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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's not about sex with the pool boy.
It's that he was blackmailed to obtain an endorsement from the evangelical right. That is what is scandalous. All these bible thumpers
willingly believed Trump was a man of God all because someone got caught doing things they rail against. It's a shame, really.
underpants
(182,878 posts)There was a lot of speculation as to why and that Michael Cohen was involved. He either had info/pics or he buried it. Now we know it was more than just pics of Becki. I wonder if any reporters (Vox - Axios) will follow up in this.
Tink41
(537 posts)Why now?
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Exclusive: Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Months before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.s game-changing presidential endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016, Falwell asked Trump fixer Michael Cohen for a personal favor, Cohen said in a recorded conversation reviewed by Reuters.
Falwell, president of Liberty University, one of the worlds largest Christian universities, said someone had come into possession of what Cohen described as racy personal photographs the sort that would typically be kept between husband and wife, Cohen said in the taped conversation.
According to a source familiar with Cohens thinking, the person who possessed the photos destroyed them after Cohen intervened on the Falwells behalf.
The Falwells, through a lawyer, declined to comment for this article.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-falwell-exclusive/exclusive-trump-fixer-cohen-says-he-helped-falwell-handle-racy-photos-idUSKCN1SD2JG
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Tink41
(537 posts)Texts etc. Didnt seem to erase them!
underpants
(182,878 posts)There were jokes here and elsewhere saying that it could be more. Looking back it really was pretty obvious. I mean, come on. People dont just hand over things because they met a charming kid.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)They hypocrisy of their sexual acts.
Tink41
(537 posts)Not the time for clouding the issue. These bible thumpers voted for Trump based on an endorsement involving blackmail.
Thats the issue when we vote in November. People who don't like to talk about "disturbing" things will hold their nose and vote.
When they know the endorsement meant nothing it may be different
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)Theres always a ticket out of hell in fundy land.
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,300 posts)mac56
(17,574 posts)Alliepoo
(2,225 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,974 posts)His rag is a clearinghouse for all manner of dirt. They still have plenty on rump, but he paid to keep it under wraps.
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,650 posts)LakeVermilion
(1,044 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,300 posts)poli-junkie
(1,006 posts)mainer
(12,029 posts)Link to tweet
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Duncan Grant
(8,291 posts)I dont have one ounce of sympathy. The Falwells are carnival barkers entitled grifters who only cared about themselves and their empire. Its a pleasure to watch their charade crumble.
As for the people gullible enough to trust them? Too bad, so sad we warned you.
Tink41
(537 posts)Duncan Grant
(8,291 posts)It is however, very therapeutic (for me), to watch each and everyone of his enablers get publicly excoriated. They deserve far worse.
(And I get your point. 🙏 )
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,251 posts)idiot if he didn't consider someone blackmailing him. Speaking of nasty pics, has Bunker Boy called him a nasty man yet?
There were some TV ads of Jerry Fallwell, Jr. endorsing Bunker Boy, and asking for donations - I wonder if they'll still be using those. They were being aired on MSNBC & CNN.
brewens
(13,620 posts)Oh look, they voted to put in some new sidewalks. Flip to the sports section and not even remember I read that. It's that routine with these guys.
BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)As a gay man, I have heard all the fucking shit I want to hear from that hypocritical piece of shit, Jerry Falwell, Jr. And I wish I believed in hell, as it would give me so much goddamned pleasure knowing that Jerry Falwell, Sr. was roasting on a pit in hell with "Satan" just sticking his fat ass repeatedly with a hot branding iron!
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)"Go right ahead, honey, I'll just sit over here and watch"