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BREAKING: Trump literally had Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender who raped a 16-year-old, featured at the White House as he announced his âPresidentâs Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutritionâinitiative for kids.
— Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) 2025-08-01T00:54:16.909Z
Sickening!
President Donald Trumps attempt to revive the long-defunct Presidential Fitness Test veered into political scandal and absurdity Thursday after he launched the childrens health initiative alongside a convicted sex offender, boasting that theres "nobody like him."
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rog
(964 posts)Unless I mis-heard it, he said something like (paraphrasing), 'I don't know what we're supposed to be doing, but I'm happy to be on the team'. WTF???
Please clarify if I didn't hear that correctly.
sop
(19,330 posts)and Im here to serve you. Im going to do the best I can for as long as I can.
MayReasonRule
(4,137 posts)Taylor is a registered sex offender who, charged with statutory rape in 2011, pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute after paying for sex with a trafficked 16-year-old girl, ESPN reported
rog
(964 posts)... my question, re: why is he even there, is rhetorical in a sense, but still wondering why he's even there if he doesn't know what he's doing. Is he just trump's mascot? Whatever the answer, I still respond (to the situation, not to you), What The Actual F??? This is a nuts day, with this news combined with G Maxwell's sex offender status waived so she could be moved to Texas 2 days after meeting with Blanche.
MayReasonRule
(4,137 posts)Fascist depravity knows no bounds.
Generically speaking... behold Trump's field of fucks to give about what anyone thinks, note that it is barren...

Haggard Celine
(17,911 posts)Each one of Trump's nominees is a window into his soul.
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