Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Draco-Onis]

I'm of two minds on this.
Despite how he voted McConnell spoke the truth. I'm leery of any penalty for stating such.
On the other hand, if the GOP gains an incompetent fool to run things I woukd feel a certain satisfaction similar to Trump Tower imploding. But then again...if said fool were to create more dissension...

Just not sure...the big problem is while McConnell is shrewd, he lacks the magnetism of a truly populist leader.

McConnell speech was sorely to please the donors and he is having trouble raising money from corporations who don't want their names attached to the party of proud boys and Marjorie Taylor Greene. On the other hand though as Trump has demonstrated the suckers that make his bases are more than willing to give millions of dollars to candidates who lie to them.

I don't see how the two sides can co-exist together ultimately I see a Lindsey Graham taking over as leader of the senate as Trump strengthens his grip on the party. McConnell tried to split the difference he couldn't because "traditional conservatives" spent the last five years bending over for Trump it's too late for them to have "morals".

[Breccia]

US troops to remain in DC because Trump supporters are so into conspiracy theories, they're worried about violence on March 4.

Yep, because Trump supporters are so divorced from reality that
a) they think Trump won
b) they already tried violence to this end before
c) they get into every conspiracy theory they've ever heard

5,000 US troops will remain in DC until this deadline passes. So when someone, probably a Trump supporter, says "Hey Biden doesn't support the troops, bring them home!" please remind these Trump supporter that they're the reason the troops are in DC.

They are not expecting issues fromi BLM, illegal immigrants, or Antifa.

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DeSantis prepares plan to vaccinate his whitest supporters.

No, really.

Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to move a pop-up vaccination clinic that his state has set up in an affluent community in Manatee County after he was confronted with allegations of political favoritism and preference for the wealthy at a news conference Wednesday.

Manatee County announced on Tuesday that Florida's Division of Emergency Management would host a "pop-up" vaccination spot at Lakewood Ranch this week for 3,000 Manatee County residents, according to a statement from the county.

The vaccines, however, would be limited to people living in only two zip codes -- 34202 and 34211.

Manatee County Commissioner Misty Servia, a Republican, criticized the selection of these two areas at a Board of County Commissioners work session on Tuesday.

"You're taking the Whitest demographic, the richest demographic in Manatee County and putting them ahead of everyone else," Servia said. "The optics are bad ... very bad -- I'm really disappointed," she added.

Commissioner Reggie Bellamy, a Democrat, also noted that he's been "fighting like hell to show people that the (vaccine) lottery is equal and we cannot compromise the system."

"And now all of a sudden someone is telling me that we were able to go in and pull names out -- pull a certain demographic out -- and say, 'These are the people that we're going to serve,'" he added at the Tuesday meeting.

Board of County Commissioners Chair Vanessa Baugh, a Republican who is a strong supporter of DeSantis, said that the clinic "was done strictly by the governor who called Rex Jensen ... they wanted to do a pop up session in Lakewood Ranch."

Jensen is the CEO of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, the parent company of Lakewood Ranch, according to the company's website. The development is an affluent community that boasts new home prices "from the $180,000s to more than $1 million," according to its website.

DeSantis is defending the move by saying "it's not because they're white, it's because they're old and white". He then threatened to pull the plug entirely because people were upset that he was being so overtly racist.

[Felya]

US troops to remain in DC because Trump supporters are so into conspiracy theories, they're worried about violence on March 4.

They are going to point at troops gathering for the 4th, as evidence that Trump is taking over... just like they did on inauguration. It’s a snake eating it’s own tail...

[Edge-]

They are going to point at troops gathering for the 4th, as evidence that Trump is taking over... just like they did on inauguration. It’s a snake eating it’s own tail...

I'm still waiting for them to share pictures of Chief Justice Roberts, locked up in his cell in Guacamole Bay.

[Benggaul]

71,640 new cases; 2,537 deaths, bringing the total to 502,544. I've been saying since Monday that the weather has been affecting the numbers and today Texas has confirmed it:

Winter weather is affecting the reporting of new COVID-19 cases and fatalities across many jurisdictions. New case counts will be artificially low until reporting resumes.
Labs/Testing data were not able to be updated today due to power outages. Updates will resume when conditions permit.

To a lesser degree it's affecting other parts of the country, though Texas certainly seems to be the most affected by it at present. Don't mess with Texas! Because they'll--uh...restore power to the richer neighborhoods first and really fucking drag their feet otherwise, I guess.

I'll continue the short reports until things normalize a bit which probably won't really be until next week, let's be honest. Florida's daily total topped the list at over 7k, for what it's worth. Fuck Florida.

Stay warm, folks.

