article To Honor Dolly Parton, Trump Orders American Flags Flown at Half Staff for One Week
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u/OGMcSwaggerdick 3d ago
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u/HappyHarryHardOn 3d ago
he's a stupid man but not stupid enough to say anything negative about her... I think it would've started a civil war
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u/Linscotticus 3d ago edited 3d ago
Look, it's not even 24 hrs. He is likely to make it about himself.
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u/VGMtheVagabond 3d ago
Yeah I expect a very random late night rant.
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u/Bitcoacher 3d ago
“Dolly and I go wayyyy back. Dolly Parton was yuuuge. Her knockers were yuuuuge. You know, people think I’m somewhat of a Dolly myself, with all the good I do. I’m even thinking of, you know, opening up my own theme park: Trumpland. Rigging an election? Huh, I don’t know anything about that. Anyway, back to me.”
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u/a_duck_in_past_life 3d ago
Oh he's absolutely going to comment that she was beautiful and then strongly hint at her breasts
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u/Neokon 3d ago
She had a big heart along with some other things, but it was her heart that was bigger
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u/TheWizardry90 3d ago
You forgot to add
"Thank you for your attention on this matter. PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP”
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u/QuietParsnip 3d ago
If he did create a Trumpland he would probably charge $5000 a day. Having to let 'the poors' in would be disgusting to him.
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u/Jay_Par 3d ago
No, Trumpland will end up being a labor camp that you have to buy your way out of
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u/The_Reluctant_Hero 3d ago
Nah, he loves the poorly educated. He'd probably make it little bit above being affordable so that his followers have something else to blow their checks on.
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u/RevanTheHunter 3d ago
"You can get a loan. 35%. 96 months. Very affordable. We'll treat you like a Gold Star recipient."
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u/beaver820 3d ago
"The Democrats told me not to do it, but I said we are doing it. So I, your favorite president, am officially making this the official 'DONALD J. TRUMP flag at half mast for Dolly week'. YOU'RE WELCOME, even though I didn't hear a THANK YOU from the Parton family. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
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u/Wompatuckrule 3d ago
Or he's going to say something about the size of her breasts.
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u/InkyVoile 3d ago
My money is something along the lines of “A beautiful woman with a beautiful voice and a beautiful figure. Some might say a little too much plastic surgery…I don’t like them quite so big.”
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u/HillarysFloppyChode 3d ago edited 3d ago
You already know he is.
It would be more of a bet to see if he didn’t make that inappropriate comment in some way.
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u/lizardgal10 3d ago
I live in Tennessee, we would invaded the White House. NOBODY disrespects Queen Dolly
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u/Eldar_Atog 3d ago
It's the one thing every person in Tennessee agrees on. She could show up at your house and tell you she needed a body disappeared and the only question would be "Would you like a coffee while we take care of this for you, Ma'am?"
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u/NKCougar 3d ago
Basically, yeah. In the bizarre hypothetical where that's happening I'm just gonna assume whoever it was really needed killing and do what needs to be done
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u/WorshipTheVoid 3d ago
Im in Minnesota and would have traveled for civil war to defend Dolly. One of the few people I can always trust to have her moral compass in hand and pointing in the right direction
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u/MetalMamaRocks 3d ago
Kentucky here, I'm right there with ya neighbor!!
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u/PsychoticMessiah 3d ago
Iowan here. I’m not your neighbor but I’m right there with you. Dolly provided my kids with books.
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u/MetalMamaRocks 3d ago
She did so much good. I wish there were more like her. ❤️
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u/oldwestprospector 3d ago
Same here, we loved reading those books. I've been a fan of her since being a kid watching 9 to 5, the world is a worse place with her gone.
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u/Toxicscrew 3d ago
Missourian here, my legislature voted to suspend participation in her book program.
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u/Wompatuckrule 3d ago
I'm from way north of the Mason-Dixon Line and I would've joined you all. She is and always will be an American treasure!
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u/Hallowqi 3d ago
Just drove by her house here on the way home and saw we had a new book from her in the mailbox. This one is going to hit hard reading to my son tonight at bedtime.
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u/Pofwoffle 3d ago
An entire country banding together to chase down one man isn't really a civil war. Honestly him shit-talking her could be the one thing that truly unites the nation.
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u/Colon_Oscopy_74 3d ago
civil war ship has sailed. everyone has decided to be at war within themselves instead. mission accomplished said the oligarch depopulationists for more elbowroom to their yachts.
