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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 01:18 PM Sep 2018

Trump Jr. questions Ford's 'selective fear of flying' after testimony

Junior's tweets do not merit mention in the LBN Forum.

Trump Jr. questions Ford's 'selective fear of flying' after testimony

BY BRETT SAMUELS - 09/27/18 01:01 PM EDT

Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday appeared to mock Christine Blasey Ford's self-proclaimed fear of flying after she acknowledged during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee that she often travels by air for vacations and hobbies.

"I’m no psychology professor but it does seem weird to me that someone could have a selective fear of flying," Trump Jr. tweeted.

I’m no psychology professor but it does seem weird to me that someone could have a selective fear of flying.

Can’t do it to testify but for vacation, well it’s not a problem at all.



....

The responses are predictably brutal. For example:

You know how on certain days you found the strength not to cheat on your wife, and on other days you didn’t? It’s like that.



How I'm handling the testimony, for the most part:

Yeah, not watching at all because I feel cynically sure of how it will end and I'm trying to cut back on day-drinking.


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beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
2. an idiot response from an idiot..I'd ask the SOB how he feel about flying across the country
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 01:20 PM
Sep 2018

to sit in front of a Mueller grand jury for 8 hours and see if he would have any fear of the flight

Vinca

(50,269 posts)
3. He's an idiot. Many of us have a fear of flying, but manage to get on a plane
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 01:20 PM
Sep 2018

if we have to. The comment makes Junior seem smaller than usual.

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
8. MAGA Minions are SERIOUSLY bringing this up on other forums, they don't have an original thought in
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 01:25 PM
Sep 2018

... their brains!!

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
10. I have zero understanding as to why this afraid of flying thing makes a difference.
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 01:33 PM
Sep 2018

I got trapped in an elevator when I was a little girl in a country that I did not know the language and had no clue what to do to help myself. With the elevator stuck between floors and the door staying open I was terrified. After that happened I developed claustrophobia and fear of elevators. If I can I take the stairs but sometimes there are to many stairs and for years because of an accident I was unable to use stairs so I used the elevator anyway. I am still scared but I do it because I must. So is anyone going to put me down for taking the stairs instead of the elevator? This is what they are doing to Ford and it just proves how stupid and belittling the GOP is.

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