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Maga Laga was SEARCHED... 2naSalit Aug 2022 #1
OH, REICH WING, by RAID you mean "Served a warrant on HE who shall not be named"? TigressDem Aug 2022 #2
Why do people need to parse words? LakeArenal Aug 2022 #3
Because NONE of those definitions apply to the events at Mar-A-Lago. Mariana Aug 2022 #14
You are so stretching. LakeArenal Aug 2022 #18
Oh, I know. It would be better to call it a search Mariana Aug 2022 #20
Ummm, you left out sudden unweird Aug 2022 #34
I copy and pasted as I found it. But continue parsing words and missing points. LakeArenal Aug 2022 #35
I was reading your response unweird Aug 2022 #36
Invasion: an incursion by a large number of people or things into a place or sphere of activity krawhitham Aug 2022 #49
You are correct. H2O Man Aug 2022 #37
Raid implies criminal RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2022 #4
No, it was a raid localroger Aug 2022 #5
There was warning. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #6
Lol this is definitely a raid. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #7
He would think it's a raid. Turbineguy Aug 2022 #8
Glenn Kirschner said this exact thing, and he knows the correct terms MagickMuffin Aug 2022 #9
This thread inspired this 🤭 underpants Aug 2022 #10
+1 H2O Man Aug 2022 #39
My local newspaper got it right. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #11
Yeah---CNN reported they had the authority to knock down doors. Kingofalldems Aug 2022 #12
That's pretty standard with search warrants, I believe. Mariana Aug 2022 #16
And they gave warning to tfg and his lawyers. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #51
That was my point. Kingofalldems Aug 2022 #56
I imagine... MissMillie Aug 2022 #13
It's a raid. Iggo Aug 2022 #15
In reality it doesn't match your TV fantasy Novara Aug 2022 #19
Thank you. You are spot on. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #41
Thank you Novara Aug 2022 #45
It's not a raid if people don't resist? Cool rule. Iggo Aug 2022 #50
Tfg wasn't even there. His lawyers and the SS all knew of it. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #52
But it's not H2O Man Aug 2022 #42
I agree, it's much better to call it a search. Mariana Aug 2022 #17
It's a national security red alert C_U_L8R Aug 2022 #21
I like what Pelosi called it . FoxNewsSucks Aug 2022 #22
The Associated Press is referring to this as a "search." mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #23
I'm fine with raid, thank you very much lanlady Aug 2022 #24
Exactly. Trump doesn't deserve the more dignified word for it. NH Ethylene Aug 2022 #30
But he wasn't. He and his lawyers had full warning ahead of time. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #43
I'd bet they didnt "break into the safe" either GusBob Aug 2022 #25
I Doubt It, Too ProfessorGAC Aug 2022 #26
Police use that term all the time. patphil Aug 2022 #27
"They broke into my safe!" orangecrush Aug 2022 #28
That would've been fun. NH Ethylene Aug 2022 #31
who cares? the real issue is did they find anything? Kali Aug 2022 #29
+1 H2O Man Aug 2022 #40
Okay. lpbk2713 Aug 2022 #32
I like calling it a raid. NH Ethylene Aug 2022 #33
As an older, mature women, I realized back in my 30's, cksmithy Aug 2022 #38
nope, it wasn't forcible Novara Aug 2022 #46
The signed search warrant was the "force" SilasSouleII Aug 2022 #59
Exactly Novara Aug 2022 #60
THIS localroger Aug 2022 #61
I like raid. nt LexVegas Aug 2022 #44
It was a raid, it was a surprise visit by police to arrest suspected people or seize illicit goods. krawhitham Aug 2022 #47
Agree! cksmithy Aug 2022 #62
Not just not a raid.. it was a nothing. quakerboy Aug 2022 #48
Woids is woids. ificandream Aug 2022 #53
The existing title at Wikipedia is mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #54
Oh, come on, now! markpkessinger Aug 2022 #55
"Many people are saying it was the greatest raid ever." Saboburns Aug 2022 #57
Best response ever!!!!!! H2O Man Aug 2022 #58
This was not a raid but the execution of a valid search warrant signed by TFG appointed judge LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author Chautauquas Aug 2022 #64
The FBI conducted a warranted search. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #65
+1 rogue emissary Aug 2022 #66
Raids can also be illicit. Don't use the word "raid". applegrove Aug 2022 #67
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