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ROTFLMAO!!! (Original Post) applegrove 16 hrs ago OP
Gotta love John Fugesang! 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #1
At least four grandparents? pat_k 16 hrs ago #2
'At least four grandparents born in America' applegrove 16 hrs ago #4
So that means some people have 5 grandparents born in America? Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #6
The cut off at 4 was implied I think by logic. applegrove 16 hrs ago #9
Don't ever... Chemical Bill 15 hrs ago #15
LOL! applegrove 14 hrs ago #16
A lot of MAGA morons could have less than four grandparents...born in America, or not. sop 36 min ago #43
African americans would increase their ratio of voters BlueWaveNeverEnd 17 min ago #46
I was wondering the same thing. Bluetus 16 hrs ago #8
That song popped into my head when I read the OP! ! pat_k 16 hrs ago #10
I haven't heard that song in years! GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #37
Well if someone is 50+, it's possible for them to have mwmisses4289 14 hrs ago #17
I'm betting the right-wingnuts wouldn't count a step-parent or step-grandparent. pat_k 13 hrs ago #23
You are probably right, I was trying to apply facts mwmisses4289 7 hrs ago #27
All four grandparents Progressive dog 23 min ago #45
Zing! Solly Mack 16 hrs ago #3
Hmm. I had 3 grandparents born in America. wnylib 14 hrs ago #18
Black, white, indigenous for me. When Canada changed its law to cover more people for Canadian citizenship, I got Solly Mack 14 hrs ago #19
In one line of my indigenous ancesters there were 2 people wnylib 14 hrs ago #20
You've given me hope! I've a cousin who keeps all the records. Maybe she'll find something. Solly Mack 13 hrs ago #21
Any time. Good luck. wnylib 13 hrs ago #22
my ancestors UpInArms 6 hrs ago #29
Mine go back to 1750; Hubby has some from the 1600's--- Maeve 6 hrs ago #30
I have the same except it is flipped lonely bird 5 hrs ago #35
Coulter made a stupid argument for her point. Lots of people she wouldn't want voting have/had four American Solly Mack 5 hrs ago #31
Likewise lonely bird 5 hrs ago #34
Always was a POS, yep. Always will be. Solly Mack 5 hrs ago #36
Kind of reminds me of when Rush Limpballs said Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #5
I could vote in that case. yardwork 16 hrs ago #7
The most absurd thing about this is its utter pointlessness. Or perhaps it's just outrageously evil. pat_k 15 hrs ago #11
Maybe she's not making a compliment Figarosmom 15 hrs ago #12
I had no idea there was a link between the number of grandparents you have that... Ol Janx Spirit 15 hrs ago #13
The comments on Bluesky are gold! BadgerMom 15 hrs ago #14
"I think the Indigenous and Black voting blocs would determine who wins." - Bluesky comment sop 42 min ago #42
Wow, Ann Coulter would still let me vote! DFW 13 hrs ago #24
I'm out! Maraya1969 11 hrs ago #25
me too Skittles 8 hrs ago #26
She apparently didn't think before opening her mouth, lol. Emile 7 hrs ago #28
Natives would be the largest voting block sunflowerseed 5 hrs ago #32
K&R spanone 5 hrs ago #33
Republicans... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #38
Does she realize that will include most black and brown people here in the US ms liberty 4 hrs ago #39
And it wouldn't include Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio, and boatloads of Cuban-Americans in South Florida. sop 34 min ago #44
LOL LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #40
Coulter really teed that one up for Fugelsang. sop 48 min ago #41

pat_k

(14,089 posts)
2. At least four grandparents?
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:07 PM
16 hrs ago

How the hell would a person have more than four grandparents? (given that they are so into strict nuclear families and biological parentage and all).

sop

(19,564 posts)
43. A lot of MAGA morons could have less than four grandparents...born in America, or not.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:50 PM
36 min ago

GiqueCee

(4,903 posts)
37. I haven't heard that song in years!
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:24 AM
5 hrs ago

I've never forgotten about it, and I've mentioned I've many times, but I had forgotten that Willie performed it. I recall reading that it was first performed by some comedy duo in 1947, which, incidentally, was the year I was born!

mwmisses4289

(4,874 posts)
17. Well if someone is 50+, it's possible for them to have
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:32 PM
14 hrs ago

had grandparents born in the in the late 1800s. And mortality rates being what they were, it's not impossible for one or more of the grandparents to have married more than once.

pat_k

(14,089 posts)
23. I'm betting the right-wingnuts wouldn't count a step-parent or step-grandparent.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:49 AM
13 hrs ago

They are obsessed with proofs; obsessed with biological heritage. God forbid you change a last name. For them, these theoretical voters would have to produce proof of four grandparents having been born in the United States. Specifically:

Person X's birth certificate with both father and mother named.

X's father's birth certificate, with their father (X's paternal grandfather) and mother (X's paternal grandmother) named.

X's mother's birth certificate, with their father (X's maternal grandfather) and mother (X's maternal grandmother) named.

Birth certificates for each of the following to prove they were born here:
X's named paternal grandfather
X's named paternal grandmother
X's named maternal grandfather
X's named maternal grandmother

Of the 56% of American's who self-identify as third-generation U.S. Citizens I would guess that at most, 10% could produce proofs that would satisfy Ms. Coulter and her ilk.

