Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Poopymonster]

Federal government to pay for coronavirus vaccine for all Americans--Because I think we all need a little bit of good news for a change.

Stay safe, folks.

Anyone care to place money on it being only for the first X number of people (Yay human trials), AND it comes with a waiver absolving Fly By Night Industries of any wrongdoings when things go wrong?

[Felya]

He was probably more afraid of the wind being a portent of a teenager and her little dog dropping a house on him.

It’s the hair...

[Antiganon]

Unless it's a mask with a political message, you're going to the polls, and your state has a law against campaigning at polling places.

This was in reference to national mask mandate issued by Biden, making the election no longer relevant.

And anti-electioneering laws have been tested and upheld before on the grounds that it can constitute voter Intimidation.

[Breccia]

Remember Operation Warp Speed? Commmander Donald "Sparce Force" Trump's name for getting the vaccine out there?

Redfield says it will take $6 billion.

States have $340 million.

[Felya]

Remember Operation Warp Speed? Commmander Donald "Sparce Force" Trump's name for getting the vaccine out there?

Redfield says it will take $6 billion.

States have $340 million.

Trojan horse of socialist medicine!

[Breccia]

Trojan horse of socialist medicine!

It's not socialism, it's just the US govt deciding which vaccine people get, using an emergency authorization for buying them all, distributing to people in the order they see fit by...oh right, that's exactly socialism.

What will the farmers think? Oh, right, them too.

[eschatological]

You also assuming the SC doesn't grow a couple spots.

Biden has already committed to a 6 month bipartisan committee to "explore reforming the judicial system," so I doubt it would happen before next summer. Even if the committee unanimously says "expand the court" that'd come out in June, he might get the law passed by July, and only start nominating people in the early fall.

I can understand him wanting to "lay the groundwork" to make the expansion more legitimate....but yeah...it's gonna be too little too late, at least in re: COVID.

[Breccia]

Even if Trump breaks a promise he shouldn't have made, he doesn't get credit -- because he still broke a promise, and he made a promise he shouldn't have.

The latest example?

So Trump sent out an email to his donors talking about a big party at his DC hotel, and One Lucky Winner will get to join him for free!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand about that, Not only is the party apparently canceled, well more specifically Trump won't be there despite promising he would be, but the DC mayor said this was the first they'd heard of it when asked.

"So you're saying Trump expects to lose, and doesn't want to do it in public?"

Actually no, Trump continues to send the message that he'll not only win bigly, but also, anything that says he loses is Fake News and illegal. I think the party's going to be shut down because it goes past 50 people, and Trump can't stop it.

The latest report is Trump will instead stay at his campaign headquarters, the White House.

[Orange Joe]

I keep reading this over and over. Is this a meme, or is this a possibility?

It's a possibility, The SC started with only 6 people and then was increased to 9. No reason it can't be expanded to 13.

How likely the possibility is, is another discussion.

[pathora44]

So Trump tried to freeze his supporters in Omaha and now he is trying to cook his supporters in Tampa Bay. I would ask with friends like these who needs enemies but then I remember that Trumpsters are stupid enough to get back up and ask for another when they get slapped in the face.

Mary Papenfuss·Trends Reporter, HuffPost
Fri, October 30, 2020, 1:32 AM MDT·4 mins read

At least a dozen people who were overcome by heat during Donald Trump’s rally in Tampa, Florida Thursday, were taken to a local hospital, authorities reported.

Although 17 people needed medical attention, some were treated at the scene, fire department officials told NBC News. One person who was transported to an area hospital had fainted and another suffered a seizure. Details of other conditions were not immediately determined.

A fire truck sprayed water into the air to rain down on rallygoers and keep them cool. At one point, Trump asked the crowd if the spray was coming from “friend or foe,” adding: “If they’re foe, let’s take care of those sons of bitches.”

Many of the packed, mostly maskless supporters had been waiting for hours in the 87-degree heat outside the Raymond James Stadium:

It was the third version of a health scare at a Trump rally in recent weeks.

On Tuesday, 30 people at a rally at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, needed medical attention after they were stranded for hours in the cold waiting for late Trump campaign buses to pick them up following the president’s speech. Seven people were taken to area hospitals with a “variety of medical ailments,” officials told HuffPost.

