Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[KidTDragon]

Trump to Host ‘J6 Awards Gala’ at His Bedminster Golf Club

Tickets are going fast for former President Donald Trump’s September 5 "J6 Awards Gala" at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey

www.thedailybeast.com

he gets back in; January 6th becomes a national holiday to "honor the brave protestors."

The fundraiser, which starts at $1,500 a ticket, is intended to “help cover costs and support the defendants and their families, with exclusive benefits and recognition at the gala.”

Relax. It's just another grift.

 

[abates]

Is he disintegrating? Is that what happens when everyone starts paying attention to someone else?

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Trump is launching a cryptocurrency platform, and we have no idea what it does

Eric Trump has called the platform “digital real estate.”

www.theverge.com

His old grifts are starting to run dry, time for a new one.

 

[wonko the sane?]

He knows the payout from the truth social sale is going to be pennies on the dollar when he can actually do it: and he so deluded he thinks those crypto bros got away with it. Go ahead donny, start up an outright ponzi scheme, and let's add to those 54 pending criminal counts!

 

[Pocket]

and he so deluded he thinks those crypto bros got away with it

To my recollection, most of them have. I mean, all the big-name cryptocurrencies are still in operation, and most of them are even still going up in value last I checked. Considering the entire concept of crypto (and investing in general, but that's another rant) is a giant pyramid scheme, "got away with it" is how I'd describe the situation.

 

[Axaday]

But he isn't going to be making bitcoin. He will be running a scam like the one that did get in trouble. Crypto is weird, but it isn't criminal.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

He did it. RFK Jr. dropped out and his throwing his support behind Trump.

He just confirmed the rumors he's been offered a position in a second Trump administration. He says they've had multiple in-person meetings. He then reached out to the Harris campaign, but they wouldn't speak with him.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

He never had a shot in hell anyway. His only purpose was to try to draw votes away from Biden. Now that Biden dropped and Harris is surging ahead, dividing the vote isn't a viable strategy anymore.

 

[M. Virion]

He's not even fully dropping out from what I can tell from this rambling mess of a whatever the hug it is. Just removing his name in swing states and encouraging his voters to go to Trump.

I swear RFK Jr. Is crazy even by normal Goa'uld standards.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Yes. He's technically still in the race, but he's encouraging his supporters to vote for Trump, but only in swing states. That's... something. Have we ever seen a third party candidate openly do that?

 

[Anonymous X]

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Is he disintegrating? Is that what happens when everyone starts paying attention to someone else?

He’s starting to look the Emperor Palpatine…

 

[Ungnome]

Given recent polling he wasn't enough of a spoiler to change the outcome, though we shouldn't get complacent.

 

[Axaday]

Have we ever seen a third party candidate openly do that?

Ross Perot is the only 3rd Party candidate in our time that was a real factor. I would suppose there is some analysis out there about what he was doing. I saw someone refute once that Perot really made Clinton win in 1992, which had always been what people told me at the time. Perot can't have thought he was going to win. I hardly think he could've thought he would do as well as he did.

 

[Pocket]

Honestly, getting on the ballot as a protest vote only in states that are going to go solid red or blue anyway is a decent idea, and one I wish more people had the money and chutzpah to do. Provides a way for people to express their discontent with the two-party system without the risk of actually throwing the election.

Doesn't have quite the same effect from someone who's already accepted an offer to work for one of his opponents, though.

 

[Rhinox]

RFK was always a Trump shill. Once their real motive was discovered and rendered moot it was time to drop the charade. Now he's going to try and persuade all those voters he took from the Trump camp to go back. That he's been offered a position in the Trump dynasty (snerk, good luck collecting from Captain No Pay) just demonstrates that he's always been in it for his own benefit.

 

[wonko the sane?]

RFK interferring made a difference when the race was trump/biden. These days, it's scraping up the barrel and getting splinters. It doesn't make a difference, and RFK isn't going to get his cabinet position regardless.

Which is awesome, cause he seems insane these days and it's probably better he has no influence over policy.

 

[Paladin]

Michigan Bureau of Elections to investigate Trump campaign event following complaints

It’s a misdemeanor to use public resources to support a political candidate, and the Trump campaign made stops at local police stations this month

www.metrotimes.com

another broken law now is just like another day that must end in "why."

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Foo Fighters Have Blunt 1-Word Reply To Trump Using Song For RFK Jr. Intro

On social media, the rock band reacted to the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist walking out to "My Hero" at a Donald Trump rally in Arizona.

www.huffpost.com

The idea of consent is so unfamiliar to Republicans.

 

[Axaday]

All of these singers and bands need to do a joint presser and lawsuit. It needs to be a top headline. This guy just doesn't care whose stuff he uses.

 

[Pocket]

Yeah, I mean they'll sue some grandma in Peoria for thousands of dollars for downloading their songs off Grokster one time, but not a dude with deep-ass pockets who illegally used their music to promote a fascist agenda? Makes me wonder if they really care, or if they're only interested in the attention it gets them. And if they actually managed to scare these people into not using their music anymore, they attention would go away.