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[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine going to all that trouble for Donald Trump.

I wouldn’t do that shit for my own mother.

Everyone around that man knows that they’re dealing with the ego of an arrogant 5th grader. It’s comical just how far he’s willing to go to protect his ego.

If he had actually won, he would have claimed they they tried so hard to cheat and he actually had however many more votes. I mean, he did that the first time.

Imagine getting up in the morning and doing all that Rudy did when he KNEW it wouldn’t be productive, for as long as he did it. Jesus.

Why?

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Working as an unpaid intern for Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump has got to be the worst job of all time.

[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol, the summaries of quotes are hilarious.

Rudy Further Argued That Legal Filings Themselves Are Really Just Meant to Be Wild Guesses

And

The Panel Did Not Buy the “Dog Ate My Evidence” Claims

Or this one-two punch:

Rudy Thought an Appropriate Punishment Might Be a Slap on the Wrist

...

Because Rudy Refuses to Admit He Did Anything Wrong, the Panel Disagreed About the Slap on the Wrist

[–] saegiru@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He defecated through a sunroof!

[–] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He defecated through a sunroof!

CHICANERY!

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Reminder that Steve Bannon frankly confessed Trump's Start the Steal conspiracy plans to a group of Trump insiders before the election.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1112138665/jan-6-committee-hearing-transcript

…audio from Trump advisor, Steve Bannon, surfaced from October 31st, 2020, just a few days before the Presidential election.

Let’s listen. [Begin Videotape]

STEVE BANNON: And what Trump’s going to do is declare victory, right? He’s going to declare victory, but that doesn’t mean he’s a winner. He’s just gonna say he’s a winner. The Democrats — more of our people vote early that count. Theirs vote in mail. And so they’re going to have a natural disadvantage and Trump’s going to take advantage — that’s our strategy.

He’s gonna declare himself a winner. So when you wake up Wednesday morning, it’s going to be a firestorm. Also — also if Trump is — if Trump is losing by 10 or 11:00 at night, it’s going to be even crazier. Because he’s gonna sit right there and say they stole it. If Biden’s wining, Trump is going to do some crazy shit.

[–] Alfiegerner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Anybody know of the democrat or Republican composition of the people making this decision?

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