Authorities in a number of cities have also reported COVID-19 spikes suspected of being linked to Trump rallies, where supporters failed to social distance or wear masks. Five counties ― two in Minnesota, two in Pennsylvania and one in Wisconsin ― experienced a surge in coronavirus cases following Trump campaign rallies, according to an analysis from USA Today.

Much of the nation is already experiencing record increases in coronavirus cases as the nation’s death toll Thursday neared 229,000.

Critics have compared the health scares at Trump’s rallies to his administration’s lack of concern — or action — to help Americans battling the pandemic.

In a joint rally appearance with the president in Tampa, first lady Melania Trump insisted that “health care for every citizen remains a priority” for her husband, even as his administration works to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.

On Tuesday in Pennsylvania, she told a crowd that he has “a very big heart.”

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/flori...073210785.html

[Adam Jensen]

Trump postpones a NC rally until Monday because wind.

"Look, I had people nearly freeze to death, and some pass out from heat exhaustion," Trump didn't say but I'm pretending he did. "Seriously, I'm one earthquake away from having Captain Planet, Thrall and/or Aang show up and kick my ass."

I would pay good money to see Avatar Aang kick Trump's ass.

"I have removed your ability to tweet"

[pathora44]

Trump postpones a NC rally until Monday because wind.

"Look, I had people nearly freeze to death, and some pass out from heat exhaustion," Trump didn't say but I'm pretending he did. "Seriously, I'm one earthquake away from having Captain Planet, Thrall and/or Aang show up and kick my ass."

Trump only postponed the rally because no amount of toupee tape is going to save his rug of a hair piece from upwards of 50mph winds.

[kaelleria]

It's a possibility, The SC started with only 6 people and then was increased to 9. No reason it can't be expanded to 13.

How likely the possibility is, is another discussion.

It can also be shrunk too..

Dastardly plan - shrink it to 6 then expand it to 13,15,17. ILIKEBEER and Amy Covid Bearer are kicked off.

[Ripster42]

And anti-electioneering laws have been tested and upheld before on the grounds that it can constitute voter Intimidation.

My point was that you shouldn't risk getting booted out of line because you want to wear some party's slogan on your mask, not complaining about the laws.

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It's a possibility, The SC started with only 6 people and then was increased to 9. No reason it can't be expanded to 13.

How likely the possibility is, is another discussion.

6, down to 5, moved slowly to 10, then decreased to 7, followed by an increase to 9. There's currently a ~140 year old law setting the court at 9 justices, but that's not exactly a "reason" it can't be expanded, just an additional hurdle.

[Breccia]

Trump has complained about the weather at the last few places he's been to. Always either too hot, or too cold.

Well, he's the one that decided to have outdoor rallies in late fucking October. What did he expect?

"Probably not the heat wave."

Dude lives in Florida. He should have expected the heat.

At least he/his campaign canceled the one in gale-force winds. Joking about his rug aside, that could easily have hurt yet more people.

[Adam Jensen]

It can also be shrunk too..

Dastardly plan - shrink it to 6 then expand it to 13,15,17. ILIKEBEER and Amy Covid Bearer are kicked off.

Pass legislation saying SCOTUS judges = # of appellate circuit courts

Then state that no party can have more than a simple majority on the court (meaning Republicans can have no more than 7 of 13 seats.)

I do like the idea of getting Boofing Brett and OfJesse kicked off the court though . . .

[kaelleria]

Pass legislation saying SCOTUS judges = # of appellate circuit courts

Then state that no party can have more than a simple majority on the court (meaning Republicans can have no more than 7 of 13 seats.)

I do like the idea of getting rid of Boofing Brett and OfJesse kicked off the court though . . .

Unfortunately they'd still be federal judges for life. Realistically we need to expand the number of federal judges too.

[PhaelixWW]

And now, Trump tweets about the election:

The Supreme Court rules that all absentee ballots must be counted in NC and PA and it’s described as a win for Democrats. But it’s a win for America. The fact that Republicans think it’s a loss for them tells you everything you need to know.

#VOTE

And that's... wait... <checks the tweet> Oh, right, that makes sense; it's from Mary Trump.

[PhaelixWW]

Naturally, the other Trump thought different.

Trump: "Can you imagine what will happen during that nine day period."

Biden: Democracy. <micdrop>

[kaelleria]

-snip-

Betting markets are dumb when it comes to politics. Pass it on.

Might I remind you they had Hillary as rated more likely to be president than Trump, Sanders or Biden during the 2020 primary...