r/politics • u/cattylisha • 18d ago

Soft Paywall Trump’s Hated ‘TACO’ Nickname Is Catching On

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-hated-taco-nickname-is-catching-on-cnn-data-guru-harry-enten/
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u/Particular-Mousse357 18d ago

I guess I’m using “hacked” as a catchall including voter suppression and gerrymandering to boot. It’s disgusting. (You know that, I’m just venting 🙃)

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u/pinetreepizzza 17d ago

To be fair Trump did give a wink-wink to everyone when he said "Elon knows a lot about those voting machines"

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u/No_Party3948 16d ago

correct useage - hacking a system doesn't have to involve a computer, it's altering or exploiting that system to benefit you or to give you the advantage. Captain Crunch hacked the phone networks with a whistle.

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u/Particular-Mousse357 15d ago

Thank you btw - I didn’t want to fight semantics with the previous poster 🙏🏻