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Thursday, February 15, 2018

A few "fuck you" Valentines from Rita Moreno to Donald Trump


Well, OK yes . . .we know these aren't actual Valentines actually sent to Donald Trump, but those with a lack of imagination won't understand this blog, anyway.  So there's that.

Rita, as anyone but the really poorly educated will know, made her breakout performance playing feisty Puerto Rican Anita in the 1961 movie musical West Side Story.

Since then, her movie career has been long and storied, but like fellow Puerto Rican Ricky Martin, Rita is fucking pissed off that Donald Trump called their homeland a cesspool, made a perfunctory post IRMA publicity visit, and threw paper towels at them like he was a big orange paper towel piƱata for the peons, and really enjoyed watching them scramble for the "beautiful" paper towels. (yes he really said that)

Just for fun, ask a slack-jawed #MAGA freak (make sure they aren't a Russian bot first, though) if Puerto Ricans are American citizens.  Get ready for the wrong answer.

Anyway, we're going to share a few of Rita Moreno's more colorful Trump rants and and her Archive of American Television interview, which like all of them, are well worth watching.

Rita Moreno slams Trump, rallies women entrepreneurs at Latin Summit

Rita Moreno calls Donald Trump "unhinged", urges Latinos to vote

Rita Moreno: "Trump is a walking circus"





2 comments:

  1. Note to readers: YouTube has split most of the interview into segments, so for the complete set of excerpts, go there.
    Happy Valentine's Day!
    xox Jesika

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  2. Hey here's some TV trivia! Richard Beymer (Tony) was later on in Twin Peaks -- totally cool guy!

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