The Donald Trump Score Card

Some of them wish to revive the Confederacy. They claim to be patriotic Americans; however, covertly they mean Confederate Americans.

 

I want to know if he took that solid gold toilet

 

They just don't realize that ship has sailed

 

If he did that could have national emergency implications if the current president needs to take a dump ..lol..

 

Ok so we give him a size 17 neck to begin, size 12 after the, uh, fall.

 

Trump rioter Gillespie spends $275 to fight a $15 parking ticket.


Jan. 6 defendant spent $275 to fight $15 parking ticket — taking it to the Supreme Court: report

 

Trump attracts a particular type of mindset.


Jan. 6 defendant spent $275 to fight $15 parking ticket — taking it to the Supreme Court: report

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"Trump's debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud were reportedly not Gillespie's first encounter with fringe delusions.

The newspaper reported, "In a profile on Gillespie in 2012, The Republican’s Fred Contrada wrote that Gillespie, who was living in Greenfield at the time, had earned an engineering degree and living off his inheritance. 'He has interesting theories about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and about the world’s hidden power structure,' Contrada wrote. 'He will be glad to share them with you if you ask.'"

 

Don't ask.

 

Ex-staffers who reported Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI say he’s lying about them and investigation

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"AUSTIN — Four former aides who reported Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI for alleged bribery are now accusing him of lying about his legal troubles while facing a tough re-election bid.

In a rare public statement on Monday, the ex-employees said “their preference was to remain silent while the wheels of justice turned.”

“However, in recent weeks, Paxton has made numerous false and misleading public statements that we feel obligated to correct,” said the former deputy attorneys general James “Blake” Brickman, J. Mark Penley, and Ryan Vassar and the agency’s former law enforcement director David Maxwell.

As Paxton seeks a third term as the state’s top lawyer, he faces three GOP challengers who are hammering him over the FBI corruption probe spurred by his former staffers.

Paxton has denied any wrongdoing. No federal charges have been filed."

 

Ex-staffers who reported Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI say he’s lying about them and investigation

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"In recent interviews with conservative media, Paxton said he doesn’t know the specific allegations against him and threw the blame back on his former aides, saying they are the ones who broke the law. The Republican also accused the FBI of infiltrating his office.

The former staffers say none of that is true.

“We confronted Ken Paxton about his and his agency’s corrupt and criminal conduct, and, when he would not abide by the law, we reported him to the FBI,” they said. “Paxton is under criminal investigation, not the whistleblowers.”

In October 2020, the aides and four other top staff members accused Paxton of repeatedly abusing his power to help real estate developer and campaign donor Nate Paul.

After they were fired, Brickman, Maxwell, Penley and Vassar filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the office that further detailed the allegations against Paxton. The suit alleges Paxton swapped political favors for Paul’s help with a home remodel and a job for his alleged “mistress.”

The staffers only went to the FBI after first confronting Paxton, their statement said, and had no prior contact with federal investigators.

“The most basic qualifications of an attorney general are respect for truth and respect for the law. Ken Paxton has neither,” the whistleblowers said on Monday. “The day will come when Ken Paxton must testify under oath about his and his agency’s actions. Until then, we call on Ken Paxton to start telling the truth to the people of Texas.”

In a statement on Monday, Paxton didn’t directly respond to the whistleblowers, but instead took aim at the media. Paxton called the allegations false and pointed to an unsigned report his own office released last summer that concluded his actions regarding Paul “were indeed lawful” and his staff was in the wrong.

“Others can play politics while we keep winning for Texas,” Paxton said in a statement posted on Twitter."

 

Ex-staffers who reported Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI say he’s lying about them and investigation

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"The whistleblowers said Monday the office’s report shows that Paxton knows what he is accused of: “he and his taxpayer-funded staff wrote a 374-page manifesto purporting to exonerate him from those allegations. Of course he understands the allegations.”

The whistleblower lawsuit is ongoing. In a previous response, Paxton argued that the state’s whistleblower act doesn’t apply.

Three high-profile Republicans are seeking to oust Paxton: Land Commissioner George P. Bush, U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert and former Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman. The GOP primary is March 1.

In addition to the federal probe, Paxton is fighting an unrelated, six-year-old securities fraud indictment. The case has not yet gone to trial."

 

The 100,000 fraudulent ballots in the food truck trick.


Trump campaign’s star witness pursues a second act

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"Carone is one of a large cohort of pro-Trump Republican conspiracy theorists and election deniers running for public office this fall in Michigan, where his baseless claims about a stolen election continue to roil the political landscape.

Among those candidates, Carone might be the best known nationally. In an affidavit from November 10, 2020 — six days after the AP called Michigan for Joe Biden — she alleged that some ballots were counted 4 or 5 times; that more than 100,000 ballots were then “found” after vans dropped off food for the poll workers; that poll workers were filling out ballots on behalf of voters; and that her managers, who were responsible for overseeing the voting site where she was present and submitting the data, were incompetent.

Carone, who was a Dominion Voting Systems contractor, failed to provide any proof for these claims. But her brassy, televised testimony before the Michigan State House Oversight Committee drew widespread attention. She snapped at lawmakers from both parties and went on a tangent about dead people voting."

 

Trump campaign’s star witness pursues a second act

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"Trump has endorsed 10 candidates for the Michigan state legislature, more than in any other state, according to the former president’s office. In his statement backing one western Michigan-based candidate, he said the state “needs a new legislature.”

