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So you're a recidivist.

Thanks for the non-explanation. But that's OK.

First off, he didn't refer in his speech to all 75 million. For one thing, it's 70% of Republicans who believe the elections were stolen. And I don't think it's possible to alienate such individuals further in any significant way. They are already alienated from reality. As for targeting individuals, he called the Justice Dept and FBI "vicious monsters" And you don't think his crazy accusation against Fetterman is going to be replayed over and over again? Trump has succeeded in making his ugliness and his obsessions big issues in the 2022 elections.

Do you understand that you're indicting yourself with this comment also? I just responded to what you wrote. If you were responding to what someone else wrote along this line, that was the time to raise this objection.

Yes. Nothing is stopping Americans from believing that the Earth is flat or that Donald Trump actually won the 2020 election. But because Americans enjoy freedom of speech, there is no law compelling such nonsensical beliefs to be treated with respect.

And Trump spends more time hours watching daytime TV than any person with a job has any reason to. But clearly that was more important than intelligence briefings which he regularly skipped. Also, in his daily schedule, there were large multihour blocks of something mysterious called "executive time".

Even if Biden's speech could be characterized as a rant, do you think it's anywhere near the league of Trump's outright vicious and lunatic comments? All Biden has to do now is sit back and watch Trump ruin the chances of so many Republican candidates. Or do you believe that Trump will repent of his ways and only talk sense from now on?

Here's a compelling article from Dan Goldman and the NY Daily News The possible path to prosecuting Trump: Democratic congressional nominee Dan Goldman lays out feds’ likely case "When it comes to information “respecting the national defense” (which is not always classified information), the Espionage Act is a broad statute that does not necessarily require intent to disseminate or distribute such materials. But in weighing whether a set of factual circumstances supports such a charge, prosecutors consider four factors: intent to distribute, clear knowledge of document importance, volume of the material and whether or not investigators have been lied to." https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-possible-path-to-prosecuting-trump-20220904-o7omj3c37zehdi6htwcwrjeb4y-story.html

I guess it's funny that you have no actual facts or reasoning to counter the point I've raised. But more sad than funny.

And he needed all morning to do that? That was his overwhelmingly top priority? It is to laugh.

Really? You think that Trump's performances in Pennslyvania are a plus for Republican candidates? You think that someone so easily triggered is not going to be voicing the same kind of repugnant comments over and over again?

The difference is that Trump actually had a job and a home office to work from. How exactly did covid restrictions keep him from doing his job? Was it the hazardous commute from his bedroom to the office?

Well, that works only if you count time at the Whitehouse as actual working time. I doubt that Biden spends his morning in a bathrobe watching cable news Trump reportedly watches up to 7 hours of cable news every morning before getting to the Oval Office as late as noon https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-is-watching-7-hours-of-tv-and-getting-to-the-oval-office-at-noon-report-2020-4

Oh really. What typo was it that is responsible for the misapprehension that Trump accused John Fetterman of taking amphetamines, fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine? What typo was it that led to the misimpression that Trump called the Justice Dept and the FBI "vicious monsters"?

Because he was waiting to use it against Trump in the midterms? And it looked like it worked perfectly.

For what it's worth. Fetterman would have a pretty good shot at successfully suing Trump for defamation, even though in the USA the standard is much higher for public figures than in most other countries. Trump's accusation of Fetterman taking heroin, amphetamines, fentanyl, and heroin has no basis in evidence and are clearly inspired by malice. But it's extremely unlikely that Fetterman would bother to.

There are lots of nutter Republicans out there. Lots. Most Republicans still falsely believe Trump’s stolen election claims. Here are some reasons why. In poll after poll, about 70% of Republicans say they don’t think Joe Biden is the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/70-percent-republicans-falsely-believe-stolen-election-trump/

I'm guessing that it's also psychological warfare. Russian morale is not good. Learning what they're up against and what they're going to be up against has to be very discouraging for Russian troops.

An interesting take on Biden's speech from David Frum Biden Laid the Trap. Trump Walked Into It. At his Pennsylvania rally, the former president gave exactly the narcissistic display his Democratic nemesis tried to provoke. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/trump-pennsylvania-rally-republicans/671344/ Can you imagine how Mehmet Oz felt when Trump attacked his opponent, John Fetterman, for consuming cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin? “Fetterman supports taxpayer funded drug dens and the complete decriminalization of illegal drugs, including heroin, cocaine, crystal meth and ultra lethal fentanyl,” he said. “And by the way, he takes them himself”. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-john-fetterman-drug-use-rally-b2159287.html It's bad enough for the Republcians that Trump pushed such a weak candidate over the finish line in his race to be the nominee. Now he's making sure that Oz has no chance. It's Georgia 2020 all over again.

Rural America Reels From Violent Crime. ‘People Lost Their Ever-Lovin’ Minds.’ Murder rates didn’t soar only in cities during the pandemic; small-town sheriffs and prosecutors are overwhelmed with homicide cases https://www.wsj.com/articles/violent-crime-rural-america-homicides-pandemic-increase-11654864251 In Rural America, Violent Crime Reaches Highest Level in a Decade The loss of jobs and the opioid epidemic are two of the biggest reasons. https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-crime-rural-urban-cities.html Edit: Just to make it clear, rural areas overwhelmingly support Trump.

What Trump supporters fail to note is that the primary reason for the FBI search was to recover documents that were left with perilously little protection.. Documents that were brought to their attention by witnesses after Trump's lawyers denied any classified documents were left at Mar a Lago. In June, these allegedly cooperative persons denied the FBI the right to look at boxes that were still in storage.

Interesting how you respond to this but when Trump claims a Democratic Senate Candidate consumes many kinds of illicit drugs, no response ensues.. And do you think Trump should not be ashamed of himself for not welcoming his successor? And for not attending Biden's inauguration? Do you think he shouldn't be ashamed of himself for still carrying on about a "stolen" election?

First of all, none of the documents taken from the White House were legally in his possession since they weren't vetted by NARA. But even if some of the documents were legally in his possession, it's clear that not all were. And as my analagy pointed out, it's legal to have vitamins in your possession, but amphetamines not so much.

You mean that they should have raided the place earlier? Also, keep in mind that his lawyers signed off on a letter that claimed all the classified documents had already been removed. Then the Justice Dept was apparently informed by witnesses that there were some really serious highly classified documents that were still in Trump's possession. And none of those documents taken from the White House could legally be in Trump's possession without being vetted first by NARA.

This is like defending a drug dealer on the grounds that while he may have had several kilos of amphetamines in his possession, he also had vitamin pills.