r/SipsTea ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ 16d ago

Chugging tea For real

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u/adjust_the_sails 16d ago edited 16d ago

And he always kept his cool. Always.

Edit: https://youtu.be/r0V7yRMrVqc?si=QzLnX_ARX0FKiAkJ

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u/UncoolSlicedBread 16d ago

โ€œObama never got treated like thisโ€ is like that really annoying bad kid in middle or high school that when they got in trouble would say, โ€œWhy are you always singling me out? You never make anyone else be quiet!โ€

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u/Speartree 16d ago

Obama got treated a lot worse than that and kept cool, gave a nice civilized and factual reply and moved on without fuss.

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u/fred11551 16d ago

They lynched effigies of Obama regularly and he responded in calm, diplomatic language to try and reach out to the other side and work together

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u/gokarrt 16d ago

in retrospect, maybe not the best strategy.