Holy crap Steven Calabresi, co-founder of the Federalist Society, on trump election tweet

[EleanorR]

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

1. Aw Steve, another too late smart betrayer of the Constitution

Something tells me he's going to keep sending friendly names to the Senate Judiciary Committee to further foul the government.

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Love it - "too late smart!"

Just another Puke working fast on a "Cover Your A$$" plan in preparation for the November tsunami!

[live love laugh]

36. Eggs-zactly

Fuck Steve.

[malaise]

54. THIS

[erronis]

83. Exactly. That privileged FedSoc is the origin of much of the problems with US

They're just a bunch of schoolboys from wealthy parents that have decided they can run the country.

They have polluted the US judiciary and probably much of congress.

Now they want a bit of leniency because they didn't "understand" how morally bankrupt their peeresident is.

It's more likely they now fear that their peeresident is going to also take them out - deep six.

[GoneOffShore]

101. They should change their name to The Fascistic Society.

[Kaiserguy]

106. Right On

They are one of the leading causes of our decent into the abyss. There packing the courts with unqualified judges has only hasten our decent into Reich-Wing Hell

[zentrum]

95. This Because....

[GoneOffShore]

102. Stealing your comment.

[olegramps]

115. This Johnny-come-too-damn late is still a dangerous piece of crap. Fuck him and the horse he rode.

[samnsara]

2. he'll just say he was 'kidding'

[oldsoftie]

108. Exactly. Just like every other stupid thing he says, "cant you tell he was kidding?"

[SoonerPride]

3. If only someone had warned him trump was a fascist

Too bad no one ever said that.

Oh wait.


Everyone said that. 🤷🏻?♂️

The frog is shocked when the scorpion turns around and kills him as they cross the stream. Well it is in its nature.

trump is a scorpion and he wants to rule forever. As a dictator. To pretend you didn’t know until today is frankly unfuckingbelievable

[erronis]

84. the perfect analogy. May not be the scorpion but a putin/barr cretin.

[unblock]

4. as donnie's polls are terrible, republicans are desperate for a way to distance themselves from him

if they are finding they can't change the subject and just ignore him (which is quite likely the case), they may well sign on to removing him as the ultimate way of trying to make all the bad news of the last 4 years about donnie and not about the whole republican party that created him, supported him, voted for him, refused to remove him earlier, etc.

[Thekaspervote]

21. Good analogy!!

[MyOwnPeace]

52. Yep!

You've listed EVERY reason (well, to be honest, there may be even more....) that THIS may be the "cut bait and run" moment that they've been laughing about for the past 3 years - DAMN IT, PUGS, don't it smack you in the face!

[ChazInAz]

61. Coleridge is inspiring.

We're going to hang that rotting carcass around every republican neck forever.

[unblock]

66. yes, indeed, the albatross question.

it really comes into focus if republicans actually do decide that want to jettison donnie to protect their own asses in november.

then it becomes a quandry for us. obviously, we can't be seen to be supporting donnie in any way, but if enough republican senators say they'd vote to remove him, do we jump at the chance and impeach him again, or do we say you had your chance, now it's time to pay at the polls?



personally, i think there are too many lives at stake, we'd have to remove donnie. but the political strategist in me says hell no, we'll take the landslide, thank you very much.

[erronis]

85. Don't give the (r)epuglicons any quarter, ever. Forever. The brand is stained.

I hope their children and other spawn understand how despicable their parents have been. Of course, if it is inherited, watch out for a new generation of evil bastards.

[calimary]

98. Yes indeed. We need to MAKE SURE that happens.

All the apologists and excuse-makers and whores and other assorted cowards need to be reminded again and again and again.

They must NEVER be allowed to hide or escape or try to deny or claim they “always knew he was no good.” Hell, they’ve been on their knees licking his feet since he became “viable” last time around.

No escape. This is the indelible mark on the soul.

I’ve had my share of screw-ups in life but at least I don’t have to worry about facing THAT question when the time comes to answer to St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.

[Cha]

5. Fucking WOW.. I guess it's better coming from

someone like this who resisted recognizing what the hell trump is until THIS!

[Wawannabe]

6. Well if the house impeaches him again this bastard

Better write an op ed in support of impeachment !

[MagickMuffin]

7. Well your PARTY kinda blew it bub

Your Party had the chance to rid yourselves of this bubbling idiot and you YES YOU even wrote an op-ed AGINST IT.

