Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2

[Rick Plant]

Trump to give sworn testimony on violent crackdown on protesters at 2015 campaign event

On Monday, Fox News reported that former President Donald Trump is preparing to face a sworn deposition to investigators in Trump Tower on an alleged attack on protesters at a campaign event in 2015.

"The deposition comes as part of a lawsuit brought after a Sept. 3, 2015 protest outside Trump Tower in New York City. The demonstrators were protesting comments Trump had made about Mexico and Mexican immigrants," reported Brooke Singman. "Six protesters of Mexican origin said they were assaulted and later sued Trump, the Trump Organization, his 2016 presidential campaign, and security officials."

"New York State Supreme Court Judge Doris Gonzalez of the Bronx denied Trump's efforts to throw out the subpoena ordering him to testify in the case," continued the report. "The judge said Trump's argument against testifying — that there needed to be 'exceptional circumstances' to depose a high-ranking government official — did not apply, as the case would have him answer questions about his comments and actions from before he was elected."

The litigation is part of a blizzard of lawsuits facing the former president in coming months. In September, a federal judge denied a ploy by Trump to end a defamation suit against him by E. Jean Carroll, an advice columnist who alleges Trump raped her in a department store over 20 years ago.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-to-give-sworn-testimony-on-violent-crackdown-on-protesters-at-2015-campaign-event-report/

[Rick Plant]

'There really is no bottom': Trump buried for 'spiteful' statement about Colin Powell's death

Donald Trump waited over 24 hours to issue a statement on the death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell -- who passed away Monday morning due to complications from COVID-19 -- and what the one-term president had to say is infuriating the many fans of the late military leader and diplomat.

In a statement posted to Twitter by spokesperson Liz Harrington, because Trump is banned from the platform, Trump wrote, "Wonderful to see Colin Powell, who made big mistakes on Iraq and famously, so-called weapons of mass destruction, be treated in death so beautifully by the Fake News Media. Hope that happens to me someday,"

Calling Powell a "classic RINO," the former president sneered, "He made plenty of mistakes, but anyway, may he rest in peace!"

That, in turn," set off Trump's critics with respected election prognosticator Larry Sabato tweeting, "No decent human being will defend Trump's malevolent, spiteful, narcissistic statement on Gen. Powell. But those Republicans who keep silent today will speak volumes about how Trump has debased them and their once-great party. Candidates with no courage never deserve our votes."

CNN anchor Jim Sciutto refused to even link to the statement, writing, "Reading - but deliberately not sharing - Trump's statement on the passing of Colin Powell is another reminder there really is no bottom."

You can see more comments below:

https://www.rawstory.com/there-really-is-no-bottom-trump-buried-for-spiteful-statement-about-colin-powell-s/

[Rick Plant]

Criminal Donald becomes more disliked by the day!

WATCH: Trump faces expletives from New Yorkers as he departs 4-hour deposition
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-protesters/

[Rick Plant]

White House says Trump deserves to be held accountable for attempting to overthrow the government

The White House made it clear on Tuesday that they have no intention of protecting former President Donald Trump from any accountability involving the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

In a statement about Trump's lawsuit declaring executive privilege to protect him from submitting information about Jan. 6 and what led to it, the White House made it clear they have every intention of turning over information.

"Former President Trump abused the office of the presidency and attempted to subvert a peaceful transfer of power," said the statement. "The former president's actions represented a unique - and existential - threat to our democracy that can't be swept under the rug. As President Biden determined, the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself."

Trump filed a lawsuit late Monday in an attempt to block documents from being turned over to the Jan. 6 House Select Committee. He has also told anyone subpoenaed by the committee to defy the subpoena, even if they risk being held in criminal contempt.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-biden-executive-privilege-coup/

[Richard Smith]

White House says Trump deserves to be held accountable for attempting to overthrow the government

The White House made it clear on Tuesday that they have no intention of protecting former President Donald Trump from any accountability involving the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

In a statement about Trump's lawsuit declaring executive privilege to protect him from submitting information about Jan. 6 and what led to it, the White House made it clear they have every intention of turning over information.

"Former President Trump abused the office of the presidency and attempted to subvert a peaceful transfer of power," said the statement. "The former president's actions represented a unique - and existential - threat to our democracy that can't be swept under the rug. As President Biden determined, the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself."

