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09-04-2018 , 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by cuserounder
I think he pulled it out of his ass from looking at the picture, which is why I called him out... I say that because she doesn't have a Wikipedia page, the top two pages of Google results didn't seem to have anything on her, and a quick search of tweets about the gesture didn't have anything on it either.

I'm guessing I did more research on her than BMOL, so I doubt he had any evidence of his claim and was just making it up on the fly.

It was all over Twitter if you pulled her name up that she had a Mexican and Jewish background. It’s pretty easy these days when something is trending to get info quickly
09-04-2018 , 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Chippa58
Ironically Cavanaugh, in his opening statement, volunteered how proud he was of his law clerks, which I thought was pretty abstract, and he made specific reference to bringing on a higher percentage of minority law clerks than what is proportional given the number of minorities in law schools...which also seemed like a weird thing to say.
Did he hold up a blinking sign that said 'NOT RACIST' too?
09-04-2018 , 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by BMOL33
It was all over Twitter if you pulled her name up that she had a Mexican and Jewish background. It’s pretty easy these days when something is trending to get info quickly
Fair enough. I didn't see that, but whatever. After the video got posted it's pretty clear it was intentional.
09-05-2018 , 12:02 AM
09-05-2018 , 12:28 AM
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09-05-2018 , 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by cuserounder
That's not just damning, it makes it 99.9% likely she's doing it on purpose to anyone with a brain.
This. I am EXTREMELY skeptical of this kind of stuff generally, but what happened in the long video is totally clear. Deplorable friend texted her and said "You're in the shot. It'll be hilarious if... Libs will be so triggered." She does it while mugging for the camera with very stiff body language. Then looks at her hand after. It's not close.

Also who gives a **** if she has Mexican heritage? Whiteness doesn't work that way.
09-05-2018 , 12:44 AM
This white power salute is BS. She looked at her phone, read something funny from someone, and smirked about it. So what??

Oh, and what kind of Seig Heil Sally is Mexican and Jewish, who had grandparents survive the Holocaust?
09-05-2018 , 12:55 AM
Sigh. That literally has zero relevance at all. It's like asking "What kind of person who is married to an illegal immigrant runs an entire country with no discernible agenda aside from tormenting illegal immigrants?" Bad people create exceptions and justifications for their apparent hypocrisy. Pretty basic.
09-05-2018 , 01:02 AM
Barring more info on her intentions or personal history, *shrug*

Anyways can't wait for the Second Redemption to come with Kavanagh
09-05-2018 , 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by AllTheCheese
This. I am EXTREMELY skeptical of this kind of stuff generally, but what happened in the long video is totally clear. Deplorable friend texted her and said "You're in the shot. It'll be hilarious if... Libs will be so triggered." She does it while mugging for the camera with very stiff body language. Then looks at her hand after. It's not close.

Also who gives a **** if she has Mexican heritage? Whiteness doesn't work that way.
I am EXTREMELY skeptical this dude sleeps well at night.
09-05-2018 , 01:52 AM
She could be playing that nerdy circle game from malcom in the middle. It's been really popular the last year or so and I see stupid memes about in on FB all the time. It's the same exact hand signal afaik.
09-05-2018 , 02:02 AM
Right, but then why is she flashing a white power sign?
09-05-2018 , 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by AllTheCheese
This. I am EXTREMELY skeptical of this kind of stuff generally, but what happened in the long video is totally clear. Deplorable friend texted her and said "You're in the shot. It'll be hilarious if... Libs will be so triggered." She does it while mugging for the camera with very stiff body language. Then looks at her hand after. It's not close.

Also who gives a **** if she has Mexican heritage? Whiteness doesn't work that way.
really isn't close at all

i'm reading that she worked on the Muslim ban, cant find any confirmation but i mean whatever she's a ted cruz campaign worker who worked on the Trump transition team. triggering the libs with some "fake" white power sign (lol great joke) is right in her wheelhouse)
09-05-2018 , 02:06 AM
Little-known fact that Richard Spencer, Cernovich, and Milos are big fans of the Malcolm circles game.
09-05-2018 , 02:22 AM
09-05-2018 , 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by AllTheCheese
This. I am EXTREMELY skeptical of this kind of stuff generally, but what happened in the long video is totally clear.
Same.