And then the Senate refused to hold a trial. But Susan Collins said he would learn his lesson. Your PARTY is full of willful ignorant "people", deal with it like the rest of us.

So, Steven Calabresi you were warned. Your PARTY was warned and yet you kept protecting the Fascist!

[Captain Zero]

71. Somebody tell this punk, just go vote for Biden.

At this point.

We handed you his head on a silver impeachment platter once. You fucked it up. Go vote for Biden. Drive some poor Democrats to the polls, you shitstain.

[Cha]

8. Rt.. TY, Eleanor! Fed Society

Link to tweet

[niyad]

60. A side note: ben domenech of the fed society and redstate, is married to meghan mccain.

[Cha]

91. Eeek.. TY, niyad..

[niyad]

93. You are most welcome.

[JDC]

88. Does he say he'll not vote for Trump anywhere in there?

It's your fault we're in this mess. Put your money where your mouth is a Steve

[JHB]

9. Calabresi finds his "Road to Denethor" moment

[irisblue]

22. Props for the John Noble clip

[bronxiteforever]

43. +1 exactly.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Ya know, when a crypto-fascist calls out an open fascist, it's a thing.

Impeach and Dump.

[malaise]

11. No president in history has ever raised postponing an election

not fucking one.

He should be impeached

[MFGsunny]

12. The day MF45 loses the co-founder of the Federalist Society is ....

... a day _________________________________


PLEASE HELP FILL IN THAT BLANK. Please and thank you.

[Budi]

13. You gotta dance with the one you brung, Steven!

Same goes for your old Federalist Bill Barr

[Laelth]

14. Some Republican sanity. It's nice to see. n/t

-Laelth

[yaesu]

15. well, just add it to the long list of impeachable offences. nt

[budkin]

17. WHAT??

He's lost the Federalist society??

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. Is is next tweet about how he's planning to vote

for the Democratic nominee and do his best to persuade everyone he knows to do so? If not, Calabresi is simply a hypocrite.

[Thekaspervote]

19. Whoa!!! Are they starting to see what he is??? What he's doing??

[Dios Mio]

32. They've always known.

They disgust me even more now. They waited until the last possible moment before cleaning the poop off their shoes.

[Volaris]

33. Ya. AFTER tracking it all over the carpet.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. I think just a nice belly rub should be enough to get this guy back in line. nt

[stillcool]

23. today's tweet is what did it...

amazing.

[MyOwnPeace]

24. Well, O-M-G!!!!!!!

It's looking like the "let's hold off on the elections" is the life raft that the RepubliCons are going to grab on to in order to save their own a$$es.

(heard in their "prayer meeting" - 'Please, oh please, Donnie, give us ONE screwed-up tweet that we can jump on and show that 'we CARE about our constitution' (as if THAT was ever on their minds.) "

So now they've got it - an umbrella to hide under - and DAMN are they running fast from the rain!!!

I hope they ALL drown in the tsunami!!!!

[Squinch]

50. Interesting take. I hadn't thought of that, and I hope you're right.

[George II]

25. I saw that, and was surprised.

[Lonestarblue]

26. Instead of calling for impeachment, he should call for use of the 25th Amendment.

Another impeachment that would result in the Senate once again clearing Trump would only result in Democrats being blamed. Trump has recently done and said crazy things, like creating a secret police force, attacking US cities, rambling about faucets without enough water pressure or bringing back old light bulbs. His tweeting about and support of irrational conspiracy theories should cause anyone with half a brain to be concerned. And now he thinks a doctor (is she really?) who believes in demon sex is very smart and fantastic. Normal people do not embrace the modern equivalent of a witch doctor. There’s plenty to use the 25th to say he is unfit for office.

In reality, Republicans might be better off with Pence as their candidate. Trump’s supporters might be angry if he is sidelined, but they won’t vote for a Democrat. But as Trump gets crazier and crazier, some of his less rabid supporters may move to the Biden camp.

[dansolo]

80. 25th amendment has a higher burden than impeachment

The 25th amendment is only meant for a president who is incapacitated. All Trump has to do is claim that he is fit to serve, and them it would require a 2/3 vote in both the House and the Senate, which is an even higher burden than impeachment. I don't understand why people keep bringing it up.

[PatSeg]

27. He thought the Mueller investigation

was unconstitutional?

