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Trump's Troubles

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by G8trGr8t, Feb 13, 2021.

  1. sierragator

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    ... and he alone can rescue his worshippers from the godless, america hating leftist radical communist, child eating/grooming, feminists, second amendment cancelling, mexicans, and anyone who doesn't look and act like them. ( what did I leave out? ).
     
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  2. lacuna

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    Trump's narcissisim feeds his self delusion and he most likely believes everything he declares and promotes himself to be. Seemingly invulnerable he successfully cheated and intimidated innumerable people through his schemes and cons, while floating himself on bankruptcy claims.

    As his fame grew, his audacious unquenchable ambition likewise grew all the while he positioned himself to be the champion of the angry, the dissatisfied, those who feared for their own futures and the social trends they found repugnant, those afraid to speak of their anger for fear of losing their jobs or being 'cancelled.'

    Trump had boldness and no fear for job security. He had no job to lose for offending an employer, he was the one doing the firing. He capitalized on the bias, hate, and resentment too many Americans have towards marginalized groups of people they fear. A fast growing number of angry disenfranchised voters looked to him as their champion, to boldly address and condemn what they feared. Trump ginned up and fed those fears using the growing wildfire like energy of his perverse campaign to assure his success.

    He bullied main stream Republicans, the true conservatives whose voices were drowned in the debates and primaries leading to the 2016 general election. They crumpled cowardly in the crushing Trump tsunami.

    Trump shrewdly cultivated and used people to his advantage. Courting those who could and would cooperate and support him, dissing, ridiculing, and marginalizing those who would not. He deliberately cultivated the support of religious leaders who were also likely swayed by the emboldened radical right rhetoric of their own financial supporters. The Falwells, Franklin Graham, and other religious leaders were not exempt from caving in to their own temptations to prevent the collapse of their own religious dynastys. They found biblical scripture justifying their need to forgive Trump's many moral offenses and lies. This perverse twisting is perhaps one of the worst repercussions of Trump's mad reign. Its fallout continues and will continue to be fed as long as Trump has the ear of the American voter.
     
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  3. ValdostaGatorFan

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    Former President Donald Trump has agreed to a $200,000 bond in the Georgia criminal case charging him with trying to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state.

    The order was signed off on by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. The order, which was signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Trump's attorneys, says that Trump "shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice."

    It also says the "Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against the community or to any property in the community; The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media."

    Trump says he will surrender at an Atlanta jail on Thursday in Georgia election interference case

    Do it.. I dare ya..
     
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    Doesn’t say what the penalty will be if when he violates these conditions though and you just know he will. He’s not going to be a good citizen between now and whenever the trial concludes. Hope the judge already has some ideas of what she will do because it’s going to happen.
     
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  5. GatorJMDZ

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    These release orders don't specify a penalty for violating its terms. It can range from a reprimand to modification of terms, to contempt proceedings up to revocation of bond.
     
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  6. gatordavisl

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    Perhaps it's because people project those desired strong characteristics, but identify with the reality, which differs wildly.
     
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    Georgia state senator moves toward impeaching DA Fani Willis over Trump charges

    A state senator in Georgia is moving to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over the charges brought against former President Trump.

    Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore is moving to impeach Willis, accusing the prosecutor of carrying out a political agenda against Trump.

    "As a Georgia State Senator, I am officially calling for an emergency session to review the actions of Fani Willis," Moore said on social media Thursday.
     
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  8. GatorJMDZ

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    Knew that was coming.
     
  9. sierragator

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    Isn't that blind loyalty to their orange god just adorable?
     
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    A good (and short) read on the government's response to trump's trial date proposal.

     
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    Trump's peeps have been going a bit nutty thinking Meadows as a rat.

    I've been telling some folks close to me that Trump probably won't ever end up in prison, but I don't know, the sick juvenile just might.


    From the NYT

    How Mark Meadows Pursued a High-Wire Legal Strategy in Trump Inquiries
    The former White House chief of staff, a key witness to Donald J. Trump’s efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss, maneuvered to provide federal prosecutors only what he had to.
     
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  12. sierragator

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    Isn't their blind loyalty to their orange god just adorable? :rolleyes:
     
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    The term, according to another MAGA who shall remain nameless (OK, DeSantis), is “listless vessel.”
     
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    A Maralago employee has flipped on Trump and crew after getting his own lawyer. He's changing his testimony that Trump, Nauta and the other guy did conspire to try and erase the security film server.
     
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  16. ursidman

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    That should generate some interesting testimony and more than a few death threats.
     
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  17. Norcaligator

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    And more donations to Trump's PAC......
     
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  18. Sohogator

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    Bleed them dry.
     
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    Hmm CNN reporting that Ghouliani is meeting with the Fulton county DA tomorrow.
     
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