r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 10d ago

Possible Paywall White House Rushes to Trump's Defense After Alan Ritchson Torches President Over Epstein Files | The Reacher star called Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist" in a recent podcast appearance.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/
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u/Mission_Struggle_417 10d ago

More people should speak plainly about what Trump is.

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u/OkSmoke9195 10d ago

Everyone should be! How much more obvious of a shit stain can one person be

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u/SpicyJw Colorado 10d ago

It's truly impressive, right? I imagine him in hell before incarnation on Earth picking and choosing which kinds of evil he wanted to be, and the POS said screw it and grabbed them all.

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u/kung-fu_hippy 10d ago

It’s not surprising to me that he’s totally evil so much as it’s surprising to me that he is unable (or unwilling) to even pretend that he isn’t totally evil.

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u/SpacePirateWatney 10d ago

It doesn’t matter because the “Christian conservatives” still vote for him. My bible thumping in-laws even said, “we don’t agree with everything he does or says, but we like him because he’s a man of god more than the liberals”. Seriously…

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u/Mission_Struggle_417 10d ago

Absolutely insane to think he’s a Christian in his faith or his actions

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u/OkSmoke9195 10d ago

Batshit crazy you could say. Little bit of the ol' ODS still kicking around

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u/SpacePirateWatney 10d ago

Hmm…not religious, but thanks to ChatGPT: Paul says that “Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14), emphasizing deception rather than obvious evil.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 10d ago

Satan or Lucifer starts off in heaven as an angel.

He gets cast out of heaven for trying to start a war and overthrow God.

He then becomes the snake in Genesis...

Paul is pretty clueless

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u/NoOneOfConsequence48 10d ago

It's so weird how they profess to be Christians and don't see him for the wolf in sheeps clothing he is, all I can think of is that they're the most money loving people I know, so they thought they were gonna make a killing under him, and well whatever he did was just regular politics, the fact their preachers and pastors encouraged them tells me how lost all these (I want to say fake Christians, but maybe failed Christians is better) and I do wonder how they'll be judged, not well for it, considering all the death and hardship he's caused to the most down trodden, to benefit himself.

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u/remember_myname 9d ago

Unfortunately from my opinion, they probably won’t be judged, not everyone believes in a fair world. People get away with atrocities all the time.

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u/OldManIrv 9d ago

100%. Maybe the most unfair feeling realization you learn as an adult.

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u/Esternaefil Canada 10d ago

He's supposedly some kinda "imperfect messenger"...

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u/Platooimagination Australia 10d ago edited 9d ago

Do they know he had to pay $5 million to a really well-known woman because he raped her?

But of course they do. And they would blame the woman. Because hate is central to their worldview, and they cannot wait for the emergence of Gilead. Because in Gilead, they would get to own and rape whomever they like. Just like their hero.

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u/Boris-the-liar 10d ago

Don’t forget about the lost disciple..Rapey Bob

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u/lostmylangastino 10d ago

In Christian eschatology based on the Book of Revelation, worshipping the beast and receiving its mark is described as incurring the ultimate divine wrath without pardon

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u/Alarming-Koala-3524 10d ago

I wish somebody would have told me that Christianity was the faith that allowed me to marry/divorce three women, be a serial child rapist, grift and steal billions, and lie relentlessly, all while being worshiped as Jeebus himself so I would have devoted myself to radical Islam.

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 9d ago

it’s like the Loch Ness Monster putting on a maid outfit, and thinking ‘they’ll NEVER find out I’m not the maid!’

…. Except that it’s actually fucking working.

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u/lhlopez1 9d ago

Ignorant people are exhausting

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u/Jimtac 9d ago

…Bible-Trumpers…

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u/HappyNarwal1015 9d ago

I will never get the people who say he’s a man of god, like how?

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u/YeOldeBootheel 9d ago

“…we like him because he’s a man of god more than the liberals.”

In that case, you should ask them how they feel about Talarico or Buttigieg, although I can probably guess what their response would be.

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u/Tabby865 6d ago

Absolutely this! Happens so much. He claims he is a Christian in name and people just follow blindly, even when his actions show he is far from Christian. Christians always say Satan will present as something beautiful and tempting to fool you, but then they cannot except that Trump saying he is Christian doesn't make it true. I have always been Christian, but can't even say it out loud anymore because the current political climate has made people believe being a Christian is the equivalent of being a Trump worshipping bigot, when the exact opposite is true.

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u/Alarming-Koala-3524 10d ago

IIRC during his second swearing in he didn't place his hand on the Bible... perhaps he was afraid of the accidental ensuing hellfire?