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Originally Posted by Dominic
This white power salute is BS. She looked at her phone, read something funny from someone, and smirked about it. So what??

Oh, and what kind of Seig Heil Sally is Mexican and Jewish, who had grandparents survive the Holocaust?
I don't know, but what kind of Sieg Heil Stephen is Jewish, who had grandparents who fled the anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia?

Spoiler:
09-05-2018 , 05:02 AM
I want to believe as much as anyone else, but which is more likely:

A) She is all about 4chan alt-right culture and was informed by text that moment was perfect for trolling the libs/signaling her white supremacist beliefs.

B) A friend texted her that her left side is totally on tv and looking fine girl and she made a gesture to acknowledge the text.
09-05-2018 , 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by RainierWolfcastle
I want to believe as much as anyone else, but which is more likely:

A) She is all about 4chan alt-right culture and was informed by text that moment was perfect for trolling the libs/signaling her white supremacist beliefs.

B) A friend texted her that her left side is totally on tv and looking fine girl and she made a gesture to acknowledge the text.
I don't WANT to believe, but I do. A is more likely... There are like three or four paths to A.

1. Signaling her white supremacist beliefs. (highly unlikely - I don't doubt that she could be a white supremacist, since she's been involved in immigration policy for this administration, but I doubt she'd blatantly signal it)

2. Strategically trolling the libs for political gain. (moderately unlikely)

3. Trolling the libs for ****s and giggles. (most likely)

4. Tricked by someone via text into doing this signal. (somewhat unlikely)

On the other hand, to get to B you have to hit a parlay that she knows she's on TV during a Senate confirmation hearing and is still screwing around with her phone for amusement, received a text like that, decided to be funny and make some gesture to signal it (okay so far not that hard to believe) and then out of all the gestures, picked that one. Not a little thumbs up, not a wink, not a smile, not a wave, not a stretch, not a nod, nor a point, nor a peace sign... Nope, the okay sign.

Then to complete your parlay, instead of clarifying what was going on, her husband decided to take to Twitter to insist that she just randomly placed her hands that way.

There is virtually a 0% chance she randomly placed her hands that way. So why lie about something innocent?

I could totally buy that she received information and she was supposed to give to Kavanaugh and was signalling that she got it, or that she was signalling a senator that some line of questioning (or whatever) was okay based on whatever text/email she got, but why not just acknowledge that after the accusations started?
09-05-2018 , 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Dominic
Oh, and what kind of Seig Heil Sally is Mexican and Jewish, who had grandparents survive the Holocaust?
Steven Miller is Jewish.

Sorry, these people get no benefit of the doubt anymore. You work for Ted Cruz, I'm just gonna assume you're deplorable.
09-05-2018 , 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Namath12
I like 2010 Cornyn better

no scruples, no principles, no regards

he's got to be on the fast track to GOP party leadership
09-05-2018 , 09:43 AM
Who would guess Kavanaugh is 53 and Gorsuch 51? He looks 45 and Gorsuch looks 70
09-05-2018 , 09:44 AM
we don't require nominees be sworn in for these things?
09-05-2018 , 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by iamnotawerewolf
we don't require nominees be sworn in for these things?
Most of these questions are what will you do type questions, not what have you done did this happen etc so basically you’re asking about future what ifs so I don’t think telling the truth is entirely possible
09-05-2018 , 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by iamnotawerewolf
we don't require nominees be sworn in for these things?
He was sworn yesterday towards the end of the day, before his first comments.
09-05-2018 , 10:04 AM
This is probably going to be closed off tomorrow. I would be surprised if they continued trying to operate with this crap going on every 2 minutes

      
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