What does the future hold for Donald Trump? - threadbans in OP

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121441119#Comment_121441119

Doesn't bear thinking about.

everlast75

I have a theory that Trump and the modern day GOP will only promote someone who has the proverbial skeleton in their closet.

That way, they can be controlled with the threat to play ball, or else.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121441344#Comment_121441344

Skeletons in closets aren't what they used to be though.

everlast75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121441355#Comment_121441355

Ask Lindsey Graham...

Cody montana

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121440828#Comment_121440828

This guy was very loathsome on twitter.

How many of them have been exposed at this stage?

duploelabs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121441494#Comment_121441494

This list is old and is only the nonce ones but gives you an idea

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman* was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks* was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

Republican preacher Stephen White*, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

Republican politician Andrew Buhr* was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

Republican County Councilman Keola Childs* pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter* pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall* was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young.

Republican state senator Ralph Shortey from Oklahoma admitted to being involved in sodomy with a 17 year old male prostitute and transporting child pornography.

Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in jail for the payments he made to cover up raping his wrestlers when he was a high school coach.

Republican Judge and campaign official Tim Nolan for President Donald Trump indicted for human trafficking and forcing a minors (9) to engage in sexual activity and giving alcohol to minors (results from the court pending).

Brief_Lives

holy sh1t

ghostfacekilla

I have a sneaking suspicion team Biden will choose a different VP for the second term run.

Hoop66

never mind...

francois

Santos expelled 311-114 votes in favour

https://twitter.com/SusanLiTV/status/1730619561144152412

VinLieger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121442956#Comment_121442956

Fantastic, although its a bit sad that we wont be subject to his absolute ridiculousness anymore.

Leroy42

So Santos lies to get himself elected and gets kicked out of the house. Tellingly, the majority of GOP didn't vote to expel him.

But what is the difference between Santos lying and Trump? Santos must be feeling pretty hard done by

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121441344#Comment_121441344

It would have to be one whopper of a skeleton. I mean, Trump accused of numerous sexual assaults, sleeping with porn stars, watersports in Russian hotels, fraud and insurrection, and he's still the poster boy.

Its like in Blackadder.

Blackadder: Now then; criminal record...

Baldrick : Absolutely not.

Blackadder : Oh, come on, Baldrick, you're going to be an MP, for God's sake! I'll just put fraud and sexual deviancy. Now; minimum bribe level...

^^That used to be a joke, now its a reality.

At this point the skeleton would have to be that the person really IS as squeaky clean as they pretend to be.

PropJoe10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121443091#Comment_121443091

The Speaker and other House GOP leaders voted to keep him in Congress. They have absolutely zero moral compass. Disgusting shower.

VinLieger

Majority down to 8

Quin_Dub

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121443292#Comment_121443292

Well - Hard for them to vote him out for lying when they do it themselves about the 2020 election and the "Biden Crime family" etc. etc.

As awful as Santos is , is he really worse or a bigger threat to the system than inveterate liars like Comer and Jordan??

nachouser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121442226#Comment_121442226

If they don't go with Newsom, they deserve to lose to Trump.

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121443616#Comment_121443616

Clearly a lesser threat.

I wonder if the slimmer majority might be consequential if it strengthens small caucuses within the "GOP"

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121443715#Comment_121443715

American Liberalism is so tangled up in itself, there's no way the Democrats will risk the optics of replacing a black woman with a white man, no matter how well regarded Newsom. Even if he's the right candidate the American Left never misses a chance to eat its own tail; though that said, Harris does seem singularly unpopular as VPs go.

nachouser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6zE1VQC9Hc

Two months old or so I know, but hey. He seems like a pretty sensible guy. They're f*cked if they don't go with him as a back-pocket VP to replace Biden.

briany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121443790#Comment_121443790

If Biden dumped Harris, Fox News would suddenly become America's greatest advocates of racial diversity in politics.

Bass Reeves

Bad day for Donald

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67596702

And as well

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1202/1419710-trump-case/

Stanley 1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121441119#Comment_121441119

Picking mushrooms

Igotadose

TFG says the quiet part out loud:

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1731063712637727061

Epic fail (well, maybe a fail)

looksee

Or maybe he meant what he said. Given his use of terms like Communist, Fascist, etc to mean whatever he wants them to mean, maybe actual words don't matter, all he needs is a few dog whistles and his word salad drone in-between.

Cody montana

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121449781#Comment_121449781

I genuinely think he’s losing it. Mentally.

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121450125#Comment_121450125

Losing it? I reckon he lost it long ago.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121449781#Comment_121449781

I presume what he meant to say was a war in the sense of MAGA protecting it - but, yeah. The subconscious probably snuck through there.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121450125#Comment_121450125

He clearly has some cognitive issues, whether it's age related or simply the rumoured cocktail of drugs he's taking in lieu of sleep.

briany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121449781#Comment_121449781

I listened to that clip with more context and it sounds like he was talking about his political opponents accusing him of waging war on American democracy, or him accusing them of same, but in his usual rambling trip-over-words way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw_K0puof1I

Dumb, yes. Freudian slip? Possibly. But I'd rather people focus on the things where he stone-cold knew what he was saying, and can't really wriggle out of it by claiming left-wing/liberal hysteria. I still find it chilling that he said in 2020 that the only way he was going to lose the election was if it was rigged. He was knowingly undermining faith in the democratic process, and sowing the seeds of public disorder for no other reason than his ego. That was pretty dystopian.

ghostfacekilla

Doug Burgum is out. Weird that Asa Hutchinson is still in, he may be angling for a cabinet position. Next up is Christie and Ramaswamy. I could see Christie stay in it just to raise the profile of Trump's toxicity amongst the moderates and undecided, but doubts are there on whether he'll meet the polling requirements for the next debate. If he doesn't, I'd say that will be his cue to fold. Ramaswamy is definitely not in this for the presidency. He's most likely in it to sell Kushner inspired access to the WH and add to his profile and wealh. I can't see him folding, unless he is asked to by DJT. RDS is going to have to fold if Haley is going to have any sort of chance against Trump. Ron dropping out will give her momentum, but I'd be fairly certain many of the De Santis voters would vote for Trump over Haley.