President Trump got in the face of ABC’s Rachel Scott after she asked him a question about the rationale behind his national midterm voter bribe.

“Mr. President, on the checks: The U.S. is still $40 trillion in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?” she asked Thursday night.

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        21 hours ago

        I’d more likely assume he was falling over. I’d say that’s irresponsibly generous, though. A mild cough could be interpreted as impending death.

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        21 hours ago

        Definitely immature backlash. But more of a slight and slow lean forward, lunging implies a lot more. But hey, words today seem capable of transforming into any feeling, whenever needed so…who knows.

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      21 hours ago

      I assume they mean as in a verbal lunge, but as much as I hate clickbait shit, this doesn’t bother me even if it was meant as clickbait just because the actual situation is so bad that I don’t think putting it that way really oversells the sheer unacceptableness and misogyny.

      But I"m normally on your side on these things, so I mean, you still got my upvote…

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        I guess, maybe, but I won’t give reporters in a business the benefit of the doubt. They can use their words to say what they mean rather than leaving so much space for vague interpreting, and they choose not to despite it being their literal job.

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      20 hours ago

      I’m with yah, I wanted him to go full nutzo but all I got was him doubling over from stomach cramps.