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What did RTump promise John Eastman... (Original Post) ultralite001 Jun 2022 OP
SCOTUS Seat? leftieNanner Jun 2022 #1
That's f-ing scary... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #2
I have wondered all through this mess is True Blue American Jun 2022 #4
Trump has already ruined so many careers and reputations wryter2000 Jun 2022 #5
So much more to be learned about Grassley... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #7
I'm watching wryter2000 Jun 2022 #10
Grassley has been mean True Blue American Jun 2022 #8
28% wryter2000 Jun 2022 #11
Yes, please... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #14
I'm making calls with two groups wryter2000 Jun 2022 #33
Thank you for your service... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #34
If you live there please do True Blue American Jun 2022 #23
An appeal to Eastman's vanity??? ultralite001 Jun 2022 #6
Promised Supreme Court? True Blue American Jun 2022 #9
Follow the $$$... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #15
Maybe they believe in their diabolical cause so much they will do anything? Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #21
"They" might be offended... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #26
Many of them are sociopaths who care only about power and wealth. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #29
Thanks for the reminder... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #31
I'm curious about that too. My guess is a big cut MerryBlooms Jun 2022 #3
Perhaps Eastman hoped he would become essential to RTump's success??? ultralite001 Jun 2022 #12
He'd pay his bills? brooklynite Jun 2022 #13
With what??? ultralite001 Jun 2022 #16
Trump Make America Great Again PAC brooklynite Jun 2022 #20
Honestly... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #24
LOL True Blue American Jun 2022 #25
I really do think he was counting on enough violence to call for martial law. usonian Jun 2022 #17
Violence is in the RTumpster's DNA... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #18
I'll always remember ChazInAz Jun 2022 #19
Good point... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #22
Yes. Executions and Pardons. Captain Zero Jun 2022 #35
Jared Kushner is another one that needs to be taken down... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #36
You can just tell that sick bastard gets off on violence and he wanted what his pals catbyte Jun 2022 #30
Agreed... The RTumpster is dangerous... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #32
He could borrow Melania whenever. milestogo Jun 2022 #27
LOL... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #28

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
4. I have wondered all through this mess is
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:16 PM
Jun 2022

How can people with long, respected careers fall into the lies? Where was their common sense?

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
5. Trump has already ruined so many careers and reputations
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:19 PM
Jun 2022

I, too, wonder why other people would fall for his schemes. Like Grassley, maybe.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
8. Grassley has been mean
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:23 PM
Jun 2022

And evil for years. One of the main reasons we do not have single payer.
85, running agin His approval is at 28%. Young guy running against him.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
33. I'm making calls with two groups
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:10 PM
Jun 2022

Calls for Change and the DNC. I pretty much do what they have assigned. What I really want to do is GA. I did GA for the Senate runoff in 2021. I can't believe such a fine person/reverend/senator as Warnock could be defeated by someone who's obviously had too many hits to the head.

ultralite001

(892 posts)
34. Thank you for your service...
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:12 PM
Jun 2022

I was busy during last weekends March for Our Lives registering as many folks as was possible...

Don't have a final tally, but the response to our efforts was positive...

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
23. If you live there please do
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:46 PM
Jun 2022

Meanwhile I am getting my signs for Nan Whaley and Tim Ryan.

Both DeWine and JD Vance make me gag.

I will again volunteer to work at the Polls if they need me.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
9. Promised Supreme Court?
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:25 PM
Jun 2022

Now it is coming out how much dark money from Thomas to get the last 3 on the Court.

Irish_Dem

(46,499 posts)
21. Maybe they believe in their diabolical cause so much they will do anything?
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:42 PM
Jun 2022

All is fair in their war against this country.

ultralite001

(892 posts)
26. "They" might be offended...
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:59 PM
Jun 2022

that their cause is viewed as diabolical...

Their justification to "do anything" is fueled by their feeling that what they are doing is right...

Irish_Dem

(46,499 posts)
29. Many of them are sociopaths who care only about power and wealth.
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:02 PM
Jun 2022

They are not motivated by anything but self interest.

They see the rest of us as fools to be scammed and lied to.

MerryBlooms

(11,757 posts)
3. I'm curious about that too. My guess is a big cut
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:15 PM
Jun 2022

From the grift money and a position in the illegal trump administration.

ultralite001

(892 posts)
12. Perhaps Eastman hoped he would become essential to RTump's success???
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:28 PM
Jun 2022

Perhaps he should have checked in with Michael Cohen first???

That is all...

ultralite001

(892 posts)
24. Honestly...
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:46 PM
Jun 2022

I don't RTump has the heart, or soul, to share his ill-gotten gains with anyone...

That is all...

usonian

(9,691 posts)
17. I really do think he was counting on enough violence to call for martial law.
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:34 PM
Jun 2022

And then all bets are off.

To paraphrase: “wouldn’t it be cool if you had this power?”

Wouldn’t it be cool if I had this power?

He wanted absolute power. You saw it at the St. John's Episcopal Church photo-opp.

https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-poses-bible-church-photo-op-after-police-clear-his-path-using-tear-gas/
During an address from the White House Rose Garden earlier on Monday, Trump called himself the "president of law and order," and threatened to mobilize the U.S. military in response to ongoing protests across the nation over the death of George Floyd

He was itching for it.


ultralite001

(892 posts)
18. Violence is in the RTumpster's DNA...
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:39 PM
Jun 2022

My thinking is RTump had his acceptance speech prepared, and he practiced while the violence overtook the Capitol...

Let's hope the paperwork wasn't flushed with other papers destined for the National Archive...

ChazInAz

(2,559 posts)
19. I'll always remember
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:40 PM
Jun 2022

His unprecedented spree of executions near the end of his term. Pretty sure he got his rocks off with each one.
Even more certain that it would have gotten worse if he had won the election.

catbyte

(34,333 posts)
30. You can just tell that sick bastard gets off on violence and he wanted what his pals
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:04 PM
Jun 2022

Putin, Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Duterte, et al, have -- despotic control over the country. He's never given a shit about the Constitution or the awesome responsibility he had to uphold it. He has no desire to serve the country; all he wants is to have the country serve his sick need for power, money, and control.

He's a vile, dangerous POS and the sooner he shuffles off this mortal coil, the safer everyone will be.

ultralite001

(892 posts)
32. Agreed... The RTumpster is dangerous...
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:09 PM
Jun 2022

I wish those who can attest to the skeletons in his closet felt they could safely come forward and expose his crimes and brutality...

It may be too much to hope RTump will ever be held to account...

I'm not giving up yet...

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