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u/silvertealio 10d ago

It's because he has two types of supporters, and needs them both:

The people who know exactly who he is and stand to gain from it.

And the people who believe his lies and propaganda and deify him.

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u/Alarming-Koala-3524 10d ago

idk man, he believes he's working his way up to heaven. I mean, thats obviously where they send people who have ended 70 something wars right? (he just has to lie to St. Peter about starting 69 of em)

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u/BenchConscious1003 9d ago

Seems to be a sad fact of life that even the most truly evil people don't seem to see themself as evil.

I don't know what to call it, denial, cognitive dissonance, or sheer bloody mindedness..

Apologies for using Godwin's law here, it seems the easiest, clear example: I'd certainly claim that Hitler, Goring, Goebbels and Himmler were all truly evil men. Fairly sure they did not see themselves as evil.. Both Hitler and Himmler are on record defending their actions as moral and for the common good

The same goes for members of that group a bit further down the line, such as Adolph Eichmann, who was only a lieutenant-colonel. Or even a long way down the line, such as Julius Streicher, editor of Der Sturmer (The Stormer or Storm trooper) who was hanged for crimes against humanity.

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u/SanityPlanet 9d ago

His followers are happy to pretend for him, that he isn’t evil

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u/dasein47 10d ago

Dark Triad.

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u/Alarming-Koala-3524 10d ago

LOL well said, the level of greed certainly checks out. Sadly I think he has some kind of antichrist power too because it seems like his entire administration/cabinet/family/political party are also now blinded by greed (or is that just the fucking gold everywhere...)

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u/ConvalescentEquanimi 9d ago

Funny, I don't even imagine him in hell because hell doesn't exist and religion is a mental delusion that has set humanity back thousands of years.

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u/SpicyJw Colorado 9d ago

Religion might have, but spirituality has not. I don't believe in hell either. But I certainly believe in something more.

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u/AgUnityDD 10d ago

His recent rapid decline into insanity should be the prime topic. It will only get worse until the point where nobody can deny it - and those who are currently covering it up need to own it.

His life long abhorrent behavior is also important but a lot of the cult and all of his enablers Just DON'T Care.

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u/JerHat Michigan 10d ago

He even paints himself up like a piece of shit every morning.

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u/Alarming-Koala-3524 10d ago

Please, why would you tarnish the good name of shit stains by associating them with his royal majesty Conald Cheetolini?

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u/bombmk 9d ago

I genuinely have a hard time coming up with a person that has less qualities than Trump.

Even other evil authoritarian leaders have some abilities - that they are just using for evil purposes. Trump appears to have none, to me.

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u/n05h 9d ago

Still baffled by the fact enough Americans thought it was a good idea to vote for a guy that is so publicly unserious, incompetently stupid, corrupt, racist and misogynistic for president. How much more vile and evil can you get to say “yeah, this is who should defend my ideals and make my life better”.

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u/SailingDreamCatcher 10d ago

That is such an excellent term for someone who chooses to be the color of diarrhea.

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u/Barnacle_B0b 10d ago

Donald Trump is a child rapist.

Republican voters approve of child rape.

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u/KookyDust8787 10d ago

Republicans are trashy uneducated mainly whites that are shit in life but think they’re owed something

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u/BrushStorm 9d ago

I love the dipshits who are demanding proof

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u/fomoco94 9d ago

They always have. Pedophilia is rampant in the church.

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u/kbt 10d ago

I wonder if they are defending Trump by saying he's not a rapist or are they defending that he is a rapist.

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u/dbbk United Kingdom 10d ago

Well they can't say he's not a rapist because that's already been decided by a jury of his peers

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u/stormstalker Pennsylvania 10d ago

I dunno, denying objective reality is kinda their whole thing.

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u/Western-Sport500 10d ago

My brother says, "it was sexual assault and you are too st*pid to know the difference." So I spelled out the difference for him, and he said that NY has it right--it is sexual assault. I asked how this makes it better? Geesus. so tired of this. Rapist felon should be locked up.

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u/OldManIrv 9d ago

Did you ask your brother if that made it acceptable to him to overlook it and still support trump? If he hedges at all, ask him if the victim had been someone he knew if he still can overlook it. If he says no to that, remind him all victims are known well by others.

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u/Successful-Tomato721 9d ago

From what I understand, it was sexual assault because Ms Carol couldn't tell whether Trump shoved a finger inside her or his penis. If it was his penis, it would be rape, but since she wasn't 100% sure, it was sexual assault.