So it took a tweet about delaying the election to get through to this guy? Now he sees Trump's fascist tendencies, as if he hasn't been broadcasting who and what he was for the last four years. Better late than never I suppose, but geez that's pretty pathetic.

[yonder]

39. +1.

[MyOwnPeace]

55. I TRULY think............

it is like the "stoning" in "Life of Brian" - or the shooting of students at Kent State (and I truly mean NO disrespect regarding lives taken as compared to a comedy film) - everybody is standing around waiting for someone else to take the first shot.
Finally, somebody does and BOOM - the floodgates have been opened.
Like I said elsewhere in this thread - everybody was waiting for someone ELSE to be the heavy and fear the wrath of BunkerBoy - but, WOW, it looks like the dam has broken and his thumbs will be working overtime tonight!

[PatSeg]

64. That's a good point

Its like more and more people are waking up from their zombie trance and as they wake up, they wake up others. It snowballs.

[crickets]

28. Political self preservation raises its regretful head at last. :golf clap:

[maxrandb]

29. So the prick who gave us all the fascist judges

is complaining about fascism?

Dear Steve,

Go fuck yourself sideways with a First Edition Hard Cover copy of Atlas Shrugged you worthless piece of amphibian shit.

[Dios Mio]

34. Perfect.

[MyOwnPeace]

57. And.....

hold it upside down after you've gassed the streets to get to your own special stage to do your show!

[Pacifist Patriot]

105. Thank you

My sentiment exactly.

[JPK]

30. That's rich....

The Federalist Society is a fascist organization. They are a threat to democracy.

[LuckyLib]

31. So you've just now awakened and smelled the coffee? Whatever position

you are in should be nullified immediately.

The stupid in this country is simply overwhelming.

[plimsoll]

35. Let's see if I can get the write degree of sarcasm here "Well spotted."

[djacq]

37. What's said when the Monster is out of control.

[turbinetree]

38. Your about 3 years and 7 months to late there Stevie, but you got what you wanted

didn't you....................the courts....................and a criminal enabling party................this gas lighting and deflection, you own this shit show you and your organization and others...........end of story................. .

[tiptonic]

40. Oink Oink

I just heard that sound flying over my house. I guess pigs to fly..

[wryter2000]

41. Thanks, Captain Obvious

Where’ve you been?

[Lasher]

42. The Greek gods had a favorite way of punishing mortals

They would give the mortals exactly what they thought they wanted. Suck it up, Federalist assholes.

[bronxiteforever]

44. Oh please Steven. You knowingly voted for this guy

[NellieStarbuck]

45. Oh, you thought we were just making it all up, did you?

[Blecht]

46. It is a "Holy Crap!" moment

But, still, fuck that guy. He was impeached and should have been removed already.

[Squinch]

47. Another impeachment is not a bad idea. And this time maybe they'll realize it's time to

throw his ass out.

[Sophia_Of_PlanetX]

48. A majority of Conservatives on social media do not agree, and agree with Trump.

They're totally for cancelling the elections, and think it's great. They've been convinced that Biden is going to steal the election, so Trump needs to seize power now.

If anything, we're being shown how delicate our Democracy is, and how easily it could fail. If Trump wins again, there will not be another election. We may even be too late, as most of Trump's base has been propagandized by Fascists to think that dictatorship is a better option.

[erronis]

86. A good argument. But I think your use of "Conservatives" is not right.

I hate all these labels.

Are russian bots "conservatives"? Are the RWNJ able to actually tweet/interact "conservatives"?

I have no love for conservatives, but I think most of the stuff that shows up on social media is just f'in disruptive - purposefully.

[Tommymac]

96. Nah - he is right in his usage. Conservatives suck eggs.

We are in this fucking awful situation, fighting an authoritarian threat to Our Constitution and Our Republic because of the Conservative Movement.

Been going on for a long time...oh, since Burr/Hamilton, at least.

In modern times, Barry Shitstain Goldwater revived the meanest form and empowered Birchers to grow their racist cancer,

Fucking Ronnie Murderous Raygun popularized it among the vapid self centered twits of the 80's,

Cheny/Bush institutionalized it,

and Trump is going full monte and taking it home to roost in it's authoritarian nest.

[lonely bird]

49. I am tired of these Trump enablers

Suddenly they discover what an asshat he is and they get all righteously indignant.

Screw him and screw the Federalist Society.

