heartbreaking. People that can’t afford to pay for unexpected expenses like a car breaking down. So they lose the job then lose their place of residence.
Vets, people with disabilities or even people that messed up early in life can struggle.
We don’t really have a couple thousand saved up to throw at a cremation either. Urgh. Capitalism sucks.
That is the average, not the median. The median looks a lot different (cheaper):
It should be noted that the article says it was attended by the mayor and city’s police chief. I’m assuming quite a few more less notable people also came. I would also assume this increases the cost.
The fuck? You don’t have to pay people to attend a funeral…
Especially not with taxpayer money…
You need to provide more things the more people come. Also, when the state is at fault for the death, maybe they should pay for it. However, most of this one was paid for by donations after Trump refused (which I assume would have come from his own money or his campaign money had he not, but IDK), which you’d know if you read the article.
They don’t have to be.
“No, 60k is to bury a DEAD Mexican. The ones fucking generally don’t want to be buried”
How about just jacking off? I don’t want to be buried while jacking off, so you all know.
I’ve made a note in your permanent record.
No! Not my permanent record! So what does it say? Cuz my permanent record is that part from Micheal Jackson’s song …“another one bites the dust…” It just repeats permanently.
So far it just says “don’t bury while jerkin” but I’m afraid that might be interpreted to mean you shouldn’t be buried while I’m jerkin which I guess is still decent advice.
Sounds great 👍😃
Trump cultists: “He isn’t racist.”
Latinos , take notice
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