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The Puerto Rican Trump Voter and the Funeral Home Guy

from Bay Ridge Boys · #133

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5 min

Story about his daughter's Puerto Rican grandfather being a proud, vocal Trump voter, followed by an extended story about an old-school Italian funeral home owner giving a discount and a MAGA pin to a deceased Trump supporter.

In this bit10 moments
  • 48:02Tim assumed his daughter's Puerto Rican father would never have voted for Trump, then was stunned to hear him say he voted for him and was happy about it.
  • 48:37The father's reasoning: all politicians lie, but at least Trump is entertaining.
  • 49:08At the funeral home on 4th Avenue in Brooklyn, Tim and Jasmine asked the owner to negotiate prices for the father's funeral.
  • 49:19The funeral home owner immediately clarified that this is Park Slope, not a Puerto Rican funeral home in Sunset Park.
  • 49:51The owner had a cappuccino machine sitting next to a body and offered them both cappuccinos.
  • 50:08When Jasmine mentioned her father voted for Trump, the funeral home owner's eyes filled with tears and he became very happy.
  • 50:32The owner revealed he had a family in the day before—hippy dippies—who complained about Trump being bad for the country.
  • 50:54He challenged them to name one thing Trump hasn't done that's amazing for the country, offered them a free funeral, and they paid full price instead.
  • 51:21He snuck a little Make America Great Again pin into the casket with the father's body.
  • 52:03Despite his inflammatory statements, the owner gave Jasmine a 20% discount on the total funeral cost and came across as charming.
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Donald TrumpHillaryPark SlopeBrooklynSunset ParkLong Island

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