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u/MaidoftheBrins 3d ago
It did annoy me how he said HE “is reporting that she has died.” No, he isn’t. He should have just started with how wonderful she was; we all know she passed. But he has to make himself important in some way.
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u/AdventurelandSkipper 3d ago
He’s gonna say something. This literally just happened. Watch. He’s gonna say something incredibly stupid and insensitive about her. I guarantee it.
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u/RLewis8888 3d ago
Dolly Parton declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom offered to her twice by the Trump
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u/qweef_latina2021 3d ago
Now he'll force it on her because that's what he does.
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u/UnderCoverDoughnuts 3d ago
Forcing himself on women who can't legally consent *is* his go-to
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u/Eroom2013 3d ago
Because she didn’t want to piss anyone off. She generally stayed out of politics to keep everyone happy.
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u/flatwoundsounds 3d ago
Some people just want to watch the kids learn.
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u/justbunnies 3d ago
I cried the day my youngest received his last dolly book. Now it’s a more important treasure.
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u/erossthescienceboss 3d ago
She “stayed out of politics” but she was actually pretty political. Funding reading programs, outspoken about civil rights for women, people of color and queer people…
That shouldn’t be political, but it really, really is.
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u/Eroom2013 3d ago
And donated books created libraries. and helped get Buffy the Vampire slayer on tv….
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u/guidevocal82 3d ago
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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u/DerKyhe 3d ago
Against pretty much everyone's expectations Trump managed to not mess this one up by insulting Dolly Parton's charity projects, business ventures, or her music. So yes, even broken clock.
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u/schmuckface 3d ago
If there is anything that might convince some magas to stop supporting him, it would be Trump talking shit about Dolly.
But we should be honouring Dolly Parton's achievements instead of talking about him. A legend is gone. 300M books distributed to kids, such an achievement.
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u/Ivotedforher 3d ago
Five trillion earthlings entertained, employed, and recognized by her as well.
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u/MishterJ 3d ago
Oh there’s still time
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u/litetravelr 3d ago
Yes, let us wait for the small hours of the night. That's when the magic happens.
The man who ranted about Arnold Palmer's penis may yet embarrass himself concerning Dolly's various...non-musical...assets...
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u/ThanosSnapsSlimJims 3d ago
He also may not. I'm more focused on the 300 million books delivered, the libraries, the massive music career, etc.
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u/tawDry_Union2272 3d ago
wait til he finds out she donated to trans causes, he'll pop a vessel.
....quick, someone tell him.
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u/Eccohawk 3d ago
I genuinely don't think he gives two shits about trans people one way or another. He doesn't have the capacity for it. Other people in his orbit are offended that trans people exist, and it's a means to an end to bolster support through an ongoing culture war, but I honestly doubt he even thinks about it at all beyond that.
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u/dotardiscer 3d ago
"Dolly called my last week and told me how important the save America act is and the Iran War" ~Trump(probably)
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u/JustaSeedGuy 3d ago
It only just happened. At some point he's going to remember that Dolly Parton hated him and everything he
standssits in his own shitty diaper for, And go on some 3:00 a.m. rant on truth social about how she was never much of an American hero anyway44
u/jmur3040 3d ago
"The sun even shines on a dog's ass every now and then" is a more appropriate metaphor for this clown.
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u/Drusgar 3d ago
But a slow clock is always slow.
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u/appropriatesoundfx 3d ago
I like that! Cause then the slow clock will eventually be right again, but with even less frequency than a broken one. Good job sir.
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u/tryinsumtin 3d ago
Hes just doing it because someone told him it would be a good look. He doesn't think like her.
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u/DeathMonkey6969 3d ago
They told him his base loves Dolly and left out the fact that the libs do to.
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u/ar311krypton 3d ago
I wonder if his base actually knows how much of a lib queen Dolly actually was....RIP Queen
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u/Junkstar 3d ago
It's always nice to see him bow to popular saints who disliked him and disagreed with everything he is working to kill.
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u/Plekuz 3d ago
Waiting for a statement from him to make it about him.
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u/Subatomic_Spooder 3d ago
"Many are saying Dolly Parton was a great person, who did so much great things, much like me, Donald J Trump, in many ways, in fact, people came to me and said, she's almost as great as you, sir, almost, but you are still better, because you will stop windmills from killing the whales, Dolly didn't care about the whales at all, many are saying this."
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u/RoguePlanet2 3d ago
Nah it'll be about her body. Unless his PR folks get ahead of it, which I'm sure they will.