[Ursus]

DeSantis is defending the move by saying "it's not because they're white, it's because they're old and white". He then threatened to pull the plug entirely because people were upset that he was being so overtly racist.

Reminds me of a certain orange person who threatened to not send the vaccine to certain states because their governors weren't nice to him. Probably where he got the idea from.

[Benggaul]

They are going to point at troops gathering for the 4th, as evidence that Trump is taking over... just like they did on inauguration. It’s a snake eating it’s own tail...

Actually, they all appear to be blaming Biden for the troops being there, saying that he's "forcing" them to stay there the entire year.

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5,000 US troops will remain in DC until this deadline passes. So when someone, probably a Trump supporter, says "Hey Biden doesn't support the troops, bring them home!" please remind these Trump supporter that they're the reason the troops are in DC.

They already are and I already did. You can guess how well that went over.

[Edge-]

Reminds me of a certain orange person who threatened to not send the vaccine to certain states because their governors weren't nice to him. Probably where he got the idea from.

Related, but I almost fell out of my chair laughing when Gaetz suggested a DeSantis run in 2024. Like, at this point I wonder if he'd even be able win his own state, the latest numbers appear to be 42:46 favorable/unfavorable in FL.

https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/article...ction-poll.php

These folks truly live in an alternate reality.

[Breccia]

The US is no longer the EU's biggest trading partner.

It's China.

"Trade wars are good, and easy to win!" -- a loser

[Kellhound]

The US is no longer the EU's biggest trading partner.

It's China.

"Trade wars are good, and easy to win!" -- a loser

That is what happens when you let manufacturing slip away to China for decades.

[Xyonai]

...At least he had the self-awareness not to make things worse.

I think you spoke too soon: Cruz and his family have left Texas for a vacation in Cancun. To enjoy a sunny getaway while thousands of his constituents go without power in freezing temperatures.

[DarkTZeratul]

They are going to point at troops gathering for the 4th, as evidence that Trump is taking over... just like they did on inauguration. It’s a snake eating it’s own tail...

Hey, if it means they decide they don't need to help and stay home...

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That is what happens when you let manufacturing slip away to China for decades.

This is what happens when you pile a shitload of tariffs on China and the EU with absolutely no fucking plan whatsoever for how to actually utilize them to achieve any sort of positive end result.

[Elegiac]

That is what happens when you let manufacturing slip away to China for decades.

Because as we all know, the EU remains a manufacturing hub and this clearly isn't the result of the US engaging in a silly and pointless trade war to please ignorant people who think Andrew Jackson did nothing wrong but call Rachel Maddow a war criminal. Lol.

[Breccia]

I think you spoke too soon:

Because of course I did. To be fair, I understand his motivation. Cowardice. I wouldn't want to face my voters, either.

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Remember when Trump said "What do you have to lose?" trying to get the African-American vote?

Well, we found out.

Last year was the deadliest year in US history as counted by total deaths (not proportionally).

US life expectency drops a full fucking year. It's the biggest drop since WWII, and the only drop from a pandemic since 1918. Life expectency for an African-American dropped 2.7 years -- that's "what do you have to lose?" right there.

And it could get worse. This data only covers the first half of 2020.

Trump is a literal plague, and "kiled the second most Americans since literal Nazis" needs to be stamped on his record in every history book ever made.

[Felya]

That is what happens when you let manufacturing slip away to China for decades.

That happened in the 80s... The trade war and Trump’s disdain for making deals, happened 40 years after that...

[Elegiac]

Fox confirms that Raphael Cruz (Q-TX) flew to Cancun with his family while Texas is freezing to death.

See when America sends its people to Mexico, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing insurrectionists. They're bringing mullets. They're liars. And some, I assume, are good people. /s

[bladeXcrasher]

Just started snowing here again an hour ago, and isn't forecast to stop until 4pm. Fuck Cruz.

[Ursus]

I think you spoke too soon: Cruz and his family have left Texas for a vacation in Cancun. To enjoy a sunny getaway while thousands of his constituents go without power in freezing temperatures.

Cruz suntans while Texas freezes. It's a shame he's not up for re-election until 2024.

His spokesperson claims that Cruz is scheduled to fly back to Houston this afternoon. I hope there is a nice, friendly mob of people waiting at the airport to welcome him back.

[Shadowferal]

I hope there is a nice, friendly mob of people waiting at the airport to welcome him back.

He'll just call them insurrectionists.

[cubby]

Cruz suntans while Texas freezes. It's a shame he's not up for re-election until 2024.

His spokesperson claims that Cruz is scheduled to fly back to Houston this afternoon. I hope there is a nice, friendly mob of people waiting at the airport to welcome him back.

I can't believe this asshat lost to Beto.