“The cowards there now are too spineless to investigate Election Fraud,” Trump said. “They refuse to conduct a Forensic Audit but now, thankfully, an amazing woman is running for State Representative. Rachelle Smit is a twice-elected clerk who knows our Elections are not secure, and that there was rampant Voter Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.”

Yet Trump has not yet backed Carone — she says she has asked people on Trump’s team for his endorsement, and is waiting on a response."

 

The Macomb County Republican Party is endorsing a flake like Carone.


Trump campaign’s star witness pursues a second act

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"She also has the endorsement of the Macomb County Republican Party in her bid for a suburban Detroit-based, open state House seat. The Republican-oriented district voted for Trump in the last two presidential elections, according to an analysis by Bridge Michigan."

 

January 6 Committee Issues Subpoenas In Plot To Enlist Fake Trump Electors

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"The House January 6 committee issued more subpoenas as congressional investigators dug deeper into the issue of fake Trump electors from swing states.

The subpoenas were issued to six people which include two Trump campaign members and four GOP officials from battleground states. The Trump campaign officials subpoenaed by the committee are Michael Roman and his deputy Gary Michel Brown.

Both reportedly participated in efforts to promote allegations of fraud in the 2020 election and encourage states legislations to appoint fake “alternate” slate of electors. In the subpoena to Roman and Brown, the committee wrote it has evidence that both of them encouraged state legislators to appoint false electors to alter the 2020 election results."

 

Trump has a motley retinue of underhanded characters.

Roman, Brown, Finchem, Mastriano, Ward, Cox, McDaniel,


January 6 Committee Issues Subpoenas In Plot To Enlist Fake Trump Electors

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"The committee also found that Roman and Brown were involved in coordinating strategies along with others from the Trump campaign to contact Republican members of state legislators who were in states Trump lost to send alternate electors. The four GOP officials are from Pennsylvania and Arizona including Douglas Mastriano, who is accused of trying to subvert the 2020 election and met with Trump in November 2020, and Kelli Ward, chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party. Ward spoke to Trump and his staff about election certification in Arizona. She also sent messages to an Arizona election official asking them to “stop the counting.”

Arizona legislator Mark Finchem communicated with the “stop the steal” organization about an event he was supposed to speak at on January 6. Laura Cox, former chairwoman of the Michigan GOP, tried to delay certification in Michigan, especially in Wayne county, where Detroit is located.

Cox and RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel sent a letter to the Michigan Board of Canvasser’s in November 2020 asking to delay the certification of the election for 14 days to wait for Wayne County’s results. This plan was foiled because delaying certification wasn’t possible since they requested an audit before certification was complete, which is against Michigan law."

 

I really wish someone would tell them

 

Where did Trump get the idea to tell his gathering at the Ellipse to march to the Capitol?

It wasn't part of the original publicly stated description of event at the Ellipse.

There was no location for thousands of protesters to legally occupy at the Capitol.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/21/trump-civil-lawsuit-january-6-insurrection/

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"First, like the Supreme Court with Trump’s attempt to conceal his tax returns, Mehta flat-out rejected Trump’s absurd claim that he was acting in his executive capacity in trying to throw out the results of the 2020 election. Trump was able to contest the election through litigation, but the insurrection was Trump’s last resort after his campaign lost more than 60 court battles challenging the results. Furthermore, Mehta wrote, Trump does not gain immunity simply because his actions touched on “matters of public concern.” The court also rejected the notion that because Trump was acquitted in his impeachment trial he gets absolution from civil cases.

Second, Mehta held that congressional plaintiffs have standing to sue since they are indisputably “officers” within the meaning of the statute. Trump tried to prevent members of Congress from carrying out their duties regarding the tabulation of electoral college votes; therefore, they can sue. Mehta also found that the plaintiffs properly set forth a claim of conspiracy to prevent Congress from performing its duties by “force, intimidation, or threat.”"

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/21/trump-civil-lawsuit-january-6-insurrection/

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"Mehta wrote:

[Trump] repeatedly tweeted false claims of election fraud and corruption, contacted state and local officials to overturn election results, and urged the Vice President to send Electoral ballots back for recertification. The President communicated directly with his supporters, inviting them to Washington, D.C., to a rally on January 6, the day of the Certification, telling them it would be “wild.” He directly participated in the rally’s planning, and his campaign funded the rally with millions of dollars. At the rally itself, the President gave a rousing speech in which he repeated the false narrative of a stolen election. The crowd responded by chanting and screaming, “Storm the Capitol,” “Invade the Capitol,” “Take the Capitol right now,” and “Fight for Trump.” Still, the President ended his speech by telling the crowd that “we fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” Almost immediately after these words, he called on rally-goers to march to the Capitol to give “pride and boldness” to reluctant lawmakers “to take back our country.” Importantly, it was the President and his campaign’s idea to send thousands to the Capitol while the Certification was underway. It was not a planned part of the rally. In fact, the permit expressly stated that it did “not authorize a march from the Ellipse.” From these alleged facts, it is at least plausible to infer that, when he called on rally-goers to march to the Capitol, the President did so with the goal of disrupting lawmakers’ efforts to certify the Electoral College votes."

 

Trump told his followers at the Ellipse that he would be with them during the march to the Capitol.

He used such a statement to convince them to march but double-crossed them later by staying at the White House and watching his riot on TV.

It's consistent with Trump's general cowardly mindset, such as mocking military veterans who actually served in combat while he obtained deferments to avoid serving.