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riversedge

(80,810 posts)
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:06 PM Feb 2024

BREAKING: At CPAC, Trump's spokesman says Donald Trump will eliminate marriage equality.....




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BREAKING: At CPAC, Trump’s spokesman says Donald Trump will eliminate marriage equality. Retweet to ensure all Americans know about Trump’s backward plans.


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BREAKING: At CPAC, Trump's spokesman says Donald Trump will eliminate marriage equality..... (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2024 OP
There might be mention of it on page 32 dalton99a Feb 2024 #1
Who the fuck is Michael J. Knowles? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #2
He's not, in any official capacity anyway TheProle Feb 2024 #7
He has a radio show that runs here. Religious nut. Wants to "eliminate" LGBTQ+. Midnight Writer Feb 2024 #8
Michael Knowles is a dickbag Nevilledog Feb 2024 #10
A sentient coconut with eyes and a mouth. Oneironaut Feb 2024 #14
He's not. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #18
Not what.....who is he? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #21
K&R spanone Feb 2024 #3
Let's see if this is reported on CNN senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #4
we were told one was buried at a golf course anyway rurallib Feb 2024 #5
Yes, she is, but without proper maintenance one cannot find the site where she was buried. Escurumbele Feb 2024 #16
Kinda blows my mind. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #22
If she's actually.... SergeStorms Feb 2024 #25
It's too new. qwlauren35 Feb 2024 #6
First democracy, now marriage. What else is on the human rights chopping block? Initech Feb 2024 #9
Just look at China, Russia, Saudi, Iran. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #39
they have got to be counting on stealing the election at the state level.... bahboo Feb 2024 #11
Not sure how they will vercetti2021 Feb 2024 #13
Putin has it all taken care of. SergeStorms Feb 2024 #26
Democracy is ...NOT DEAD IN AMERICA....NO.. ...WHAT PROOF?...1...REPUBLICAN PARTY/DEMOCRATIC PARTY...ETC. Stuart G Feb 2024 #31
Using all caps... SergeStorms Feb 2024 #35
Yes I am having the same nagging feeling. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #38
Idk how vercetti2021 Feb 2024 #33
Right. We don't know how. SergeStorms Feb 2024 #40
But Chi67 Feb 2024 #28
How you like that Asshole now, log cabins. Cha Feb 2024 #12
"Marriage is a natural institution" lol no. Oneironaut Feb 2024 #15
Some of the folks around moniss Feb 2024 #17
He's not Trump's spokesperson TwilightZone Feb 2024 #19
I hate when our side does this. progressoid Feb 2024 #23
how??????? He's not on the supreme court........ Takket Feb 2024 #20
Until about 100 years ago, evolves Feb 2024 #24
We all knew this was coming. Chi67 Feb 2024 #27
Agreed. Congrats on your milestone post..1,000 Deuxcents Feb 2024 #29
Thanks! Chi67 Feb 2024 #34
If it involves Hunter Biden's dick, it'll get covered. Wednesdays Feb 2024 #30
SEARCH AND YOU SHALL FIND.........YES, IF YOU SEARCH ENOUGH IN THE U.S.A....YOU WILL FIND THEM ALL...... Stuart G Feb 2024 #32
Orange Shitbag talks that shit all day. He won't do a motherfucking thing. SoFlaBro Feb 2024 #36
My friends, a married couple, may have been prescient. no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #37

TheProle

(3,980 posts)
7. He's not, in any official capacity anyway
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:24 PM
Feb 2024

He's a RW "journalist".

I'm all for hanging any of these clowns' views around Trump's neck, but we need to be factually honest.

If someone has a link to him being an official spokesman of Trump, please share.

Nevilledog

(55,080 posts)
10. Michael Knowles is a dickbag
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:36 PM
Feb 2024

Michael Knowles:

Marriage Equality = Bad
Starring in Gay Porn = Good

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
18. He's not.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:26 PM
Feb 2024

I'm not sure why people feel the need to make things up in cases like this. It undermines the message.

I suppose it's because some nobody saying it as CPAC is basically par for the course and wouldn't generate clicks and views.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)
21. Not what.....who is he?
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:30 PM
Feb 2024

Is he the newest intelligentsia that will explain RW reality to us?

senseandsensibility

(24,974 posts)
4. Let's see if this is reported on CNN
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:11 PM
Feb 2024

I know Lawrence O"Donnell will cover it on MSNBC. It's amazing how much lower my expectations for the corporate media have become in just the past few days.

Escurumbele

(4,094 posts)
16. Yes, she is, but without proper maintenance one cannot find the site where she was buried.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:06 PM
Feb 2024

She was the mother of the "three children", Ivanka, Don Jr, and Eric.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)
22. Kinda blows my mind.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:34 PM
Feb 2024

If the clan thinks that little of her....what the fuck kind of family is this? JFC, I'd think Ivanka would have had something to say about where her mother was buried. They'll probably lose the golf course..... then what happens to her?

SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
25. If she's actually....
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:02 PM
Feb 2024

inside the coffin they put in the ground there.
It wouldn't be the 4,376,756th time he's lied in order to lower his taxes, right?

Initech

(108,783 posts)
9. First democracy, now marriage. What else is on the human rights chopping block?
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:33 PM
Feb 2024

Hey media, do you yet get how fucking dangerous these unhinged lunatics are? They shouldn't be given an ounce of power, let alone the fucking White House!

bahboo

(16,953 posts)
11. they have got to be counting on stealing the election at the state level....
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 09:47 PM
Feb 2024

because their extreme positions will cost them dearly in the popular vote....

 

vercetti2021

(10,481 posts)
13. Not sure how they will
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 09:49 PM
Feb 2024

MI, PA, WI, AZ all have Democratic Govs, SoS and AG's. They'd have a time doing some crazy shit in those states.

SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
26. Putin has it all taken care of.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:07 PM
Feb 2024

I have a nagging feeling democracy is already dead in the U.S.

I have absolutely no proof of that, but it's not something that would be announced beforehand, you know?

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
31. Democracy is ...NOT DEAD IN AMERICA....NO.. ...WHAT PROOF?...1...REPUBLICAN PARTY/DEMOCRATIC PARTY...ETC.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:29 PM
Feb 2024

STATE GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE MIXED REPUBLICAN/DEMOCRATE
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
CONSTITUTION AMMENDMENTS
RIGHT TO VOTE FOR ALL CITIZENS
FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION
MANY LOW - COST COLLEGES
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
LIBRARIES FOR ALL
UNCENSORED NEWS (FROM MANY SOURCES) ...YOU NAME EM, WE HAVE GOT THEM
WHEN YOU GO TO A LIBRARY, THE LIBRARIES HAVE MANY NEWSPSPERS TO READ.
ETC. .......ETC........ETC.....

SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
35. Using all caps...
Fri Feb 23, 2024, 01:06 AM
Feb 2024

doesn't strengthen your point.

I was talking about after the November election. I also said I had no proof, just a nagging feeling.

Take a chill 💊 pill and get some rest. Maybe switch to decaf. 🤔

Irish_Dem

(81,266 posts)
38. Yes I am having the same nagging feeling.
Fri Feb 23, 2024, 07:57 PM
Feb 2024

Democracy isn't going to die sometime in the future.
It is happening now, right in front of our eyes.
It is dying now, piece by piece and ongoing.

 

vercetti2021

(10,481 posts)
33. Idk how
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:39 PM
Feb 2024

He's losing a war, not sure how he's directly rigged blue states. Democracy isn't dead "yet"

SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
40. Right. We don't know how.
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 12:51 AM
Feb 2024

Just like we didn't know how the NSA was data mining everyone in our country's cell phone calls, texts, emails etc.
We never know until it's too late and it's a fait accompli.
Like I said, just a hunch, a nagging feeling. Maybe I'll have to eat a lot of crow after November, but I've eaten crow before. Deep fried with salsa verdi, it's not all that bad.

Oneironaut

(6,299 posts)
15. "Marriage is a natural institution" lol no.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:01 PM
Feb 2024

CPAC seems to be short for, “Just make shit up and say it confidently.”.

moniss

(9,056 posts)
17. Some of the folks around
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:25 PM
Feb 2024

the country don't understand that they really mean all the way back to including Loving v Virginia. The Tennessee law that was just passed allowing officials etc. to not have to perform perfectly legal marriages that they disagree with is right there in keeping with the attitude of not recognizing existing marriages from another state.

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
19. He's not Trump's spokesperson
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:27 PM
Feb 2024

But I suppose claiming otherwise is the only way to get clicks and views. Some nobody making the remarks doesn't have quite the same impact.

evolves

(5,837 posts)
24. Until about 100 years ago,
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:53 PM
Feb 2024

and still today in many parts of the world, both "developed" and "undeveloped," marriage has ALWAYS been between two men:
A father
and
A husband.

For most of human history, women have had very little say in whom they married, when they married, and if their marriage included polygamy for their husbands. THIS is a fact. Women may have been necessary in the equation, but their function was almost solely biological, and their wishes, feelings, or desires were of absolutely no consequence.

Chi67

(1,285 posts)
27. We all knew this was coming.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:09 PM
Feb 2024

The fascist GQP is coming for us. They hate anyone who is different. Vote them out!

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
32. SEARCH AND YOU SHALL FIND.........YES, IF YOU SEARCH ENOUGH IN THE U.S.A....YOU WILL FIND THEM ALL......
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:35 PM
Feb 2024

YES, ......."THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY"............................

I KNOW WHO SAID THAT ONE...DO YOU?

no_hypocrisy

(54,906 posts)
37. My friends, a married couple, may have been prescient.
Fri Feb 23, 2024, 07:20 AM
Feb 2024

They moved to Portugal with the intention of immigration last year to escape prospective prosecution. (Excuse the alliteration.)

They've been married since 2003 and devoted to each other. They could read the tea leaves.

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