[turbinetree]

51. Hey Steven Calabresi, got a question for you..............

are you not the legal ALEC group that is fucking or trying fuck over voters let say in Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia to just name a few and then you come out with shock and dismay comment...........about the same asshole(s) that that are whining about mail in voting ...............

[erronis]

87. ALEC. Probably funded by the USSR like the NRA. And the FedSoc.

[turbinetree]

109. Maybe when and a big maybe when we take back this republic, that we take a looksee

at how the 501 and 503 is being applied by these groups like the ALEC and Federalist Society and Judaical watch

[Mr. Ected]

53. There are far too many Americans who believe in conspiracy theories

In lieu of the truth.

And try to ascribe to the truth an element of conspiracy theory.

These are today's Republicans.

Blurring the line between fact and fiction is the hallmark of a fascist regime.

The right has worked for decades on dividing Americans into 2 pools and instilling distrust for the opposition to the point that many would prefer Vladimir Putin as President as opposed to Joe Biden.

COVID may be the deadliest virus in the world at the moment, but it's not the most dangerous.

The true danger rests in the conflation of fantasy and fiction over the radio and via the television and a Manchurian constituency that is as reliable as Pavlov's dog.

[erronis]

89. They have been carefully manipulated by zuck's fb and social media. They don't think.

[NNadir]

56. You voted for it bub, and you're a collaborator. Unless you had something to say about Ken Starr..

...you're late and you're responsible, you racist piece of crap.

[niyad]

58. Oh, shut up, stevie boy. You helped to create and enable this traitor, thinking that you

reichwing assholes could control him. Now you discover that he is beyond your control. Seppuku, anyone?

[warmfeet]

59. If we cannot remove this menace from office

it's hard to see what hope we may have. The constitution shows us all the way, and yet we are in a position where obstruction and hard line defiance is all we see.

I must be wrong, for you know, reasons. Please explain to me why I am wrong and why everything will be just peachy keen in the future.

I will be very happily voting for Joe Biden in the upcoming election, but what does the future hold for our fragile Democratic republic? (yeah, I intentionally capitalized Democrat and did not capitalize republican - it's what I do). What happens after Joe Biden?

It is one thing to elect a monster, it is quite another thing to fail to remove that monster when it becomes clear that they are a monster.

This asshole should have been removed from office, and yet, remains in office. WTF? This system is not working. I see little hope of making substantive changes to it any time soon.

[Odoreida]

62. That's fine for a co-founder of the Federalist Society ...

... but I think Trump is counting on enough popular support for fascism that he won't need to delay the election.

I'm afraid he may be right about that.

[Skittles]

63. oh he is just NOW seening fascism in Trump?

I guess the kids in cages didn't do it

[liberalmuse]

65. I'm convinced Trump could declare The Constitution null and void.

And McConnell wouldn't do a damn thing about it. McConnell and the GOP are destroying everything good this nation has build in the past 200 years.

[paleotn]

67. Oh, that's rich.

I'd say the only thing Calabresi is upset about is Donnie moving too fast. Many Americans haven't been "conditioned" enough yet to accept the programming. He's exposing the Federalists Society's real agenda before they're ready to spring it on us.

[JT45242]

68. Still no conscience but he can read polls

Let's be clear... this man is evil to his core.

The only reason he tweeted this was in the dim hope that the the rethigligan party can ditch trump sp that they do not annhilated at every level Pres, Senate, House, State Legislators, so that his party of criminals will suffer reverse gerrymandering at the state level and oversight at the federal level.

I wonder if he was part of the cash for Kavanaugh...

[Stallion]

69. He Knows Which Way Wind is Blowing...and Wants to Get in Line for New Direction

[sarchasm]

70. More evidence of the psychological forces that brought Germany to its knees.

"Until recently, I had taken as political hyperbole the Democrats' assertion that (asshat) is a fascist."

[american_ideals]

73. He WANTS TO KEEP HIS JUDGES

He got his unqualified, hack, rightwing politicians into judgeships.

Now, he knows that if Trump goes down very hard, there will be calls to expand the judiciary to marginalize the Trump judges.

So he’s trying to position himself to protect his Trump judges when all the dust settles. That’s what this is about.

Please- Republican judicial types don’t care about us or the country. They are cynical pursuers of power for themselves and their reactionary friends. That’s it.

[grantcart]

74. Who knew that those Federalist guys had no sense of humor.

Like to see Cornyn's reaction to this.

[Person of Interest]

75. But, but her emails!!!

Benghazi!!! Obama!!! The uranium deal!!! Pedophile child trafficking in the basement of that pizzeria!!!