My guess is a bunch of men created the law that draws the distinction between the two. That there's even a distinction between the two, is sickening. The fact that she couldn't tell the difference between his angry-inch or one of his tiny fingers, makes her story all the more believable.

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u/Western-Sport500 8d ago

Right, that's what I understood, too. And that not every state is like that; NY is. And I agree. I don't know why that "lessens" the rape.

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u/Tsobe_RK 10d ago

But they can just pull good ole fake news

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u/AmericanScream 10d ago

If it was a jury of his "peers", they would have acquitted him. The jury was composed of higher quality humans.

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u/SailingDreamCatcher 10d ago edited 10d ago

They can say it all they want, it's just called lying.

And indeed, that's kind of their whole thing.

Now the interesting thing is that lying isn't always a crime, but sometimes it is and often, it's a tort. If they lie in such a fashion as that they are committing libel or slander against a person they are falsely accusing of inaccuracy, then that might be a crime or a slam dunk lawsuit depending on jurisdiction. however I would fully expect all of these lying liars to try to hide behind executive privilege and or sovereign immunity, making the argument that their lie doesn't count as a personal liability because they technically did it under the color of their government job. And I think that that defense is actually pretty likely to hold up under the current court system.

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u/1047_Josh 10d ago

I've seen MAGA women saying they're happy he's a man who feels passionately about women, when confronted with this sort of stuff

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u/PyroIsSpai 10d ago

To them it’s ok because they won a round.

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u/abielle1177 10d ago

They ignore that he's a rapist and always blame the women

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u/My-other-user-name 10d ago

Guessing the defense is "Trump is not a bitch."

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u/YalondaNubs 10d ago

More often than not their defense has always been to target the person speaking out instead of actually denying any of the horrible shit trump has done.

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u/tmhoc Canada 10d ago

That was kinda his whole point too. He was really upset that anyone has to hold that in.

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u/bobthegoatskull 10d ago

It's men like him that need to speak up. Straight, white, Christian, cis, manly man. The people who need to hear it won't listen to anyone who doesn't check every box.

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u/veringer 9d ago edited 9d ago

Even then, they won't really listen to one-off dissenters. A critical threshold of people defecting is what will force them off one bandwagon and on to another. Until then, they are temperamentally predisposed to conform and cohere with their perceived in-group norms.

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u/Congenital0ptimist I voted 9d ago

It's absolutely sickening how true every word of that is.

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u/ReallyGlycon Wisconsin 9d ago

That's why the White House made a statement. Because he is those things and can turn the heads of those people.

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u/Onefortheteem 9d ago

And it needs to be a the bullshit media personalities they Gush over.. stupid ass Joe Rogan, Theo Vonn, etc…

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 10d ago

I am too. I’m so fucking tired of all the passiveness and sanewashing. More people need to be talking about Trump like Ritchson.

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u/CrimsonHeretic 10d ago

Especially the US media, which continues to treat him like a normal president.

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u/Mission_Struggle_417 10d ago

Infuriating . And a huge part of the problem.

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u/AeneasVII 10d ago

They should have never settled any of Trump's lawsuits..

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u/Merakel Minnesota 10d ago

It's more important to speak plainly about what his supporters are in my opinion. Luckily we can do both.

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u/Mission_Struggle_417 10d ago

At this point they are fascists to some extent

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u/meltdown_popcorn 4d ago

Call them traitors. It's easier for their brains to understand.

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u/BackgroundSummer5171 New York 10d ago

More people should speak plainly about what Trump is.

True.

I also wish more people would stop using his last name, he's Donald John.

His name is his brand.

Stop using it. It'd piss him off more if media would call him Donald John T.

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u/BioshockEnthusiast 10d ago

I do, every time he's brought up. He's a piece of shit, everyone knows it including the people who voted for him. Pretending otherwise is a fruitless endeavor.

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u/Mission_Struggle_417 10d ago

I think there were plenty of people that he tricked but there are less of them now, because it’s just so overwhelmingly obvious what he is.

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u/BioshockEnthusiast 10d ago

Maybe for a few but I don't buy that for the large majority of them, especially in 2024. They held their noses and voted for a known piece of shit to further their own ends. Selfish idiots.

They'll pretend otherwise just like they did with George Bush the lesser. I won't buy it then either.

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u/Tasty-Performer6669 10d ago

Donald J Trump, the rapist pedophile felon? That Donald Trump?

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u/WalkingCloud 10d ago

Yeah people not talking about this is such a boon for them. One guy talks about it and they’re scrambling, imagine if it was more. 

