Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested

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cytg111

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"Shoot them in the legs to slow them down"
- I think his bone spurs are showing here.
 
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HomerJS

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HIs supporters would approve. After all Trump want to shoot people of color
 

cytg111

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HIs supporters would approve. After all Trump want to shoot people of color
Not having any emperical data at hand .. but how many rounds would you have to go through before actually hitting a running target .. in the legs .. at say 100m?
 

DarthKyrie

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Not having any emperical data at hand .. but how many rounds would you have to go through before actually hitting a running target .. in the legs .. at say 100m?

I'd say depending on the shooter at a minimum 1 15 round clip, people that have shit aim at 100M will go through at least 3.
 
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allisolm

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I heard all this about the moat and the alligators and the flesh-piercing spikes and the shooting in the legs yesterday on the radio and my first thought was "that is just insane."

'nuff said.
 

1prophet

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What's crazy to me is all of these things come out, yet none of the people serving in this administration want to come out and say what it is going on. Why do they continue to brown nose, defend and keep quiet about this garbage person? I can't wrap my head around their unwillingness to speak up.
It's easy to do the right thing when you aren't afraid of becoming a pariah.
 

fskimospy

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I heard all this about the moat and the alligators and the flesh-piercing spikes and the shooting in the legs yesterday on the radio and my first thought was "that is just insane."

'nuff said.

If The Onion had written this article two years ago I would have thought it was too ham-handed. And again, he apparently asked for these things repeatedly - for the US government to murder migrants seeking asylum and to dig a moat filled with snakes and alligators.

This man is deeply mentally ill.
 
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Homerboy

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I know a lot of what Trump says/does is hard to believe. Sadly, most of it is true.
This one though... my lord if there's ANY truth to it. I just can't believe this is where were at.
Snakes and alligators. If this is actually true I just quit.
 

jman19

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If The Onion had written this article two years ago I would have thought it was too ham-handed. And again, he apparently asked for these things repeatedly - for the US government to murder migrants seeking asylum and to dig a moat filled with snakes and alligators.

This man is deeply mentally ill.

Can you imagine the outrage if the Onion even joked about the president asking for this to be done? The outrage and backlash would be enormous. Yet it apparently actually happened and...
 
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I know this is a people are saying thing so I’m not going to take it as fact but I do find it totally believable. Maybe a little bit of a joke and a little bit serious. Hard to tell.

Amazing how an 11 year old boy is sitting in the White House talking about digging a moat and putting alligators and snakes into it to eat people who cross and is suggesting people get shot in the leg to teach them a lesson.
Seriously I know I had thought solutions like these were solutions for complex problems.
 

VRAMdemon

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I hope someone makes Trump read this!

Obama mocks GOP, jokes they want border moat

Originally Posted by President Barack Obama

"We have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement," Obama said. "But even though we've answered these concerns, I gotta say I suspect there are still going to be some who are trying to move the goal posts on us one more time."

"Maybe they'll need a moat," Obama said mockingly to laughter from the crowd. "Maybe they'll want alligators in the moat."

May 2011

We already have the Rio Grande...wouldn't a moat be redundant? Actually, the trick is to put the moat IN the river. That way it comes as a complete surprise.
 

K1052

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If The Onion had written this article two years ago I would have thought it was too ham-handed. And again, he apparently asked for these things repeatedly - for the US government to murder migrants seeking asylum and to dig a moat filled with snakes and alligators.

This man is deeply mentally ill.

Which is consistent with what we know about him from things like saying the state should execute exonerated people.

An under appreciated line in Trump's life is his deep and abiding lust for cruelty. Part of his appeal is that a certain portion of America hears and understands that as something they'd like their government to actually do because they also harbor the same want for cruelty inflicted on people who aren't them.
 
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I'd say depending on the shooter at a minimum 1 15 round clip, people that have shit aim at 100M will go through at least 3.

I think we’d have to define if they are running or not. I think that would changes to accuracy significantly
We also need to define how long the legs are as in an 8 year olds legs are smaller than a cantaloupe carrying adult male
We also need to define are inaccurate shots that hit the chest or head acceptable or are they encouraged.

Edit: @zinfamous when would it be easier to target their legs with a grenade. I’m not an explosives expert.
 
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HomerJS

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Not having any emperical data at hand .. but how many rounds would you have to go through before actually hitting a running target .. in the legs .. at say 100m?
Doesn't matter. Just keep shooting at those darkies until something happens.
 

dank69

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If The Onion had written this article two years ago I would have thought it was too ham-handed. And again, he apparently asked for these things repeatedly - for the US government to murder migrants seeking asylum and to dig a moat filled with snakes and alligators.

This man is deeply mentally ill.
Yeah, "Not The Onion" tag seems appropriate here.
 

zinfamous

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I hope someone makes Trump read this!

Obama mocks GOP, jokes they want border moat



We already have the Rio Grande...wouldn't a moat be redundant? Actually, the trick is to put the moat IN the river. That way it comes as a complete surprise.

That's next level brilliant. Why don't you submit this to Trump so that he can hire you for a few weeks to do things. Bonus is that you get to draw a minimum 1 year gov't salary of ~$90k to spearhead this brilliant plan in Trump's crack team of late-night appointed border geniuses.
 

UNCjigga

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I hope someone makes Trump read this!

Obama mocks GOP, jokes they want border moat



We already have the Rio Grande...wouldn't a moat be redundant? Actually, the trick is to put the moat IN the river. That way it comes as a complete surprise.



Trump claims he never wanted a moat or spikes...reality is he did, until someone showed him this clip and those ideas were now Obama’s ideas and Trump decided against it.
 
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VRAMdemon

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That's next level brilliant. Why don't you submit this to Trump so that he can hire you for a few weeks to do things. Bonus is that you get to draw a minimum 1 year gov't salary of ~$90k to spearhead this brilliant plan in Trump's crack team of late-night appointed border geniuses.

:cool: 90K?!...I'll take it, the only problem would be - Is he writing the check?

I played along with the charade
til there seemed to be a reason to change
I said, "How about their legs, those we ought to shoot?
I wanna get the alligators and snakes & put them in the moot!"

I wish that I had Berlin's Wall!
I wish that I had Berlin's Wall!
Why can't I build a wall like that?
 

Jhhnn

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Not having any emperical data at hand .. but how many rounds would you have to go through before actually hitting a running target .. in the legs .. at say 100m?

The IDF manages to git 'er dun at the Gaza fence. Maybe Trump will send CBP to train with them.
 
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Greenman

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Not a single one of you read that story and thought that maybe there was just a touch of hyperbole in there?
 

HomerJS

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Not a single one of you read that story and thought that maybe there was just a touch of hyperbole in there?
It never dawned on you the person who said he can't be guilty of rape because the women wasn't hot enough isn't capable or ordering brown people shot?
 
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It never dawned on you the person who said he can't be guilty of rape because the women wasn't hot enough isn't capable or ordering brown people shot?

He said something like that in a stern show interview, it was obvious sarcasm
Regardless the President is still a major turd