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Trump’s shit speech. Or was it shitty?

October 23, 2024October 26, 2024Ben Yagoda6 Comments

When I read in my local newspaper that, during a speech in Western Pennsylvania on October 19, Donald Trump called Kamala Harris “a s— vice president,” I had one question and one question only:

Did he use a “y”?

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