So many contradictions, so little time. The “reinstatement” folks believe politics can be fixed in post-production, like previous guy had his bigotry expunged on the Apprentice. It’s not like he killed 400,000 people with incompetent policies. It’s not like Trump operated in DC an Adderall Trap House. The 2020 election cannot be “fixed in post”, even as it’s fixed in our minds as sedition and insurrection.
Only an idiot like JD Vance could exploit an event after the fact like this:
J.D. Vance, the author ofHillbilly Elegyand a Republican Senate candidate currently running to replace Rob Portman, thoroughly embarrassed himself on Twitter Friday morning when he used thetragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchinsto bootlick former President Donald Trump.
“Dear@jacklet Trump back on,” Vance tweeted at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. “We need Alec Baldwin tweets.” The implication was that America “needs” to hear Trump’s unvarnished thoughts about hiscomedy nemesisaccidentally killing Hutchins—and wounding director Joel Souza—on the New Mexico set of his new movieRustless than 24 hours earlier.
So many “private thoughts”, so much public discourse.
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Really sad to see Meaghan McCain go through such horrible abuse. I know she’d never otherwise surround herself with abusive, hateful assholeshttps://t.co/OoLTxHpZDN
Did Yale Law School go overboard when it tried to get a 2L to apologize for sending an invitation to a to a “trap house” Constitution Day bash, held in conjunction with the Federalist Society? https://t.co/YsfzAHVzFZpic.twitter.com/fXQAe5237z
(2017) Speculation that there were offensive remarks present on outtakes of the NBC reality show, which Trump hosted for 14 seasons (he remains an executive producer), first emerged in the final days of last year’s election campaign. After theAccess Hollywoodaudio tape, on which Trump could be heard bragging to host Billy Bush about committing sexual assault, leaked, Pruitt tweeted that when it came to Trump tapes, “there are far worse.” He added that it was “just the beginning.”
(2020) Donald Trump allegedly refused to letThe Apprenticecontestant Kwame Jackson win the reality show because he’s Black and gay, according to revelations in a new book from Trump’s former “fixer.”
“There was no way I was going to let this black fag win,” Trump allegedly said.
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s bookDisloyal: A Memoirwas released earlier this week, and Cohen wrote that Trump is more racist off-camera than he is in public.
“As a rule, Trump expressed low opinions of all Black folks,” Cohen said. “What he said in private was far worse than what he uttered in public.”
Trump refused to “hire” Jackson, the runner-up of the first season of Trump’s reality TV competitionThe Apprenticein 2004, because of his race and sexuality, calling Jackson an anti-gay slur.
There had been problems the camera department experienced on set before the tragic accidental shooting happened. Safety was of concern. https://t.co/GfFGRYgw9W
Halyna Hutchins, 42, was reportedly struck in the stomach and was airlifted to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where she died,according to Deadline.Director Joel Souza, 48, was said to have been wounded in the shoulder but was released from the hospital on Friday morning.
“There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I’m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred,”Baldwin said in a statement on Friday morning.
A spokesperson for Alec Baldwin said there was an accident on the set involving the misfire of a prop gun with blanks, leaving many to wonder “how can a gun without bullets kill someone?” and “shouldn’t film set safety precautions prevent such tragedies?”https://t.co/Fk48kauSde
It definitely isn’t. Gun safety on sets is always a top priority and guns are supposed to be plugged. Real bullets should never be anywhere near a set. And now we should ban the use of blanks and simply do muzzle flashes in post to avoid any more tragedies. #RIPHalynaHutchins ❤️ https://t.co/AmYNLNRc3D
Doubling down to draw attention away from the abortion bounties, a new Texas Secretary of State (who worked on the PA election challenge) appointed by Greg Abbott
Gov.Greg Abbotton Thursday appointed John Scott — a Fort Worth attorney who briefly represented former President Donald Trump in a lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania — as Texas’ new secretary of state.
As secretary of state, Scott would oversee election administration in Texas — a task complicated in recent years by baseless claims of election fraud from Republicans in the highest levels of government, fueled by Trump. The former president has filed a flurry of lawsuits nationwide and called for audits in Texas and elsewhere to review the results of the 2020 presidential elections. Trump’s own attorney general, Bill Barr, said there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud nationwide, and in Texas, an official with the secretary of state’s office said the 2020 election was “smooth and secure.”
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“Abbott’s announcement of Scott’s appointment did not mention his work for Trump.”
NEW: Newsmax and Fox News have aired outdated, out-of-context photos of empty grocery store shelves in recent segments about the jammed-up supply chain. https://t.co/UDDfPpspvSpic.twitter.com/tQlvqTde8D
NSFW. Turn down the volume if there are kids are around.
These are the people we’re supposed to reason with, or not look down on, or whose grievances we’re supposed to keep asking about in diners, or something. https://t.co/Kx2PElROiz