Trump filed a lawsuit late Monday in an attempt to block documents from being turned over to the Jan. 6 House Select Committee. He has also told anyone subpoenaed by the committee to defy the subpoena, even if they risk being held in criminal contempt.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-biden-executive-privilege-coup/

The red tsunami is forming.  2024 is closer every day.  You sound increasingly panicked. 

[Rick Plant]

The red tsunami is forming.  2024 is closer every day.  You sound increasingly panicked.

Just like your imaginary tsunami in 2018 and 2020 

As long as the GOP continues to grovel at the feet of Criminal Donald they will get blown out in each election. Plus Republican voters are in the minority.   

[Rick Plant]

Red tsunami? 

When you lose the independent vote the ballgame is over!

Republicans' Actions and Policies Are Toxically Unpopular

Over the last several years, Republicans and their policies have grown increasingly extreme. The party has pushed past the bounds of acceptable behavior time and again, and become a font of bigotry, lies, and conspiracy theories.

In a new Data for Progress poll of 1,254 likely voters fielded from July 30 to August 2, we examined voter attitudes towards top Republican policy priorities and some of their most prominent actions over the past year. The actions we polled included widespread GOP claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and comments comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust. We find that a majority of likely voters broadly disapprove of the Republican Party’s priorities and actions, and disapprove most strongly with Republican conduct around the 2020 election and the recent conduct of Republican elected officials.

Controversial personalities aren’t Republicans only problem. Voters also overwhelmingly disapprove of their encouragement of the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 by a 55-point margin. Voters disapprove of GOP objections to the Electoral College by a 21-point margin, and Republican claims that the election was stolen by a 19-point margin.

The only two aspects of GOP politics that polled anywhere close to even were the party’s support for Donald Trump and its record of confirming conservative judges to lifetime appointments on the federal bench. Still, in both cases, a plurality of voters disapprove of these extreme positions.

Lastly, a strong majority of likely voters disapprove of the policy priorities that Republicans have pursued over the past years. The most unpopular policies we polled were tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, and laws making it more difficult for people to vote: Voters disapproved of these policies by a 58-point margin, and a 57-point margin, respectively. They also disapprove of the party’s climate-change denial and their efforts to block climate-change legislation by a 55-point margin.



These high levels of disapproval remained consistent among large majorities of Democrats, independents, and Republicans, though they’re especially strong among Democratic voters. Our findings indicate that of all the GOP’s political liabilities, Democrats are most disturbed by the party’s reaction to Donald Trump losing the presidential election to Joe Biden.

Our polling found that Democrats disapprove of Republican claims that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” by a 70-point margin. We also found that Democrats disapprove of Republican attempts to subvert the election results by blocking the certification of electoral college votes by a 62-point margin. Democrats also strongly disapprove of encouraging violent siege of the U.S Capitol, as occured on January 6, by a 67-point margin.

Only Gaetz and Greene reach these levels of disapproval, which is to say Democratic voters view the insurrection and Trump’s efforts to seize an unelected second term as dimly as they view statutory rape and making light of the Holocaust.



The outlook isn’t much better for Republicans among independents. They disapprove of Gaetz sending money to underaged women by a 69-point margin; of Republicans encouraging violent protests on the U.S Capitol  by a 57-point margin, and of Greene’s comments by a 49-point margin.

Independents likewise oppose striking down sections of the Voting Rights Act and making it more difficult for Americans to vote by a margin of 36 points, and are against cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy by a margin of 31 points.



Likely Republican voters are, unsurprisingly less-hostile to the GOP than Democrats and independents, and even approve of Republican objections to the Electoral College vote and of claims that the election was stolen. However, we also found that some GOP antics and scandals are too toxic for their own voters. 

They disapprove of Gaetz’s conduct by a margin of 50 points, of Greene’s comments by a 35-point margin, and of encouraging the violent assault on the U.S Capitol by a 40-point margin.

Republican voters also disapprove of cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy and striking down sections of the Voting Rights Act to make it more difficult to vote by 10- and two-point margins, respectively.



This polling makes it clear that voters, even Republican voters, can’t tolerate many of the actions and policies that define the GOP. It’s clear that the path the Republican Party has taken in recent years isn’t just morally wrong, it’s also politically risky. Republican politicians aren’t delivering for their constituencies or their voters and it’s important that we replace them with politicians who will.

https://crooked.com/articles/republicans-unpopular/