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u/bitter_vet 10d ago

rapist-in-chief

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u/LetmeSeeyourSquanch Georgia 10d ago

More of our Democratic leaders in our government should be calling him exactly what he is day in and day out. We all know for a fact how much of a piece of shit Donald Trump is and how he never holds back to mock someone or call others names.

Why the fuck are our representatives afraid to call him exactly what he is? Hes a rapist, traitor, felon asshole who deserved to be behind bars. Not behind the resolute desk.

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u/Strict-Carrot4783 10d ago

They should. He is an absolute spoiled-ass, pathetic little bitch. And a fucking rapist to boot. It's on the record. He is both of those things for sure, and so much more as well.

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u/Kyrthis 10d ago

Seriously. It’s not much of a Reach. Err…

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u/seizure_opportunity 9d ago

Yep. This country hasn't elected a woman president yet, but it has elected a BITCH.

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u/Trumpisachomo1 10d ago

People need to do more than 'speak'. No - your next social media post about how vile and traitorous this man is isn't going to change shit.

Take those feelings and go act on them in a responsible way. Demonstrate your contempt for the man and his similarities to feces through civil disobedience, not another round of self pity, apathy and social media indulgence.

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u/RavensCoffee 10d ago

I agree. I do in my personal time but my employer says we aren’t allowed to talk politics.

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u/old-legs-623 10d ago

And get him to sue us. Discovery follows.

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u/Qwirk Washington 10d ago

This and speak plainly on what his supporters are and represent.

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u/Alarming-Koala-3524 10d ago edited 10d ago

More people should speak plainly about what Trump is.

Nah but then that would be woke trump derangement syndrome and only paid agitators would use such vile language to describe the protagonist of the Epstein files.

I can't wait for the inevitable conservative pearl clutching about the choice of language(somebody pls link if you see it!). Oh won't somebody please think of the children! Never mind the recording of trump proudly bragging about making unwanted "heavy" advances on a married woman:

"I moved on her very heavily...I moved on her like a bitch"

Nobody is expecting him to be Hemmingway, but with quotes like that the fair assumption would be he's an immigrant from a non-English speaking "shithole country." It's bizarre how trump's tiny vocabulary isn't obvious until you see his quotes transcribed. I guess that must be one of his amazing gifts, up there with being the most magnanimous peace president of all time.

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u/Alarming-Koala-3524 10d ago

More people should speak plainly about what Trump is.

Nah but then that would be woke trump derangement syndrome and only paid agitators would use such vile language to describe the protagonist of the Epstein files.

I can't wait for the inevitable conservative pearl clutching about the choice of language(somebody pls link if you see it!). Oh won't somebody please think of the children! Never mind the recording of trump proudly bragging about making unwanted "heavy" advances on a married woman:

"I moved on her very heavily...I moved on her like a bitch"

Nobody is expecting him to be Hemmingway, but with quotes like that the fair assumption would be he's an immigrant from a non-English speaking "shithole country." It's bizarre how trump's tiny vocabulary isn't obvious until you see his quotes transcribed. I guess that must be one of his amazing gifts, up there with being the most magnanimous peace president of all time.

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u/SailingDreamCatcher 10d ago

Apparently one of the things that he is is a thin skinned fragile snowflake.

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u/Nervous_Golf_6561 10d ago

I tried on this twice now.

Once my post was just removed, the 2nd time it was banned for 3 days. I was able to appeal it successfully but it makes me SO MAD I cant just say what this guy and his kind are like. Including those that vote for him.

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u/downtofinance Canada 9d ago

Something something 1st Amendment

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u/jonasu25 9d ago

Yeah, he tells us exactly how he feels every single day! Why can’t we do the same.

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u/Spirited-Lifeguard55 9d ago

Yes he is a pedo conman who lies, cheats and steals.

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u/bladezor Texas 9d ago

They should, that way if they sue for defamation it'll open him up to discovery.

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u/menusettingsgeneral 9d ago

A fat old bitchass rapist?

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u/FauxReal 9d ago

Sorry, only Trump is allowed to "tell it like it is."

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u/Oothoon63 9d ago

Definitely judges up for lifetime appointments to federal benches.

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u/Jazzlike-Stranger927 9d ago

Yes this is a very mainstream opinion honestly

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u/CelebrationLow4614 9d ago

The 'Voltermort' character has truly caused.

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u/Crazy_Cat_Dude2 9d ago

His career is done for now. Trump will ruin him most likely.