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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Laura Loomer wrote on X that Mamdani "is from Africa. And you can tell in the way he eats. Disgusting."

If eating with your hands is disgusting, that's a you problem because you apparently don't wash them.

[–] OneSpectra@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

They are afraid of what he represents.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Ask a MAGAt to name a third world country. Instead of naming one they will name the country of the race they hate the most.

you know, "mexican countries"

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

A short while ago Zionists were so preoccupied with racism and discrimination. What happened?

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Hey Gill, there are large swaths of MAGA territory that are beyond the 3rd World.

[–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Dude America already is the 3rd world

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

The "first world" was defined as US and their allies, 2nd world as USSR and their allies and 3rd world as no aligned. Now, US is run by Russian assets trying to replicate the third Reich. So I guess it should be second world instead?

[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I have nothing to say about Brandon Gill except of course: try to make it look like an accident.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Maybe Gill can go back to the 80s when his dated geopolitical reference was relevant

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

He's from New York not Texas you inbred twit.

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't he in the US right now?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 29 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

With the whole Glastonbury kerfuffle I've come to know more about this band called Bob Vylan. They have this lovely song, and it goes ike this:

I heard you want your country back
Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can't have that
The only place I know
Stolen right under my nose
By ignorant scum
Tryna lay claim to a land that ain't theirs anyway
Wait - what did you say?
I heard you want your country back
Ha! Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can't have that
I heard you want your country back
Ha! Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Well shit, me too
[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Just when you think you're being a little hard on the dumb cunts.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 25 points 19 hours ago

Yeah if he doesn’t win the election after these attacks then the US has passed the point of no return. If even New Yorkers are too stupid to fall for this smear campaign then the US can’t be saved.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

lol. Go back. The US has been a 3rd world country with iPhones for a long time.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 17 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

But he’s already in a third world country.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I asked my doctor if I should boost my vaccinations because I was traveling for work. He asked if I was traveling to third world countries and I told him, "Yes, the US." He boosted all of my vaccinations.

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[–] Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 16 hours ago

"He's already pulled over! He can't pull over any further!"

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

I had a hotdog and fries for dinner last night. I ate watermelon and a butter tart for dessert. I ate everything with my hands. These magazi hystreonics are disgusting.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

This guy's wife had to declare that she doesn't eat with her hands because her husband is so racist.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

so they raised a hog on a cattle ranch

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 day ago

Smells like fear

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Gill married Danielle D'Souza, the daughter of conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza, in 2017. They have two children and live in Flower Mound, Texas.

So Gill's father and wife are okay but a foreigner with differing political opinions is crossing the line?

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 275 points 1 day ago (5 children)

He's already there dipshit. Look around you

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[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 172 points 1 day ago (27 children)

Remember the days when an openly racist comment like this would mean the end of your political career?

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[–] 100@fedia.io 87 points 1 day ago (3 children)

remember, the super rich are the enemy of the people, not your fellow citizens from different backgrounds

[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

The owning class is the only minority group that does you any harm.

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[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 149 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Republican Representative Brandon Gill has told New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to "go back to the Third World" in response to a video of him eating with his hands.

I guess this asshole has never eaten a burger, chicken, hot dog etc. Fucking racist piece of shit.

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