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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIVANKA TRUMP THINKS HER "POLITICAL REEMERGENCE" IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Fast-forward four years and the idea of Ivanka holding any higher office whatsoever seems even more ridiculous than it did in 2016, in light of the whole violent insurrection she basically encouraged. And yet! The former first daughter apparently still believes she has a bright political future, and that people would agree if only they knew about all of the good work she allegedly did securing pardons for the poor and downtrodden from her father. For instance, over at Axios, sources familiar with the matter would like it to be known that during Trumps final days in office, Ivanka attended multiple Oval Office meetings and made calls from empty offices in the West Wing about potential pardons and commutations, news of which she likely believes will be key to her political reemergence. Not only that but the night before Joe Bidens inauguration, she stayed at the White House until roughly 8:30 p.m.which is almost 9, which is practically 10, which is basically an all-nighterwrangl[ing] over controversial eleventh-hour pardons. And then, after having burned the midnight oil, she spent the drive over to Joint Base Andrews the next day, where Trump gave his farewell speech, calling families of those shed advocated for. Who were the lucky individuals that Ivanka worked so tirelessly to obtain justice? In addition to a couple people who had been imprisoned for nonviolent drug offenses, she apparently went to bat for, among others: a woman convicted of money laundering, bank and wire fraud and other financial crimes and a guy convicted of stealing $43 million from victims of a telemarketing scam. And thats not all!
According to a new report from The Washington Post, another representative recipient of clemency was Paul Erickson, a Republican operative who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after scamming dozens of people out of $5.3 million, and who a judge told during his sentencing last summer: What comes through is that youre a thief, and youve betrayed your friends, your family, pretty much everyone you know. Erickson received just one of the 144 clemency grants Trump issued during his final hours in office, thanks, per the Post, to a process marked by unprecedented favoritism and a rush by well-paid lobbyists. The Post also notes that while White House counsel Pat Cipollone officially ran [that] process Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner served as key gatekeepers. In other words, Princess Purses and her husband played a major role deciding who did and did not receive pardons or commutations, which led to the sidelin[ing] of low-level offenders who had waited years after filing petitions through the Justice Department and elevated those with personal connections to the White Houseor the money to pay someone with those connections.
More at the link: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/ivanka-trump-pardons?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=VF_CH_020621&utm_medium=email&bxid=5e796a1bf543e612890d5fe8&cndid=60377558&hasha=9300c9e86795a856411ac8bf084cff8b&hashb=4921eeb26af711ccd0fa62afb939dd757c86cd14&hashc=f74330b0b9fb50175e6b1a092f8895b1e6d468a4789ec63f205dbadb692b1771&esrc=bounceX&mbid=mbid%3DCRMVYF012019&source=EDT_VYF_NEWSLETTER_0_COCKTAIL_HOUR_ZZ&utm_campaign=VF_CH_020621&utm_term=VYF_Cocktail_Hour
So many of the pardons were absolutely outrageous. Meanwhile, one guy who is serving 22 years for selling marijuana was told he would be freed, but then was left off the list.
magicarpet
(14,121 posts)Excuse me while I poo & pee myself laughing. The hope for a 300 year trDump Dynasty still lives.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Evidently tyrants and their offspring, when they have any, assume dynasties are their birthright.
cilla4progress
(24,718 posts)but what's going on with her nose here?
She should get a refund!
getagrip_already
(14,640 posts)Daddy had it done and probably stiffed the doctor.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)GopherGal
(2,007 posts)based upon any apparent asymmetry caused by botox (or filler) injections.
Hekate
(90,562 posts)Compare early photos to how weve known her. Yeesh
Squinch
(50,916 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,835 posts)PatSeg
(47,281 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,144 posts)PatSeg
(47,281 posts)She lives in her own little fairy tale world and believes she can do anything. I don't think she even realizes that her and/or her husband could be in any kind of legal jeopardy, because you know, laws and stuff are for the little people. Spoiled, entitled brat.
gulliver
(13,168 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)pwb
(11,252 posts)Go away spawn.
dmr
(28,344 posts)I about pee'd my pants reading that.
struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,077 posts)other. Rubio was anti-trump at one time when he was running for president, but like L. Graham, turned tail and ran away when it came to dealing w/ trump. All of these scumbags deserve each other and I hope that they keep fighting among themselves. They will just show all of us how competent they truly are, in 'running the Country (NOT!)'.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)I would really love to see Ivanka and Rubio at each other's throats.
struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 01:00
Jennifer O'Connell
... Five people died one police officer and another woman after she was shot by police. Watching it unfold on television, it felt for a while as though the death toll might be much higher.