But that is apparently her dream nation, one where only third-generation people who can prove it can vote.











mwmisses4289

(4,874 posts)
27. You are probably right, I was trying to apply facts
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 06:29 AM
7 hrs ago

and logic to a nonsensical comment by a rwnj. I wonder, if she looked at her family tree, would she find all her grandparents had been born here in America? And how loudly would she screech if she found they hadn't?

Progressive dog

(7,626 posts)
45. All four grandparents
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 02:02 PM
23 min ago

would make sense, or just four grandparents. She probably gets paid for each word.

Solly Mack

(97,329 posts)
3. Zing!
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:09 PM
16 hrs ago

I have 4 grandparents (great grandparents, great-great grandparents, great-great-great-grandparents, etc.) born in America or on the soil that would become America and I wouldn't vote for him.

wnylib

(26,621 posts)
18. Hmm. I had 3 grandparents born in America.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:37 PM
14 hrs ago

One was born in Germany and came here with her parents and siblings when she was 4 years old. But since she came from the same country as 2 of the orange snowflake's grandparents, maybe that makes me American enough to vote. One grandparent made it just under the wire. He was born here two weeks after his parents arrived.

But my other two grandparents trace back to colonial MA and CT, with Revolutionary War vets among their ancestors, so maybe that gives me extra American points? In fact, those two also trace back to Indigenous people already here when Europeans arrived. Can't get much more American than that.

But I would never vote for the orange snowfkake and I am sure that none of my grandparents would have either.

Solly Mack

(97,329 posts)
19. Black, white, indigenous for me. When Canada changed its law to cover more people for Canadian citizenship, I got
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:04 AM
14 hrs ago

so jealous. Still didn't qualify.

The white ancestors came from Ireland and England early on. The black ancestors came as slaves.

I've always felt more like a citizen of the world.

wnylib

(26,621 posts)
20. In one line of my indigenous ancesters there were 2 people
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:23 AM
14 hrs ago

who I I have long suspected were born in Canada, but never found records to verify it. Now that Canada has opened up its citizenship to descendants, I am researching that line very closely again.

Solly Mack

(97,329 posts)
21. You've given me hope! I've a cousin who keeps all the records. Maybe she'll find something.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:26 AM
13 hrs ago

Thanks!

Maeve

(43,510 posts)
30. Mine go back to 1750; Hubby has some from the 1600's---
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:15 AM
6 hrs ago

Neither of us have or would vote for that thing infesting the White House

lonely bird

(3,066 posts)
35. I have the same except it is flipped
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:57 AM
5 hrs ago

Dad’s side was 1700’s. Mom’s was supposedly second boat at Plymouth.

Solly Mack

(97,329 posts)
31. Coulter made a stupid argument for her point. Lots of people she wouldn't want voting have/had four American
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:39 AM
5 hrs ago

grandparents. Doesn't make anyone more American. I don't feel more American than a person who was naturalized. I probably take it more for granted than they ever will.

But she wasn't going for logic, she was going for the anti-immigrant sentiment. Her "logic" does exactly what was stated - stops Trump and all of his kids from voting because none of them have 4 American-born grandparents. Neither does Ted Cruz nor Marco Rubio.

Trump is full of shit and hate. So is Coulter.

lonely bird

(3,066 posts)
34. Likewise
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:55 AM
5 hrs ago

The damage done by the Offal in the Oval (credit to Shower Cap’s Blog) to the country may never be undone.

I knew not to vote for him because he was a piece of excrement before he ran.

Solly Mack

(97,329 posts)
36. Always was a POS, yep. Always will be.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:58 AM
5 hrs ago

Even in death. They'll just be burying a pile of shit. A cat could do it.

Wednesdays

(23,273 posts)
5. Kind of reminds me of when Rush Limpballs said
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:12 PM
16 hrs ago

"If black people didn't vote, Dubya would have won in a landslide."

yardwork

(69,778 posts)
7. I could vote in that case.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:14 PM
16 hrs ago

And so could my Latina wife, and so could most African Americans.

This is probably objectively incorrect, in addition to being bigoted.

pat_k

(14,089 posts)
11. The most absurd thing about this is its utter pointlessness. Or perhaps it's just outrageously evil.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:36 PM
15 hrs ago

I imagine I could cook up all sorts of interesting -- and FAR MORE ATTRACTIVE -- outcomes that would result from targeting and disappearing this or that 45% of the citizens of the United States.

Cause that's what she's doing. Declaring "gee, it would be great if 45% of the citizens of this nation just f-ing disappeared."

Evil, bizarre, deranged thinking.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/4621/majority-americans-identify-themselves-third-generation-americans.aspx

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,101 posts)
13. I had no idea there was a link between the number of grandparents you have that...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:59 PM
15 hrs ago

...were born in America and how abjectly stupid you are.

We should probably add that question to job applications or something.

sop

(19,564 posts)
42. "I think the Indigenous and Black voting blocs would determine who wins." - Bluesky comment
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:43 PM
42 min ago

DFW

(60,551 posts)
24. Wow, Ann Coulter would still let me vote!
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:51 AM
13 hrs ago

Four of my grandparents were indeed born in the USA.

The other four were born in Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Belize and Zambia at the end of the 19th century.

Extra points to anyone who can find the borders of any of those four countries on any 19th century map.

ms liberty

(11,406 posts)
39. Does she realize that will include most black and brown people here in the US
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:29 AM
4 hrs ago

I hate stupidity.

sop

(19,564 posts)
44. And it wouldn't include Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio, and boatloads of Cuban-Americans in South Florida.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:52 PM
34 min ago
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