# Biggest lie about the third debate: "bad hombres"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lie-about-the-third-debate-bad-hombres/769185>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 20, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lie-about-the-third-debate-bad-hombres/769185 "2016-10-20T22:12:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lie-about-the-third-debate-bad-hombres/769185/21 "2016-10-21T13:44:11Z")

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OK then, that _hombre_ just lost _mi voto_!

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lie-about-the-third-debate-bad-hombres/769185/22 "2016-10-21T16:03:46Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> Hey, at least he managed to avoid the Jache…

Thank Og for tiny blessings!

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lie-about-the-third-debate-bad-hombres/769185/23 "2016-10-21T16:45:04Z")

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Trump is bad hombre with a bad _ombre_.

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**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lie-about-the-third-debate-bad-hombres/769185/24 "2016-10-21T18:20:24Z")

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It’s clear to me that Trump wasn’t trying to woo Hispanics with that line. He was playing to his redneck base, and “ahm-bray” is exactly how you pronounce “hombre” in redneck English.

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