• Unaware7013@kbin.social
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      This is the same asshole who, after people calling him out for not being a voice for POC (aka 'skin folk ain’t always kinfolk ') said that these were the words of the modern Grand Dragons. This fucking idiot is calling the left the KKK (as do all Republicans because they can’t admit the ancestors of their party were the KKK) because he’s just a brown voice for white supremacy and the party/culture of POC oppression and murder.

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          He is a billionaire in biotech/pharmaceutical space. He is auditioning for FDA chief of HHS secretary spot. He will say anything and everything to get that spot. He will even throw the entire Indian community under the bus in a heartbeat if it benefits him.

          Voice of POC my ass. He is a voice for POS for sure.

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        Vivek is the guy all the old white republicans are referring to when they backpedal and say “no, wait, what I just said isn’t racist because I have a friend who is a brown person!”

        Vivek doesn’t realize that he’s that guy.

        Also, knowing the GOP base’s predilections, I give him precisely 0% chance in the Republican primary.

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      He didn’t get the bump in polls he hoped for in the debate so he’s going more extreme. It’s a bold move but won’t help, and only dooms his chances of winning a general election by saying this.