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| W12 14 Jun 22 11.15am | |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Interesting that no-one is commenting on the ongoing Congressional hearings into the Capitol riot. A hearing which heard both Bill Barr, the AJ and Bill Stepien, Trump's former campaign manager, give some pretty damning testimony yesterday. Trump's response? An 11 page blast, accusing the hearing of being a "Kangaroo Court" (it isn't a Court) and repeating all his baseless claims. Looks to me as though the wheels are coming off and the cliff edge approaches. His "base" will continue to disbelieve that, of course, but they aren't enough to save him. It's going to be interesting to see how the right-wing media handle this. It looks so deranged and out of touch with reality that to try to defend it would destroy any credibility they retain with anyone other than the very gullible. Is this lack of interest due to people now recognising that Trump is yesterday's man and no longer worth bothering with? What were these "baseless claims"?
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BlueJay  UK 14 Jun 22 11.28am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Is this lack of interest due to people now recognising that Trump is yesterday's man and no longer worth bothering with? I didn't ever think Trump would be indicted but I'd say its a 50/50 shot now. In terms of efforts to get Raffensperger to help him overturn results it looks fairly damning, and thats without his other issues. It he emerges unscathed though, he's likely to run again, as it's not like there's many hard hitters (on the dem or republican side really). Edited by BlueJay (14 Jun 2022 11.29am)
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 Wisbech Eagle  Truro Cornwall 14 Jun 22 11.35am |
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Originally posted by W12
What were these "baseless claims"? Listen to Bill Barr's testimony. He ought to know!
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 14 Jun 22 11.39am |
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Originally posted by BlueJay
I didn't ever think Trump would be indicted but I'd say its a 50/50 shot now. In terms of efforts to get Raffensperger to help him overturn results it looks fairly damning, and thats without his other issues. It he emerges unscathed though, he's likely to run again, as it's not like there's many hard hitters (on the dem or republican side really). Edited by BlueJay (14 Jun 2022 11.29am) I think he is too damaged now to stand a chance of succeeding, so it would depend on how stupid the voters were in the Primaries on whether he got the GOP nomination, or stood as an independent and really handed it to the Dems.
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| W12 14 Jun 22 12.32pm | |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Listen to Bill Barr's testimony. He ought to know! Give me one?
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| BlueJay UK 14 Jun 22 12.58pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I think he is too damaged now to stand a chance of succeeding, so it would depend on how stupid the voters were in the Primaries on whether he got the GOP nomination, or stood as an independent and really handed it to the Dems. "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" Trump said at a 2016 campaign stop in Iowa. "It's, like, incredible."
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 14 Jun 22 1.37pm |
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Originally posted by BlueJay
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" Trump said at a 2016 campaign stop in Iowa. "It's, like, incredible." It's the American dream.
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| Stirlingsays 14 Jun 22 1.38pm |
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The Democrats are desperate. Their management of the economy is a joke and all they really are concerned about are exaggerated myths over January 6th. If they actually succeeded in stopping Trump from running DeSantis still takes them to the cleaners. All they are doing is increasing polarisation amongst their own and Republican activists......In fact that appears the only thing they can successfully do. Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Jun 2022 1.42pm)
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 14 Jun 22 1.38pm |
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Originally posted by W12
Give me one? I have. Click on the link I gave, find the extract from the Bill Barr testimony. That's enough.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 14 Jun 22 1.40pm |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
It's the American dream. If it succeeded again, it would be a nightmare, and clear evidence of the USA's terminal decline.
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| ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 14 Jun 22 1.44pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
The Democrats are desperate. Their management of the economy is a joke and all they really are concerned about are exaggerated myths over January 6th. If they actually succeeded in stopping Trump from running DeSantis still takes them to the cleaners. All they are doing is increasing polarisation amongst their own and Republican activists. They're known as the do nothing party now: if they do anything it just looks bad or goes wrong. Making the Tories look like safe hands.
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| BlueJay UK 14 Jun 22 1.49pm |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
It's the American dream. Isnt it just! Zero accountability, zero standard. Regardless of politics that's where polarisation has got them. In too deep with their echo chambers that they want a SIMs, Grand Theft Auto hybrid as real life. The stay at home armchair activists licking their lips. Thankfully it's hard to join a civil war if you're almost bedbound.
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