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just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Johnson pulled strings to get Trump into Arlington — and now the scandal is spreading

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Johnson pulled strings to get Trump into Arlington — and now the scandal is spreading

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just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months ago
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The Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, reportedly pulled strings to get Donald Trump into Arlington National Cemetery, amid what has become a scandal and a crisis for the ex-president's campaign to re-take the White House and once again become Commander in Chief. Despite federal law that...
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    What’s with the devil horn finger gesture two women are making in the picture?

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      Pretty sure it’s the University of Texas’ A&M university’s “hook 'em” sign.

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        Bunch of fucking narcissistics, disgracing the memory of the one member of their family who was actually worth a shit, just to get attention for their worthless asses.

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        ut = hook 'em, a&m = gig 'em

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          You’re right, my bad. I corrected my comment.

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        Is Trump actually giving a thumbs up then, or is he doing A&M’s “Gig 'em”?

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      Not seeing that. Share.

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        Far left woman.

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          She’s just pointing. The “pinky finger” of the horns is actually from the last in blue past her. If you zoom in all the way you can see the skin tone matches.

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            Wouldn’t the thumb be out for that?

            https://www.lingvano.com/asl/blog/i-love-you-in-sign-language/

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              Yes. And also the palm would be turned out, not pointed to the signer.

              That’s most definitely an asshole doing a “rock on” gesture with Trump in a cemetery.

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                Yeah, it’s an “old” hand gesture, I’m 36 and it was out of fashion for my generation but it was still out there. Don’t think it is divisive other than doing it at a veterans cemetery.

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                  Nah, you just didn’t hang in the proper circles. The ‘rock on’ symbol may be out of fashion, but ‘devil horns’ (same gesture) have always been cool.

                  I’m the same age as you, and I’ve been to so many shows over the last 2 decades where people were throwing horns and acts were calling on the crowd to throw them too.

                  Still super inapropes for a cemetery tho.

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                The widow of one of the soldiers was doing it as well in another photo.

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              Yes, and palm facing the person. It’s a combination of the signed letters I, L, Y.

              Oh, the explanation in literally in the link. -.-

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            How about this one?

            https://i.imgur.com/hM2dsK2.jpeg

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            NO

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