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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,100 posts)
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 05:56 PM Dec 2020

Trump loves to win but keeps losing election lawsuits

For a man obsessed with winning, President Donald Trump is losing a lot.

He’s managed to lose not just once to Democrat Joe Biden at the ballot box but over and over again in courts across the country in a futile attempt to stay in power. The Republican president and his allies continue to mount new cases, recycling the same baseless claims, even after Trump’s own attorney general declared the Justice Department had uncovered no widespread fraud.

“This will continue to be a losing strategy, and in a way it’s even bad for him: He gets to re-lose the election numerous times,” said Kent Greenfield, a professor at Boston College Law School. “The depths of his petulance and narcissism continues to surprise me.”

In an Associated Press tally of roughly 50 cases brought by Trump’s campaign and his allies, more than 30 have been rejected or dropped. About a dozen are awaiting action. Trump has notched just one small victory, a case challenging a decision to move the deadline to provide missing proof of identification for certain absentee ballots and mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-losing-election-lawsuits-36d113484ac0946fa5f0614deb7de15e

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Trump loves to win but keeps losing election lawsuits (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2020 OP
I thought the only one they won was moving observers underpants Dec 2020 #1
He'd lose all day long if the price is right! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #2
He may love to win, PatSeg Dec 2020 #3
He's hit the perfect grift. Scamming off of losing. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 #5
Good point PatSeg Dec 2020 #8
Fat Donnie loves to scam people out of money more than win. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2020 #4
Marc had fun today Gothmog Dec 2020 #6
When it comes right down to it, Trump is nothing but a big, fat loser. smirkymonkey Dec 2020 #7
You misunderstand... brooklynite Dec 2020 #9

PatSeg

(47,547 posts)
3. He may love to win,
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 06:06 PM
Dec 2020

but on some level, he is programmed to lose. Almost every business venture he has undertaken ended up a failure eventually. He can't hold on to money or success. It is like he is trying to fail and fail big. I think his father really did a number on him when he was a kid.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,528 posts)
5. He's hit the perfect grift. Scamming off of losing.
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 07:40 PM
Dec 2020

First time he's made real money off of his knack to lose money on his investments. This is so much better, flooding the rubes for donations to fight his losing effort to win.

PatSeg

(47,547 posts)
8. Good point
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 10:37 AM
Dec 2020

"Hey, this losing thing isn't so bad after all! Who knew losing could be so lucrative?"

Of course, he'll blow this eventually too. He always does, but in the meanwhile, the rubes will be out of cash.

4. Fat Donnie loves to scam people out of money more than win.
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 06:14 PM
Dec 2020

Every time he loses a case he sends out emails saying, "I need more money to fight against these people who want to cause me to not be declared the legal winner. DON'T LET THEM STEAL THE ELECTION! Donate below."

He's raised more than $100 million since the election by bringing case after case, just by promising to overturn the results of the election.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. When it comes right down to it, Trump is nothing but a big, fat loser.
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 09:55 PM
Dec 2020

He always has been and he always will be. He may try to convince himself that he is just the opposite, but the truth is all there in front of us.

brooklynite

(94,657 posts)
9. You misunderstand...
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 10:48 AM
Dec 2020

Yes he hates to lose, but his coping mechanism is to then blame the loss on someone else. ie. Biden and the democrats cheated. He then goes in to Court and loses and blames the Judge for being biased.l That means he can convince himself to go into ANOTHER Court and try again.

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