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demmiblue

(39,763 posts) Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:59 PM Thursday

Trump: Davy Crockett, obviously a distant relative of Jasmine Crockett, and a very High IQ Frontiersman, would be... [View all]

What did I just read???
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman.bsky.social) 2026-04-02T17:52:36.403Z

Yes, it is real (there is a video, but I didn’t watch it) …

Edited to add:

so, for my sins, i went to the original post to see if there was some kind of context in the video that i might have been missing, but, no, itâ€™s this picture of fess parker over the davy crockett theme song for two minutes and change. iâ€™ve got nothing, the president has oatmeal brains.
— GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) 2026-04-02T18:01:51.984Z

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Trump: Davy Crockett, obviously a distant relative of Jasmine Crockett, and a very High IQ Frontiersman, would be... [View all] demmiblue Thursday OP

Whut? Ocelot II Thursday #1

Second Crockett lady I have known and each was/is a great person. So why is the pedo president touting her? efhmc Thursday #2

Texas Republican primary soon. Trying to scare his base. /nt bucolic_frolic Thursday #6

Except she lost the primary, Talarico is the dem nominee. mwmisses4289 Thursday #15

True, however, there's a runoff between Cornyn and Paxton MagickMuffin Thursday #22

I think he might be trying to tear down Talarico by praising Jasmine... Volaris Thursday #25

There is no evidence they are related; nor has Jasmine Crockett ever claimed so. hlthe2b Thursday #3

Trump really fails when he tries to do sarcasm Walleye Thursday #4

Or a failed April Fool's day joke, a day late. nt PunkinPi Thursday #21

Either his account has been hacked, or GoCubsGo Thursday #5

I'm going with deep in the throes of dementia... sop Thursday #9

These are not mutually exclusive... ananda Thursday #16

Maybe he just got the GOP memo that they wanted her to win the Democratic primary for TX Senate tanyev Thursday #7

Is Ed Ames in there? bucolic_frolic Thursday #8

He was Jewish PCIntern Thursday #11

Yes, both. bucolic_frolic Thursday #14

Ed Ames played Daniel Boone's sidekick nt dflprincess Thursday #24

Kinda early in the day B.See Thursday #10

He's fading fast Tasmanian Devil Thursday #12

Yes! Yes! Yes! NNadir Thursday #18

We've reached King Aerys II levels now. Tommy Carcetti Thursday #13

.... Spazito Thursday #17

He's totally nuts. I'm reading a book from 1965 called "Night of Camp David" by Fletcher Knebel. It's about Vinca Thursday #19

Soooooo, thinking this had to be fake, I went to bluesky for the comments. niyad Thursday #20

Apparently it was supposed to be some kind of April Fools joke senseandsensibility Thursday #23

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Thursday #26

I had a coonskin cap... GiqueCee Thursday #27

He's not smart enough to be facetious, Bayard Thursday #28