Five Jokes: 9-11-2024

Trump's Immigrant Claims, Swift's Support For Kamala, Elon Musk's Bizarre Offer To Taylor Swift, Kamala Harris' Gun Ownership, and Harris/Trump's Post-Debate Handshake

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• During the presidential debate, Trump pushed baseless claims about immigrants 'eating the pets’. But seeing as how often he references Hannibal Lecter, that seems like the lesser of two evils.

• Taylor Swift has thrown her support behind Vice President Harris — even adding a few of her backup dancers into her security detail. “Sir, I need you to step back before I belly-roll you outside of the premises…”

• Elon Musk broke his debate silence with a bizarre offer to impregnate Taylor Swift.

  

  More shocking: that tweet was pre-scheduled four years ago.

• During the debate, Vice President Kamala Harris reminded Americans that she too is a gun owner — insisting that she’s a straight shooter who also believes in the rights of LGBTQ shooters.

Finally…

• Trump and Harris shook hands at a 9/11 event hours after their fiery debate — with Harris reportedly resisting Trump’s attempts to turn it into a thumb war.

  

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