[OneBro]

77. Unadulterated b.s.!

They've gotten all the use that they can out of Trump, and now that the nomination is just around the corner, it's time to change the Republican diaper so they can pack it anew with the same old right-wing, racist sh*t. This is one of many right-wingers who intend to piously say that they were with Trump and defended him against left-wing attacks for years, but now that Trump has actually done something naughty, they must do what's "right" and get rid of him . . . in August . . . 3 months before the 2020 election.

They fully intend to throw their support behind Pence or some other Putin-approved, racist, fascist capable of dragging an ink pen across paper.

[Ligyron]

78. Of course he wants him impeached and removed from office.

The GOP knows Trump is going to lose and they want him out and someone like Paul Ryan in.

[ThoughtCriminal]

79. Federalist Society: You built that monster

The Federalist Society is one of the chief enablers that got us to this point.

Sure, it's great that they are now aware that this administration is a monster, but these are the guys that sewed it together. And after Trump is gone, they will be robbing graveyards looking parts for their next creation.

[cstanleytech]

81. He knows Trump is toast and is hoping to get Pence into office by removing Trump from office.

[Midnight Writer]

82. I reckon the water level on President Trump's sinking ship just reached Mr. Calabresi's nut sack.

[erronis]

90. Ohhh. The visuals.

[ancianita]

116. ...

[Different Drummer]

92. Good luck on that whole "removal from office by the Senate" thingy.

Don't get me wrong -- I'd love to see it but, realistically, we can't expect it to happen.

[cstanleytech]

94. It is more likely a hail mary removal from the election strategy in order to try and shoehorn Pence

in as Trumps replacement.

[VOX]

97. R's are lowering the lifeboats, throwing women and children overboard first.

By next February, they’ll all claim they never even heard of Donald Trump.

[MadMike47]

99. Hey, Steven, be sure to look both ways before you go fuck yourself!!

[stopdiggin]

100. So if I've got this right -- both Mueller investigation and impeachment

had no basis in reason, fact or law ....

But Trump tweets suggestion of later election date -- already shot down by virtually all in the legal and political communities -- and it's suddenly hair on fire, "Immediate impeachment -- removal from office!"

Does this perhaps -- strain credulity -- teeniest, tiniest bit?

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[Crunchy Frog]

103. I think that threatening to blatantly fuck with the election process

is one of the few things that could significantly eat into his hardcore base.

I guess we'll find out.

[jimlup]

104. What took him so long? /nt

[honest.abe]

107. It does appear the Republicans are finally turning on Trump.

Wonder what their plan is now. Perhaps replace him at the convention. That would be very ugly unless Trump agrees to it. They could just let things go as they are and keep trying to further distance themselves from Trump, let Biden win and focus on 2024. That is probably the most likely scenario. Although in that scenario they could easily lose the Senate as well. Seems like a lose-lose situation for them no matter what. Which is wonderful!

[colorado_ufo]

110. This guy, Steven Calabresi -

he's kind of a slow study, isn't he?

More probably, just CYA.

Whatta jackass.

[live love laugh]

111. 💯

[Nitram]

112. Wow!

[47of74]

113. He got what he wanted - the likes of Kavadouche on the Supreme Court - so he can go fuck himself

[herding cats]

114. Trump was perfectly fine while he was a useful idiot.

He's not useful anymore and they're systemically washing their hands of him.

That's all we're seeing here. Defend, defend his anti-American stances while he served their plans. Then dump him when he's no longer of any use? They got their judges approved, now the Federalists Society are washing their hands of the fool in office. Backing away, pretending they're innocent in the destruction. No! They're responsible, culpable and need to be held accountable for their part in this nightmare.

Shame on them for ever backing him and allowing him to break our country just so they'd get their judges approved. The same for Mitch McConnell for being their lackey! It's too late now to "suddenly" see the light.

They've all enabled this nightmare for decades and this is your Frankenstein monster, put together of all the worst parts of your platform, personified and come to life. They own him. They created him and he is them. You don't get to back away when it becomes obvious to the masses he's a blathering fascist beyond all doubt. This is not how it works. He's now the albatross tied around their neck for all eternity.

He is forever theirs. They were warned and their hubris led them to ignore the warnings of sane people. Now they are here. With all the rest of us.

[kentuck]

117. kick one time

This should be part of the discussion, in my opinion.