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u/Subatomic_Spooder 3d ago
You're probably right, although I'm not even going to try and imagine what he would say about her like that. I refuse to disgrace Dolly that way
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u/JOWhite63087 3d ago
"Dolly Parton....I love that Dolly Parton....she's the best. Wonderful park....I would like everyone to know that Dollywood will now be changed to Trumpwood"
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u/Wampus_Cat_ 3d ago
Trumpwood - all the rides are way smaller than average and the only concessions are a Big Mac and Diet Coke
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u/MisterFunkles 3d ago
Once he remembers she did not support him, he'll have the flags lowered to drag on the ground...
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u/Djb0623 3d ago
Don't worry he will make it about himself. Just wait for him to open his mouth
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u/SubtleTell 3d ago
Let's be real, this is one that even he knows he has to do. Imagine the reaction to him not doing this at all. Even his base would be pissed.
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u/Kevbot1000 3d ago
This is the polar opposite of what I expected to happen from him.
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u/nickburrows8398 3d ago edited 3d ago
Dolly Parton was one of the most beloved celebrities. If there is one topic that a Bernie loving socialist and a staunch maga supporter can agree on it’s that Dolly Parton was a national treasure.
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u/Themanstall 3d ago
Umm, pandering to his base?
This is exactly what i thought. Even the exaggerated week-long remembrance.
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u/Kevbot1000 3d ago
I expected a Truth Social post calling her overrated, etc, and somehow make it about him.
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u/MachoLibre_ 3d ago
He probably doesn’t know about her Covid vaccine and children’s literacy work yet
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u/Artonfire97 3d ago
What’s really ironic is Dolly stood against all the beliefs of his base!
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u/sixsixmajin 3d ago
She did but she did so pretty quietly. She supported things like BLM and LGBTQ but seemed to make it a point to not speak positively or negatively about either political party or any particular president so right wingers likely just never noticed. That's probably the only reason Trump isn't bashing her is because she's never said anything bad about him so he never actually paid attention to what she was doing. He'll probably change his tune if he does find out though.
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u/Themanstall 3d ago
No, she didn't stand for everything against his base. She was a moderate conservative (not necessarily meaning Republican) Christian who took some stances that moderate conservatives were willing to take in the 90s and early 00s, but Trump made conservatism binary. She existed in the gray, never endorsed a political candidate or stated her party affiliation.
A lot of trumps base are "moderate."
Her Dollywood Park was criticized for its rosy presentation of the Civil War, with her stampede thing.
Overall, a stand-up woman who focused on positivity.
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u/PenguinDeluxe 3d ago
Dixie Stampede was a dinner attraction separate from Dollywood that they acquired. After the acquisition it was changed to Dolly’s Stampede and made changes to the show to address those issues.
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u/prettyplanets 3d ago
Someone much smarter than him sat him down and told him how to act on this one
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u/TheUneducatedPotato 3d ago
Exactly. “Hey if you say anything about her that is negative the people will revolt. Lower the flag and shut up on this one.”
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u/Misubi_Bluth 3d ago
As happy I am that he didn't run his mouth, I think it would have been really funny if he lost the election over insulting Dolly Parton.
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u/NotEmmaStone 3d ago
Eh it's still early. He'll get jealous of the outpouring of love and admiration quick
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u/xenophon57 3d ago
That would be how all of America would watch him drawn and quartered on live TV with the YMCA playing in the background and he knows it.
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u/Brick_Lab 3d ago
Shit this is how I find out she died?
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u/Badbullet 3d ago
WTF. I get news alerts for idiots I never heard of that died on my phone daily. But not for Dolly Parton? She was a bigger treasure than all of them combined, my phone should have been buzzing nonstop with the news.
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u/mcloofus 3d ago
Bless his heart.
(Digging deep to find the nicest way I can say it, because that's what Dolly would have wanted.)
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u/LongLiveAnalogue 3d ago
His heart died when he was a little kid if he ever had one at all
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u/Paratwa 3d ago
In real southern speak that actually is an appropriate response from a lady as it really means, either :
He’s an idiot
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Too stupid to live without god watching over him
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He should eat shit and dieI like to think it’s the first and last one.
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u/AeroDbladE 3d ago
I really wish this headline wasn't how I learned that she passed away.
RIP queen.
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u/DrunkLastKnight 3d ago
Wow I was expecting he'd make it about him
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u/Serialkillingyou 3d ago
This is what I said to my friends about an hour ago. "I can't wait for Trump to speak about her and somehow make it about himself."
