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Ted Cruz says ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles’ in embarrassing gaffe during rant about crime (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think you’re actually right in what you mean though.

“Gaffe” implies he’s embarrassed. There’s no way he’s embarrassed, he’s incapable of feeling real human emotions.

[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

He's capable of the just human emotion of all, greed