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No wonder he attacked those four women. (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Jul 2019 OP
True but it isn't hard to be smarter than this idiot malaise Jul 2019 #1
trump does deflection DownriverDem Jul 2019 #38
Just about EVERYBODY is smarter than Trump! True Dough Jul 2019 #2
Yet . . . madamesilverspurs Jul 2019 #3
Yes he has. Southern border, health care... 33taw Jul 2019 #17
they are brilliant! handmade34 Jul 2019 #4
I love them all. Rep. Omar is talking right now -- very impressive. klook Jul 2019 #5
All excellent, from the heart Beringia Jul 2019 #6
Impressive indeed. FM123 Jul 2019 #7
I agree, but we are fighting an uphill battle. I hope we can keep moving forward ... Caliman73 Jul 2019 #8
That's a big AGREE! pazzyanne Jul 2019 #15
Try this, Wellstone ruled Jul 2019 #9
Or try this lunatica Jul 2019 #10
And he gave Wellstone ruled Jul 2019 #12
Omar isn't a lawyer. She's smart as heck, though. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #27
She did not finish her JD? Wellstone ruled Jul 2019 #29
As far as I know she didn't go to law school. She has a BA in poli sci. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #36
Thanks, Wellstone ruled Jul 2019 #37
Here's the you tube vid: PatrickforO Jul 2019 #11
Extremely Powerful News Conference that the 4 US House of Reps Held Today . . ! OldManTarHeel Jul 2019 #13
Trump boasts that he's 'like, really smart' and a 'very stable genius' amid questions over his menta keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #14
Trump is jealous of Congressfolk because they got more votes than their opponent. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #16
Women of Congress DeminPennswoods Jul 2019 #18
Nytimes still has trumps hateful comments on the article about their press conference Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #19
Trump doesn't have the self awareness to know he's outclassed Martin Eden Jul 2019 #20
They sure were classy! calimary Jul 2019 #24
He attacked them to divert attention from his relationship to Epstein. NNadir Jul 2019 #21
I am extremely proud that each of these women are Democrats and represent us all. warmfeet Jul 2019 #22
That's not it jmowreader Jul 2019 #23
Epstein is a court matter and is not going away any time soon. efhmc Jul 2019 #25
His real hope there... jmowreader Jul 2019 #26
They had to postpone the bail hearing because so many vistims showed up. efhmc Jul 2019 #28
Trumpy supplied female minors for Epstein's parties. Eyeball_Kid Jul 2019 #31
And there's no statute of limitations on child sex crimes jmowreader Jul 2019 #32
More than their intelligence, of which Trumpy is fearful, Eyeball_Kid Jul 2019 #30
It's worse. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2019 #33
One of the victim True Blue American Jul 2019 #35
You see, THESE frank, intelligent, passionate politicians are what inspires me. Nevermypresident Jul 2019 #34
Yes, they are brilliant. But saying they're smarter than he is isn't a compliment StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #39
Trump Was Having a Very Bad Week Peaceful Protester Jul 2019 #40

DownriverDem

(6,206 posts)
38. trump does deflection
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 02:30 PM
Jul 2019

Think about it. Whenever something is going to hit, trump does or says something to deflect from it. Think Jeffry Epstein matter. trump does it all the time.

True Dough

(17,096 posts)
2. Just about EVERYBODY is smarter than Trump!
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 05:35 PM
Jul 2019

To his credit (I rarely type that), I don't think he's launched any attacks on the 3rd graders who are not quite up to his speed.

klook

(12,134 posts)
5. I love them all. Rep. Omar is talking right now -- very impressive.
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 05:42 PM
Jul 2019

I love her passion and integrity.

This is like watching the Home Run Derby at the baseball All-Star Game. One towering drive after another from each of these women.

And the short-fingered vulgarian currently occupying the White House will continue to hit weak grounders that his base thinks are tape-measure homers.

FM123

(10,050 posts)
7. Impressive indeed.
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 05:45 PM
Jul 2019

What Rep Ayanna Pressley called him was perfect. Not president trump, but Occupant Trump.

Caliman73

(11,694 posts)
8. I agree, but we are fighting an uphill battle. I hope we can keep moving forward ...
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 05:55 PM
Jul 2019

and stop fighting each other.

I don't expect total lockstep unity within the party but we need to watch each other's backs. Hopefully All the Dems will rally together to call out and keep on Trump's actual racism and not get caught up on policy fights and the desire for perfection.

AOC, Omar, Tlaib, and Pressely are good young congress people with I hope, bright futures. Nancy Pelosi has been fighting the good fight for decades. I hope that they can work together against the real enemy of the people, Trump.

We are not only fighting the idiot though. We are fighting to have a reckoning with America's past, and unfortunately present. We have a sizable segment of the population that either supports Trump's bigotry, or who want to believe it doesn't exist and hide their head in the sand. They get more upset at being presented with clear indications of racism than the actual racism. That is a tough situation to contend with for people who want to change the paradigm. We need to be very united if we want to fight against it.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
9. Try this,
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 06:22 PM
Jul 2019

Congresswoman Ohmar,Lawyer,community organizer and Leader.


Donald Trump,fifteenth rate Reality TV Star and Narcissistic Psychopath,as well as accused Rapist.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
10. Or try this
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 06:29 PM
Jul 2019

Donald Trump didn’t love his country enough to go to Vietnam when it expected him to. Instead he lied about having bone spurs and claimed that he did his patriotic duty by fucking every woman he could.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
37. Thanks,
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:54 PM
Jul 2019

one of our Minny friends mentioned she was going to attend Mitchell. Sorry,assumed it happened. Knew she did the Ploy Sci thing.