Meanwhile president Trump who was, of course, also watching it unfold on television took a break to film a video in which he gushed about his love for these insurrectionists. Youre very special people, he told them in a message posted on Twitter, which locked him out of his account shortly afterwards. By the time he was allowed back on Friday, he had decided that, no, in fact, he was actually outraged, honest.
The woman who fancies herself as Americas first female president also struggled to find the right words to express her feelings for the rioting, looting mob. American Patriots was what Ivanka Trump finally settled on, in a tweet in which she didnt tell them to go home, but instead asked them to play nice. She deleted it almost immediately, but it had the desired effect, giving notice of her intention to quit her role as the much-vaunted voice of reason in the Trump administration. Whatever she subsequently said about abhorring violence, it told the thugs she was on their side ...
The truth is that Ivanka Trump doused herself in what Saturday Night Live imagines as her own-brand perfume, Complicit (the fragrance for the woman who could stop all this, but wont) and struck a match ...
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/jennifer-o-connell-forget-the-voice-of-reason-ivanka-has-only-been-the-voice-of-ivanka-1.4453267
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)Yeah, she's not going to put down the insurrectionists, because they are her future voters, at least in her feeble little pea brain.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)were not even registered to vote in NY, and so they missed the opportunity to vote for Daddy in the primary.
Someone massively ignorant of how elections actually work.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)For the Princess, I think it is all about being the center of attention all the time. Just think of all the amazing photo opportunities there will be if she runs for higher office. She can show off her latest line of designer clothing as well and she could issue and executive order, declaring "Peace on Earth"!
DENVERPOPS
(8,790 posts)it would roll around in her cranium like a bb in a dump truck............
She soooo much makes me think of her as: Trailer Trash Barbie
Thekaspervote
(32,710 posts)Oh honey, if it makes you feel better to think that..go ahead.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)Id love to see the division in the GQP have a major impact on the 2022 and 2024 elections.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)She could use the campaign as an opportunity to promote her brand (whatever that might be at the time). That's how her daddy started out.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)Thisll present a huge problem to the rest of the GQP and help to divide the vote on the right, ensuring more election wins for the Democrats - assuming trump starts his splinter party and three parties are represented in many elections.
At least thats how my thinking goes. Well see if that is how reality goes.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)This could be good for the Democratic party.
IcyPeas
(21,841 posts)from this maybe......
NHvet
(240 posts)she's using daddy's playbook to con the rubes outta more money. Its a win-win for her, if she loses she still made $$, if she wins, well there's even more $$$$ to be had
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)For the Trumps, it is just business as usual and they see nothing wrong with it. She's been taught from a young age to look for every angle and take advantage of it. Her husband was raised the same way, so they'll approach this as a team.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)SOP, and Trump did not train his children to waste a crowd of marks. He might disinherit any who did, no joke. Disfavor for sure.
onecaliberal
(32,780 posts)Too bad they dont all spontaneously combust from the rot.
rsdsharp
(9,141 posts)before you can have a reemergence?
liberalla
(9,224 posts)GopherGal
(2,007 posts)to us, it was shamefully coasting on her despicable father's coattails. "Remember when I hobnobbed with world leaders at the G20 meeting?"
