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Trump advisor Jason Miller stopped by CNN This Morning on Thursday, and was left squirming when anchor Kasie Hunt confronted him about Donald Trump’s recent Truth Social post that featured a screenshot of an image of younger Kamala Harris smiling next to Hillary Clinton, with a caption underneath that read, “Funny how blowjobs impacted both their careers differently.”

“What would you say to the vice president of the United States about the comment that [Trump] reposted?” Hunt asked.

“Well, I saw the social media post,” Miller replied. “I have not discussed that with the president. I don’t know if the president even saw the comment that was on there or simply the picture.”

Miller then quickly pivoted to accuse Democrats of attacking Trump with even more vitriol, telling Hunt, “The attacks that have been levied by Kamala Harris’ campaign and by Harris’ allies against President Trump — not just recently but over the past year and a half, two years, ever since he came down the escalator, quite frankly—in the case of many leftist-centered people, have been quite horrific.”

Hunt asked Miller if he thought the criticisms against Trump have been “as horrific” as the image Trump had reposted. Miller replied, “Oh, a hundred times worse.”

“But they haven’t been sexual in nature in this way,” Hunt pointed out.

“Again, I haven’t discussed that with the president,” Miller said. “I don’t know if the president even saw the comment that was on there. That’s not something that I have asked.”

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Oh, a hundred times worse.

!!!!

What an absolute despicable liar.
Arguably the worst thing Harris has called Trump is "felon", and that is true.

But next Jason Miller will probably claim that because it's true it's worse, and Trump is crying himself to sleep every night over it, because he is such a spoiled cry baby.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why didn't the anchor ask him to name an example

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What?! Do actual journalism?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Because CNN was bought out to destroy its journalism. Same thing that happened to Twitter - they’re buying up all sources of information so that they can control the narrative.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Isn't that the point in the interview, after Jason Miller says that the Harris campaign did something 100x worse, when you tell Miller that since he knows something that much worse, he should give an actual example?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

She also called him weird which, based on their responses, I can only conclude is the modern equivalent of being stripped naked in the public square and forced to dance upon hot coals while being prodded with iron spikes by the King's guard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

there’s a difference between acknowledging a fact and calling someone a name

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago (2 children)

“Well, I saw the social media post,” Miller replied. “I have not discussed that with the president. I don’t know if the president even saw the comment that was on there or simply the picture.”

Why would a Trump advisor discuss it with Biden? Does Jason Miller have dementia?

Tap for spoilerYes I know about the convention of addressing former presidents as "president." Trump does not fucking deserve that courtesy, not even the slightest bit!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Wouldn’t the next question be “if he’s unable to process or notice that a single simple caption under the image exists, how could he be trusted to process information pertinent to running a nation?”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He is straight up illiterate. I watched a video where an actor working with him on some show said he couldn’t read his lines - he insisted on making up his own lines.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a title, used like "President Obama." I don't think normal people say "the president" about former ones. This is weird conduct.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Emily Post's Etiquette (the standard for people who dine regularly with multiple forks) says addressing former Presidents this way is incorrect.

https://emilypost.com/advice/addressing-a-former-president-of-the-united-states

It carves out a slight exception for informal settings, but still advises against.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree. I think "Mr. Obama" is appropriate 2017 and onward. But like is noted there, "President Obama," is still at least a common mistake, I could see how that extends into formal settings as well.

I don't think "the president" is common. Nor a mistake, coming from that source.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don't forget that CNN has shifted with the Overton Window to the right.

CNN is just about what Faux News was when it first launched. They pander to both sides but just a little more to the right.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3634717-changes-spark-chatter-of-cnn-is-shift-from-left-to-right/amp/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cnn-getting-more-republicans-on-air-it-seeks-political-diversity-2023-05-18/

some details for anyone unaware that this has been gradually happening since they got bought a few years ago. Class war is a bitch when they own all the media.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There is an author that wrote a book about 20 years ago that was his mea culpa for helping CNN to create the shout show format. I'm not sure they've ever really been even half as "liberal" as the unhinged right wing claims.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Amazing. His defense is that trump maybe just shared a sexed up, generated image of Harris without reading the caption. What a creep.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Trump also blamed others for the Arlington scandal.

“I want to run the whole country, but I don’t take responsibility for any of my own actions”.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fucking hell! I was so confused why this guy needed to talk to Biden. It's ex-president or if you're being detailed felon, rapist, racist, pedophile, twice impeached, ex-president.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Defeated former president.

Every other presidential candidate election during my lifetime has conceded. He was resoundingly defeated.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I hate watching mainstream US news media. No push back to blatant lies. Instead they sit and smile. Instead of fair and balance we should strive for facts. I don't give a shit that left or right has the same amount to talk, I care what they are saying is factual.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

I hate it as well. These large media outlets have suffered complete journalistic bankruptcy.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know if the president even saw the comment that was on there

In a lot of ways, Trump is a lazy and unserious person. But I do not believe for a second that he was not aware of what was being posted on his social media. That is his greatest obsession.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Newsflash: Trump advisor Jason Miller says Trump doesn’t know what he is doing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Woah, that’s a big one. He’s just flushing his campaign down the toilet. I love it.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It seems like every other day, Trump does something that would have been absolutely career-ending for anyone else. I think he's kept his campaign from going down the toilet by just making sure it was completely clogged.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Trump operates by slowly moving the bar. He incrementally pushes the boundaries of acceptability, to the point that now nothing is surprising anymore. As a result, he can do these things that should be career ending, because his supporters laugh it off and his detractors, disgusted as they may be, still expect this behavior from Trump.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but Trump famously needs to flush eight or ten times to actually get anything to go down the toilet.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know that it's fair to say the attacks on Trump haven't been sexual in nature, I mean, he is an adjududicated rapist.

https://newrepublic.com/post/174448/judge-e-jean-carroll-case-yes-donald-trump-rapist

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a difference between discussing someone's sexual crimes and sexualizing that person.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does this count as sexualizing Trump?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

These BS artists just spew lie after lie as a jumping off point to the question, and don't even try to answer the question.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I don't know if the president even saw the comment that was on there or simply the picture.

Hmmm... Maybe his advanced age might have something to do with his not being fully aware or in control of his actions?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Weird dude with a weird head

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