GOP Rep: Why Is Trump Getting Slammed More Than ‘I Hate America’ Pop Singer?

U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., speaks at the Freedom Summit, Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) said on Saturday he is concerned about the double standards being applied to presidential candidate Donald Trump and doughnut-licking, “I hate America” pop singer Ariana Grande.

In a weekend Facebook post, Duncan brought up security camera footage from a Lake Elsinore, California-doughnut shop that showed the 22-year-old singer getting dangerously close to licking powdered doughnuts.

On the video, Grande could be heard saying, “I hate America!”

The congressman wondered why the footage didn’t elicit the same reactions as Trump’s anti-immigrant remarks.

The Republican wrote:

Just curious: where are the NBC’s, Univisions, ESPN’s, record labels, concert venues, etc in this Ariana Grande incident? They were mighty quick to jump on the ‘bash Donald Trump’ bandwagon when he spoke about illegal aliens and ‘sanctuary city’ policies.

This misguided young pop singer said that she hated America and hated Americans, while she proceeded to contaminate food for resale with the very tongue with which she uttered the hatred rant.

The double-standards in this country are disgusting.”

The doughnut shop, Wolfee Dounts, said it did not want to press charges against Grande.

Trump, one of more than a dozen candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination, lost a handful of business deals following his anti-Mexican remarks at his presidential announcement.

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  1. Avatar for wwss wwss says:

    Why? Well probably because Grande realized that she made a big boo boo … and Trump is just a big boo boo. Also one of those two claims to be running for POTUS.

  2. Is there a single iota of a chance that Ariana Grande’s like or dislike of America has national policy implications?

  3. “Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) said on Saturday he is concerned about the
    double standards being applied to presidential candidate Donald Trump
    and doughnut-licking, “I hate America” pop singer Ariana Grande.”

    Well, Jeff, for starters Trump is running for President and Ariana isn’t plus I’ve never heard of Ariana.

  4. HA! You can’t make this shit up! In his dumb brain, he truly thinks he’s made a great argument!

  5. Jesus fuck man, maybe because she’s a minor pop star and a kid?

    I’d never even heard of her until a few days ago.

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