Count Frank Luntz among those unimpressed by President Trump’s alleged use of the word “shithole” during an Oval Office meeting about DACA, immigration, and border security. He didn’t tear up over it on air like Anderson Cooper, but still …
Someone please tell me how insulting billions of people across the globe makes America great again.
Teach me how you defend the indefensible, because I sure can't. https://t.co/ASRJ3SF7cZ
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) January 14, 2018
And if you don’t think calling a country a “shithole” necessarily means the people are bad, tell me how you‘d react if someone called your hometown the same thing.https://t.co/hWQ1kvpaiX
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) January 14, 2018
Not to mention the remark was about about stopping immigration of people from “shithole countries.”
So, yeah – it was a comment about the people too. Not just the local scenery or economic conditions.https://t.co/HeeFTyMQlX
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) January 14, 2018
Wait … there was a question in there somewhere. How would you react if someone called your hometown the same thing? Let’s just say this is not the focus group Luntz was expecting.
Depends. Is my hometown a shithole? If so it's just a statement of fact. https://t.co/VKfrGFAzfO
— Dave (@Dmacmd) January 15, 2018
Truth hurts sometimes.
— Eric Bigley (@e_bigz) January 14, 2018
I guess it depends on whether or not I live in a shithole. https://t.co/n2cUzufAYf
— Torrey M. Spears (@torreymspears) January 15, 2018
lol yeah, none of us have any idea what it's like to have you guys call our hometowns shitholes. https://t.co/yGk45UtOYI
— whalefish🇸🇻🇭🇹🇳🇬 (@whalefishery) January 15, 2018
every. damn. day. by the "mainstream media" about The South so take your sanctimony and shove it https://t.co/8NCJHxf6OL
— Hang the blessed DJ (@lamblock) January 14, 2018
Hey, .@FrankLuntz – they have been doing it to my hometown, DETROIT, for decades. https://t.co/IOzOUaifaV
— Rob St. Mary (@RobDet) January 14, 2018
Unfortunately some hometowns are shitholes. @Stockton_Cali is one of them. Went bankrupt and took all benefits from retired cops. Pretty shitty thing to do to those who put their lives on the line
— Julie (@MrsKPMG) January 14, 2018
Are you kidding? Half if California is a shithole. I would take no offense, I know darned well what you mean. https://t.co/yBxeopC5aW
— Mike Menzel (@mmenzel765) January 14, 2018
Trenton, NJ is a sh*t hole. Trust me, I know, I was born there. You're welcome. https://t.co/YFbmxQ4uSp
— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) January 15, 2018
The majority of my hometown is a shithole. A simple look at the crime stats would clear that. https://t.co/EElFLCtzHE
— Mathieu (@TheAmazingBriz) January 14, 2018
I'm from Brooklyn. I'd be hard pressed to argue convincingly https://t.co/syOdpdHhAH
— Tzvi Zucker (@TzviZucker) January 14, 2018
Originally from Sacramento.
Yup, I'd call it a shithole. Quit virtue signalling, poll boy. https://t.co/PxDA0h6XAl
— 🐸🎙️Double T™️ (@TulsaTrucker) January 16, 2018
My hometown has been rapidly declining to a shithole for as long as i, my parents, and my grandparents can remember https://t.co/tNOOhtjrIu
— Austin Klavins (@austin_klavins) January 15, 2018
Frank, my hometown has become a shithole. Now what?
— Michael B (@Mike_Bornman) January 14, 2018
I'd say my hometown is a shithole and I don't care because my value as a person is not determined by what some politician says in a meeting. This pearl-clutching is beyond pathetic.
— Crossbowman (@BoraxCross) January 15, 2018
Depends on the town. If they are talking about Baltimore, Detroit, or Chicago, they would be correct.
— BeleaguredCrosspatch (@VictorB123) January 16, 2018
I'd probably agree with them. The town I grew up in is nothing but payday lenders, skid row bars, and "electronic gaming" joints now, so it's pretty much a "shithole" defined.
(And yet I know some *amazing* people from there—past and present. Weird.) https://t.co/8tsMjTH4CQ
— Cody (@Cody_from_Iowa) January 15, 2018
Progressives object to the term, because that is what they create through their policies. Don't believe me? Look at San Francisco, a shithole's shithole.
THIS is the environment they invite illegal aliens to take up residence. https://t.co/iteCR8rPO0
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) January 16, 2018
My city, Chicago, is a shithole. Not because of the people but because of the government. https://t.co/FYSy2BDG6O
— Incoming Ballistic Mossile (@molratty) January 16, 2018
My dad is from Lebanon and mom is from a small town in Arkansas
Both are shitholes https://t.co/cCnqg7xISb
— Mujahed Kobbe (@Moj_kobe) January 15, 2018
Well, I'm from Oakland and before that El Salvador, and I live in reality. So, I would react with an approving nod since they're both shitholes. https://t.co/7NRWMO6zSE
— JC (@punchandgrapple) January 15, 2018
My hometown sucks, so they'd be right. When did everyone turn into such wilting violets. https://t.co/rCk042UFDS
— Loki 🇬🇧🇩🇪 (@LokiJulianus) January 14, 2018
Many people would probably agree depending on where they live.
Sorry Frank but that is not exactly the worst insult anyone has ever heard. https://t.co/JgFL1di2Z0— NeoKong (@The_NeoKong) January 14, 2018
You need to get out more, plenty of s**tholes around, and recognized as such by those living in them. https://t.co/AbtQz2SNde
— By the numbers (@TheRealFixNow) January 15, 2018
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