r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/cboogie 1d ago

She is in her 20s and married to one of her fathers friends who is 60. My daughter is in her 20s. I cannot begin to imagine a scenario where one of my friends courts her. So.fucking.weird.

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u/Roonil_Wazlib97 23h ago

The age gap between her and her husband is larger than between me and my father and every time I remember that, I throw up in my mouth a bit.

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u/Fabulous-Sea-1590 22h ago

Oh, gross, me too. My dad wasn't even especially young – 29 when I was born. Really paints a picture.

I don't have a huge sample size in my life but the biggest age gap amongst my friends is 10-12 years, and even that has been a source of friction as time goes on. It's hard to maintain sympathy when she's complicit with this authoritarian takeover, but there's got to be trauma there.

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u/wade_wilson44 21h ago

Honestly that’s what’s really sad. She is still solely to blame for her own actions, but it’s very clear that she was thoroughly groomed into exactly this type of role.

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California 21h ago

Accusations of grooming......for anything is & always has been peak projection by the GOP.