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
11. Here's the you tube vid:
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 06:33 PM
Jul 2019

That press conference was OUTSTANDING. These women are going to go right back in Trump's face and they were real strong here.

OldManTarHeel

(435 posts)
13. Extremely Powerful News Conference that the 4 US House of Reps Held Today . . !
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 06:46 PM
Jul 2019

My Lord, they were well spoken and on point . . !

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
14. Trump boasts that he's 'like, really smart' and a 'very stable genius' amid questions over his menta
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 06:56 PM
Jul 2019

Trump boasts that he’s ‘like, really smart’ and a ‘very stable genius’ amid questions over his mental fitness

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/01/06/trump-boasts-that-hes-like-really-smart-and-a-very-stable-genius-amid-questions-over-his-mental-fitness/?utm_term=.4e4a71f0c8c3

The very same Trump who says the Continental Army captured the airports during the Revolutionary War.

Martin Eden

(12,803 posts)
20. Trump doesn't have the self awareness to know he's outclassed
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 07:32 PM
Jul 2019

His ego won't permit it. This malignant narcissist really does think he knows more than the generals and everyone else because to think otherwise would be to admit a personal shortcoming.

Trump responds to criticism with ad hominem attacks. The recent tweets were a product of that and the overt racism integral to his anti-immigrant demagoguery.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
24. They sure were classy!
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 08:53 PM
Jul 2019

Very impressive presentation from four well-informed, credible, committed, and eloquent women. Makes ya proud!

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
22. I am extremely proud that each of these women are Democrats and represent us all.
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 08:27 PM
Jul 2019

I will be very proud, again, when we elect them to the office of President Of The United States.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
23. That's not it
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 08:35 PM
Jul 2019

He's up to his ass in the Epstein scandal. He hopes that by throwing out a bunch of outlandish shit, he can keep people from noticing until the Epstein case blows over.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
26. His real hope there...
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 12:41 PM
Jul 2019

...is to keep people from knowing Trump bought sex from Epstein, which he probably did.

efhmc

(14,709 posts)
28. They had to postpone the bail hearing because so many vistims showed up.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 12:44 PM
Jul 2019

There are lots of grownup women yet to be heard from.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
31. Trumpy supplied female minors for Epstein's parties.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:06 PM
Jul 2019

His modeling agency recruited teens from Europe, then entrapped them into servile labor and sex trafficking by threatening them with deportation. It's in court filings and witness statements. Trumpy also engaged in raping minors with Epstein. That will come out in subsequent testimony. But for his noncritical fanbase, none of it will matter. If Trumpy says it isn't true, then that's the final word. All he has to do is lie, and he's got a permanent following.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
32. And there's no statute of limitations on child sex crimes
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:14 PM
Jul 2019

The GOP spent YEARS trying to set up an impeachment case for Bill Clinton based on things he did when he was governor of Arkansas.

Sauce for the goose. If they can try to impeach a president over a land deal gone bad, we can lay out the case for impeaching one based on being a sex trafficker. And if we can come up with that case, we can turn it into a "it's either you or him" scenario - the first "are your daughters safe with Mitch McConnell in the Senate?" ad that hits the airwaves, they will get rid of the bastard one way or the other.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
30. More than their intelligence, of which Trumpy is fearful,
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:01 PM
Jul 2019

the "Squad" shows fearlessness. This likely irks Trumpy more than anything. Now that he's shown his disrespect and white supremacy, he's locked himself into a no-win position with them. But that won't stop him from digging.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
33. It's worse.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:19 PM
Jul 2019

I think he attacked them because he thinks they’re weak!

Can you imagine? Those are the ones he thinks weak! Those weaklings gonna rain hell down on the President of the United States!

Nevermypresident

(781 posts)
34. You see, THESE frank, intelligent, passionate politicians are what inspires me.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:34 PM
Jul 2019

They give me that same feeling that Obama did. Of course, none of them are always right, might make missteps, etc., like ALL politicians. They are not putting politics before our country and it's Constitution.

It's a breath of fresh air as opposed to our current leadership, TBH.



 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
39. Yes, they are brilliant. But saying they're smarter than he is isn't a compliment
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 02:44 PM
Jul 2019

The salad I had for lunch is smarter than he is.

Peaceful Protester

(280 posts)
40. Trump Was Having a Very Bad Week
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 03:41 PM
Jul 2019

True to character, Trump continues to stoke political divisions as he knows it is his best chance of re-election.
He also knows he will have to fight for approximately 1-2% of the voting population that can still be swayed.

Trump is always in campaign mode ready to throw red meat to his base especially during a bad news cycle:

• Under Trump's policies and watch, more than half a dozen children have died in US custody at the border
• Rep. Jerry Nadler, (D-NY) called for the leaders of border security agencies to face charges for child abuse
• Protesters were able to draw attention to conditions and treatment of immigrants at border detainment centers
• Jeffrey Epstein was finally arrested and charged with sex trafficking triggering calls for Alex Acosta to resign
• Trump's ties to Epstein were scrutinized while quotes and photos of the two men together appeared in the news
• Trump's Labor Sec. Alex Acosta finally resigned amid the uproar over the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse scandal

The latest news cycle was very bad for Trump, and his strategy was obviously intended to distract with red meat.
In true Trump fashion, he tweets these women are communists, socialists, America hating, and they should leave.

Let's hold Trump accountable!

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