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Trump whining: 'How can you run for an election and be sitting in a court house?' (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2024 OP
Wait...didn't he lose to a guy who was "running from his basement?" Wounded Bear Feb 2024 #1
I was just coming here to say this! Deep State Witch Feb 2024 #14
He's SO CLOSE to getting it! Think. Again. Feb 2024 #2
How about you STFU, you sniveling POS? bif Feb 2024 #3
Hey, you do the crime, you do the time. no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #4
Was just Rebl2 Feb 2024 #36
HOW CAN YOU BE SITTING IN A COURTHOUSE AND STILL RUN FOR OFFICE?? Maeve Feb 2024 #5
Yeah--let's address the right question here! lastlib Feb 2024 #15
Anybody else would be sitting in a supermax right now. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #22
I wonder if Trewf So-called has a jaypay app? Hugin Feb 2024 #31
Trump will be thrilled to have jpay ap. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #34
Dear Donald: Why are you running for election when you're a soon-to-be-convicted criminal? Lonestarblue Feb 2024 #6
While wearing his FAVORITE color with NO Depends. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2024 #9
How can you run for election while sitting in a court house? Great question! EarlG Feb 2024 #7
Yup, his choice, and his problem. patphil Feb 2024 #25
Sucks to suck. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2024 #8
He's gonna give other criminals ideas C_U_L8R Feb 2024 #10
ELECTION INTERFERNCE!!!!! NCDem47 Feb 2024 #29
As The Whiner WHINES! ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2024 #11
Eugene Debs ran for President from jail. haele Feb 2024 #12
Yeah, he can seek out the sympathy votes PatSeg Feb 2024 #26
Beat me to it Retrograde Feb 2024 #40
Should have thought bamagal62 Feb 2024 #13
Easy answer - Drop Out gab13by13 Feb 2024 #16
His problems sure seem to have "mushroomed" underpants Feb 2024 #17
ewwwww.... limbicnuminousity Feb 2024 #24
Sounds like a personal problem to me. tavernier Feb 2024 #18
I'm very disappointed Arne Feb 2024 #19
STFU malaise Feb 2024 #20
I don't know, Donnie. How can you run the entire country and still run an election? Biophilic Feb 2024 #21
Well, For Starters... ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #23
This could all be behind him if ... LakeVermilion Feb 2024 #27
A belated Valentine for TFG. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2024 #28
Just musclecar6 Feb 2024 #30
Solution: Drop out of the race. MineralMan Feb 2024 #32
My thoughts exactly MM. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2024 #33
defendant 45 needs et tu Feb 2024 #35
He has control over one of those things Clash City Rocker Feb 2024 #37
If it were Joe Biden who was asking that question Rocknation Feb 2024 #38
Its his own damn fault. The Third Doctor Feb 2024 #39
Simple, trump, don't be a criminal. republianmushroom Feb 2024 #41
A question the RNC and GQP have yet to ask themselves. lindysalsagal Feb 2024 #42

Deep State Witch

(12,717 posts)
14. I was just coming here to say this!
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:33 AM
Feb 2024

I mean, Joe "hid in his basement" (i.e. practiced good pandemic safety protocols) and still kicked Trump's butt.

lastlib

(28,277 posts)
15. Yeah--let's address the right question here!
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:36 AM
Feb 2024

Unfortunately, he's sitting in a courthouse when he should be sitting in a cell.

Irish_Dem

(81,277 posts)
34. Trump will be thrilled to have jpay ap.
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 12:37 PM
Feb 2024

People sending him money when he is in prison.

Lonestarblue

(13,480 posts)
6. Dear Donald: Why are you running for election when you're a soon-to-be-convicted criminal?
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:25 AM
Feb 2024

Cancel your campaign and you’ll have all the time you need to sit in court for your numerous trials. Plus, sitting in court will give you practice for sitting in a jail cell.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,898 posts)
9. While wearing his FAVORITE color with NO Depends.
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:31 AM
Feb 2024

NO well done steaks. NO Unlimited Diet Cokes. NO Mickey Ds. NO Heinz to splatter the walls with. NO buckets of KFC. NO golf. NO TV. NO luxuries to speak of.

Heck of a deal!

EarlG

(23,633 posts)
7. How can you run for election while sitting in a court house? Great question!
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:26 AM
Feb 2024

It's why most people aren't idiotic enough to try and run for office while also struggling through multiple criminal trials.

If you commit a bunch of crimes, you're going to end up in a court house. If you also decide you want to run for election while that's going on, I'd say that's your choice and your problem.

patphil

(9,068 posts)
25. Yup, his choice, and his problem.
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 12:02 PM
Feb 2024

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Literally wouldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

C_U_L8R

(49,386 posts)
10. He's gonna give other criminals ideas
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:32 AM
Feb 2024

Last edited Thu Feb 15, 2024, 01:59 PM - Edit history (1)

That all they need to do is run for office and presto, no trial.

haele

(15,403 posts)
12. Eugene Debs ran for President from jail.
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:33 AM
Feb 2024

And he had still got a decent number of votes.
Certainly someone as beloved (cough, choke, cough) as TFG can command the "millions" who love him to take heart and vote to defend both him and "their country", no matter if he's in court or on the campaign trail.

Haele

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
26. Yeah, he can seek out the sympathy votes
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 12:06 PM
Feb 2024

He is such a "victim", surely his followers will reward him with votes AND donations as he stoically sits in court.

I'm afraid he is setting himself up for some major disappointment as eventually that donor-well is gonna run dry. I hope to live to see the day that Donald Trump is flat broke with absolutely no options left. I can visualize all his properties being sold off with him having nowhere left to live, well except for prison.

Retrograde

(11,419 posts)
40. Beat me to it
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 02:54 PM
Feb 2024

Lincoln and FDR ran for president while managing major wars. I like presidents who can multi-task.

Biophilic

(6,552 posts)
21. I don't know, Donnie. How can you run the entire country and still run an election?
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:53 AM
Feb 2024

Some of us have it, and some of us don't.

ProfessorGAC

(76,706 posts)
23. Well, For Starters...
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 11:56 AM
Feb 2024

...don't break the law, don't foment insurrection, don't defame people, don't have shady accounting practices to avoid taxes, don't commit sexual assault......

LakeVermilion

(1,584 posts)
27. This could all be behind him if ...
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 12:07 PM
Feb 2024

he opted for speedy trials. But no, all the delays have consequences.

DinahMoeHum

(23,607 posts)
28. A belated Valentine for TFG. . .
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 12:12 PM
Feb 2024

Roses are red

Horse shit is brown

Shut the fuck up

and sit your ass down


ProudMNDemocrat

(20,898 posts)
33. My thoughts exactly MM.
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 12:31 PM
Feb 2024

The ONLY reason he is running for POTUS is to beat the charges and indictments against him. Nothing more.

Rocknation

(45,006 posts)
38. If it were Joe Biden who was asking that question
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 02:47 PM
Feb 2024

I'm fairly certain of what Trump's answer would be


Rocknation

republianmushroom

(22,326 posts)
41. Simple, trump, don't be a criminal.
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 02:59 PM
Feb 2024

Not a criminal, didn't brake the law, no court house.
You did brake the law, guess what , curt house.
36 months and counting.

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