Jon King
(1,910 posts)But she is now. She has zero future, and her kids have zero future. The entire Trump name is garbage.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)The upcoming year is going to be lawsuit after lawsuit for the Trumps, but Ivanka is too clueless to realize how this will affect her. Daddy isn't in the White House anymore, there will be no "Get Out of Jail" free cards.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)NEVER VOTE FOR A REPUB !!!! NO MATTER WHERE, NO MATTER WHEN! THEY CAN"T BE TRUSTED WITH OUR DEMOCRACY!
dalton99a
(81,404 posts)peggysue2
(10,823 posts)Because we've found out that Ivanka is no better than the original. Just better packaged although I have to say the woman looks . . . different. Has she had more surgery to tweak the surgery she's already had?? Inquiring minds and all that.
Bets are on her challenging Rubio for his Senate seat. Could be an interesting slug-fest.
As for Jared? He looks positively ghoulish. If that's from cosmetic surgery, he has a strong medical malpractice case to pursue.
I know this all sounds frivolous. Which gives you an idea of where I think Jared and Ivanka belong in the political cosmos.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)plastic surgery and botox is an ongoing thing, probably once or twice a year. Such people get work done, like most women get their hair styled or their nails manicured. Such shallow, superficial people.
Shallow, superficial.
I recall those photos of Ivanka attempting to elbow into conversations with the 'serious people,' world leaders and experts all. And the reaction. LOL.
But it was a twitter sensation.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)Like an eight year old kid trying to sit in with the grownups and no one has the guts to put her in her place.
TomDaisy
(1,860 posts)SunSeeker
(51,516 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,325 posts)Yep, it's possible. Very scary, but possible.
bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)PatSeg
(47,281 posts)Just look at the last four years. I'll never assume something is impossible again.
JenniferJuniper
(4,507 posts)and let's have another piece of pie!
The Trump name will become more and more toxic as the months roll on.
I'll bet Barron changes his name someday. Ron Knavs, maybe? I mean, he was raised by his maternal grandparents after all.
lindysalsagal
(20,586 posts)I see them all the time at Marshall's: with walmart pricetags.
bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)filthy-ass grifters received pardons. Job well done!!
keithbvadu2
(36,667 posts)Well, she does have experience in dealing with world leaders.
onethatcares
(16,163 posts)"Have you ever kissed my daddy? Well, I'm one up on you". Gaud that's a sick thought
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)You are never going to amount to anything. You are a loser, just like your pathetic father.
Blue Owl
(50,271 posts)maxrandb
(15,298 posts)This is evidence that America...and possibly the entire fucking world has not only crashed through the Looking Glass, but we are now using the broken shards to slit our fucking wrists.
Every fiber of my being, from the deepest depths of my soul, to the tips of my male nipples in the frozen-food section at Harris Teeter, knows with a crystalline, pure spar certainty, that I should NOT BE REQUIRED to give ONE-FUCK what this soulless, hell spawn "Netherworld Barbie" has to say about fucking anything!
My intellect, my psyche, my conscience, my decency and grace...all tell me that I shouldn't even be required to know who in the fuck these people are.
I know that these lifeless, grifting, vapid, empty vessels deserve NOT ONE SECOND of my serious thoughts.
These spray-on-tan, Loreal of Bakersfield, plastic, Axe-Body Spray wearing morons SHOULD BE THE MOST FUCKING INSIGNIFICANT PEOPLE WE EVER ENCOUNTER.
Their impact on our lives should have the same effect of a fucking gnat blocking the path of a charging rhino.
I will NEVER forgive fucking Donnie Shit for Brains voting morons for requiring me to take seriously A FUCKING BUNCH OF IGNORANT FUCKSTICKS that should NEVER be taken seriously
This fucking family and their supporters, are like dog-shit stuck in the grooves of your tennis shoes.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)I've known my fair share of "lifeless, grifting, vapid, empty vessels" in my life, but fortunately I was usually able to ignore them. I too resent that these horrible people have absorbed my attention night and day for four miserable years. It's not like we could ignore them.
You are very descriptive! That should be its own post.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)maxrandb
(15,298 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,377 posts)Make stupid little rah rah speeches. They all lived in a deluded world of their making. Thats so messed up.
PatSeg
(47,281 posts)None of them know or care how government works. This is just another opportunity to be in the limelight, cultivating new business ventures. Of all of the family, Ivanka is most like her father, always wanting to be in front of the camera, hogging all of the publicity.