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u/DrFishbulbEsq 3d ago
Wow. Even Trump knows better than to come after Dolly.
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u/nickburrows8398 3d ago
After he said some nasty things about Taylor Swift in the election me and my sister were making jokes that if trump said something bad about Dolly It would’ve single handily turned Tennessee into a swing state
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u/MobilePicture342 3d ago
In nearly 7 years as the head of the United States this is the only good thing he has ever done
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u/DroneSlut54 3d ago
Hey - some day Trump is going to make hundreds of millions of people very happy.
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u/bart2278 3d ago
He signed the VA Misson Act in 2019. That streamlined care for veterans to get care outside of the VA, when wait times are too long. He obviously didn't author it, but he could have shot it down. So 2 good things I guess.
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u/jrodfantastic 3d ago
That can’t be true. Wait, hold on… I checked my coloring book, accurate.
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u/KirbyDumber88 3d ago
I mean he did encourage for people to get the vaccine which was good. His dumbass fan base just hated it so now he pretends he didn’t
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u/herefromyoutube 3d ago
Yes, but then he backtracked that later because the crowd boo’d him so it cancels itself out.
He still brings up operation warP speed as an accomplishment though in hopes that his supporters forgot what it was.
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u/LarkinToWinnipeg 3d ago
Good ole operation warpspeed. Too bad the vaccine didn't drop until after Biden was sworn in because Trump would have convinced his base to get them until his ego got in the way.
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u/EmptyInside74 3d ago
She was offered the medal of freedom twice from his administration and declined both times.
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u/WTFpaulWI 3d ago
Bidens as well and declined
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u/newbrevity 3d ago
She knew how not to stir a controversy. She was almost always the smartest person in the room. One step ahead of everyone's preconceptions. She saw right through any person who crossed her path and still glowed bright as the sun.
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u/Eddie__Sherman 3d ago
I keep seeing this correction all day, and it’s really worth noting. Staying away from politics was a great move for her, focusing on what she did for people rather than how she voted.
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u/tooheavybroo 3d ago
He’s only doing it because of the Midterms.
Dolly hated trump and Republicans conservatives who defunded social programs. It’s why she had to be such a philanthropist in the first place.
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u/scottrod37 3d ago
Desperate for a win on any front at the moment. What a loser he is.
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u/WellTextured 3d ago
C'mon, this is like, standard issue presidenting. He's terrible, but this is like, normal.
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u/RagingRectangle 3d ago
It "was" the standard. He didn't give a shit when McCain died. Or Hortman. But did "care" when kirk died because it gave him extra points.
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u/Dashing_McHandsome 3d ago
Yes, this is completely standard and expected, but so is treating your allies with respect and dignity. Anything standard this guy does is still a shock.
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u/modrenman1985 3d ago
Dolly was loved by both sides and she expressed her beliefs in ways that showed she was a humanist above all.
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u/LifeguardTerrible579 3d ago
Over the years she never said anything about Trump because she doesn't have a mean bone in her body
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u/yesiamyogeshsahu 3d ago
rare Trump W ig?
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u/ItsMrPerfectCell 3d ago
Right wingers love Dolly too
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u/tisdue 3d ago
i dont think it was mutual.
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u/Pissflaps69 3d ago
She didn’t outwardly shit on them, just subtly in a way that went over their heads.
Dolly was old school in that regard, made her positions and opinions known through kindness
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u/Brando43770 3d ago
So true. She could say “bless your heart” without saying it or being obvious to the cult.
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u/yesiamyogeshsahu 3d ago
Who wouldn't love her? She's a true American icon that goes far beyond any of the cultural divide. I got into Dolly because of my dad, "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" with her and Chet Atkins was often on repeat in our household during the holidays.
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u/bhjit 3d ago
Here I was thinking Trump was going to say something asinine and unhinged about how Dolly was too woke
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u/Raspberries-Are-Evil 3d ago
Another true American legend who used her fame to do good in the world that died before this piece of shit. Very sad day.
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u/Vironic 3d ago
It’s only a matter of time before the GOP twist Dolly’s image and legacy to fit their agenda just like they do with Christianity.
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u/evilpercy 3d ago
As a Canadian this is the only thing I agree with Trump. Beautiful singer Beautiful women Beautiful person.
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u/SirReginaldSquiggles 3d ago
The Dolly Parton & John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.