After Republican vice presidential pick J.D. Vance went viral last week for being extraordinarily awkward at a donut shop in Georgia, Democrat Tim Walz had to poke fun at him during a snack stop in Pennsylvania.

Pursuing sweets like whoopie pies and donuts at Cherry Hill Orchards in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Walz slid in a joke  while speaking to voters.

“Look at me, I have no problem picking out donuts.”

137 points

Why are those people in the Trump campaign so disgusting?

In the article we only have to scroll a little to see the video:

JD Vance trying to order doughnuts

She clearly asked not to be filmed, yet they post the video with her in it.
Note that this is clearly illegal in civilized countries like for instance EU, but I don’t know about USA?

Zero protection of personal space, yet stand your ground allow white to shoot black people!?!?
What a fucking shithole country!

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Not as robust as EU. but we do have privacy laws and if she didn’t sign a release, they’re in trouble for doing that. Unfortunately as we’ve seen, nothing will be done.

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I have only seen versions of the clip where her face was blurred. Did they say on tape that they were going to blur her and then didn’t?

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I saw versions posted where her face was not blurred after the first one did. Thought that was pretty fucked up. I am willing to bet the blurred one was probably posted by non-conservative media.

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Nope, Georgia is a one party consent state and technically the donut shop is public access so it’s legal, but still a complete dick move

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She clearly asked not to be filmed, yet they post the video with her in it.

On brand for Republicans not recognizing a woman’s agency or autonomy.

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It’s not like staffers from the same campaign working directly under the head guy at the moment assaulted a female army officer or anything, don’t be ridiculous

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They posted the unblurred version too and it’s still up.

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Yes, that’s what is the problem, and what the article shows.

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Goddamn articles quit fucking linking me to goddamn Twitter

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Seriously, why are we still using Twitter?

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Embarrassing. Especially when government entities insist on Twitter being the primary way they communicate with the public.

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To be fair, the BBC trialed a Mastadon account in 2022, but I think the fact that some ex-Tweeters went BlueSky kinda convoluted the exodus.

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Because news agencies are so goddamn lazy now, that’s all they do is surf fucking Twitter.

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Idiots are addicted. Corporations are addicted.

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What, and make them host the video themselves? Hah!

We could always ask politicians to stop posting there…

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What’s Twitter?

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It’s an old expression for shitting yourself.
Later renamed Xitter the X pronounced as Sh, to reflect relations with authoritarianism like the Chinese leader XI. (Pronounced Shi or Pedo Bear.)

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It’s street drug, otherwise known to chemists as 3,4-Methyl​​enedioxy​​methamphetamine. Some white trust fund billionaire got stoned and decided it would be funny to hear the media say a politician said something “on twitter,” so he decided to buy a website and name it that.

/s

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1 for the money

2 for the better green

3,4-Methyl​​enedioxy​​methamphetamine

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Wait, so you don’t order donuts by first stating your name, then asking every employee in the store who makes eye contact “How long have you worked here”?

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OK. Good.

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It’s almost like he’s a normal human being. No wonder the Republicans hate him.

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Ok. Good.

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They didnt get your joke, but I did.

Have an upvote!

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Whatever makes sense.

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I have been dying to use this line in a donut shop for real but i know inside that if they picked up on what i was doing they’d ‘ok’ me too and i’d probably deserve it.

I don’t want to annoy peeps just tryina work, but… just… I really want to order a bakers dozen of ‘whatever makes sense’

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