Evangelical Leader Taunts 'Chump' Trump With 'Golden Showers' Dig

[Tom of Temecula]

Influential Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican primary race last week and former President Donald Trump wasn’t happy.

Trump, the 2024 Republican front-runner, fired off a furious message on his Truth Social platform. He called Family Leader CEO Vander Plaats a “former high school accountant” who was “more known for scamming Candidates than he is for Victory.” Trump also claimed a $95,000 donation to Vander Plaats’ nonprofit from the DeSantis campaign was to buy his endorsement, an allegation that Vander Plaats has denied.

Vander Platts, who reportedly voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, responded equally fiercely on X-formerly-Twitter. In one post, Vander Plaats said Iowa “will exhibit higher standards when they choose @RonDeSantis over a Chump.”

Then came the ding about the salacious allegation, which featured in former British spy Christopher Steele’s unverified dossier, about Trump reportedly hiring prostitutes to urinate on a Moscow hotel bed. Trump has — unprompted — returned to talking about the so-called “golden showers” claims in recent days. He denies the claim.Vander Plaats wrote: “While they long to leave the topic of ‘golden showers’ and return to the discussion of gold standards, the final straw” was “his lies” about Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R).

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bob-vander-plaats-donald-trump_n_65644c3de4b0827ae6150a23

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[Buns_of_Fire]

1. I'm no Vander Plaats fan by a long shot, but

it's nice to see rump's trash talk tossed right back in his face.

[Bettie]

3. Yeah, but he thinks DeSantis is a good choice

so....

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. Which is one (among many) reasons I'm not a fan of his.

But in this case, it's like watching two scorpions in a jar size each other up. Grimly satisfying.

[Bettie]

11. I'll give you that one

but his smug face just makes me want to throw something.

[Think. Again.]

2. .

[no_hypocrisy]

4. We're not gonna take it!

https://m.

&pp=ygUedG9tbXkgd2UncmUgbm90IGdvbm5hIHRha2UgaXQg

[texasfiddler]

6. GOP IN DISARRAY!!!

N/T

[Mike Nelson]

7. Ha!

... so, I'm guessing Ron is not in favor of, or has ever participated in, "Golden Showers"? I hope this is a question in the next Republican debate. Voters need to know!

[jaxexpat]

9. I agree.

The looks upon their faces would summon a return of "Life" magazine.

[keithbvadu2]

8. That $95 grand is one fortuitous coincidence in timing.

[progressoid]

10. A couple of the worst people in the GOP flinging poo at each other. Also, they are a couple of the leaders of the GOP

so that tells you a lot about the state of the GOP.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. snork.