Mar-a-Lago has been flooded with 'vulgar redneck types' since Trump lost: local author

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Tom Boggioni
September 24, 2022

During an appearance on MSNBC to discuss Donald Trump's reported valuation of Mar-a-Lago at $739 million, local author and historian Laurence Leamer claimed that there is a new breed of members at the resort since the former president became the former president and that they don't fit into the Palm Beach social scene.

Speaking with host Alex Witt, Leamer was reminded of a previous appearance on the network, right after Trump had lost to now-President Joe Biden, when he claimed it had become a "sad place."

At that time, he stated, "What's fascinating — I've talked to a bunch of people the last couple of days. A lot of people have quit Mar-a-Lago. They don't want their names to be in The Washington Post or The New York Times, and the list of people that have quit, they've silently walked out. They don't want anything to do with Donald Trump. And many of the members, they're not going there very often, because it's a very dispirited place. They're not concerned about politics. It's a sad place for Trump to be hanging out. It's not what it was."

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"No, it has changed," he continued. "I mean this is a new class of people coming in. These true Trump believers that have the bucks and tend to be a vulgar kind of redneck types and wouldn't be welcomed in Palm Beach otherwise."

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This must really be pissing him off, but beggars can't be choosers.

[PortTack]

1. Hilarious!

[agingdem]

11. trash with cash rednecks..so the wrong kind..

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but a white depraved crude cruel amoral vengeful moronic racist/antisemitic xenophobic narcissistic pathological lying sociopathic sexual predator..the right kind...

[Ray Bruns]

26. You mean these kind of people?

[AntivaxHunters]

31. Yikes

Many people including myself can't afford dental coverage.
You know what would fix that? Medicare For All, so people like me and the millions of others could have the dental care we need....

Memes like this upset me because they lack class consciousness of any sort. This reminds me of when I was in middle school and high school when people made fun of others with how they look. Policy is 1 thing but this sort of stuff? It impacts everyone across political divide.....

May I suggest this instead perhaps? lol

[marybourg]

35. Sadly, Medicare does not cover dental care.

[AntivaxHunters]

36. Correct and why we need Medicare For All

which would not only cover dental but vision & auditory as well.

It sucks and it's kind of ironic I'm typing this with a huge toothache right this second that I don't have the financial means to fix. And Medicaid has no dental........It sucks royally. I don't want to be in pain & this sucks. Healthcare is a human right & shouldn't be a privilege.

[marybourg]

39. I thought Medicaid did have dental, but not enough

dentists take it. But there’s no dental at all?

[AntivaxHunters]

45. No dental with Medicaid sadly

[area51]

48. We desperately need universal healthcare

Medicare for All. I'm so sorry for your dental issues. We already pay enough in taxes to get healthcare free at the point of service.

[AntivaxHunters]

52. We do & it's infuriating we don't

I don't understand why everyone isn't fighting for it. I mean this is real world and real life stuff here and right now I'm in tremendous pain. How is that fair? Why should I have to physically suffer in massive pain? It's not right.......

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. A very dispirited place...as in the only spirits left are demons. A demon pit, attracting the worst

of the worst.

If he’s not the anti-Christ then it’s all a great dress rehearsal for the real one.

[questionseverything]

21. The anti christ fools everyone, unfortunately I think it gets worse

[kskiska]

3. As long as they stand up and applaud

as Mr. & Mrs. are seated at their velvety roped off dining table at every meal.

[Hekate]

4. I have wondered about membership -- so the folks with manners & a pretense at "breeding"...

…are walking away? Leaving “rednecks with money” space to join up?

Bwahahahahaha

I remember hearing that when TFG was younger he tried to get in with the NY Old Money set, the people with standards for public behavior, class, good taste, and culture. His efforts were a total bust and he never forgave them.

At one point during his misbegotten presidency I started hoping that he and his spawn would be busted down so far that they would end up back in Ye Old Family Honkytonk and Whorehouse in the Yukon. Looks like they won’t have to travel that far if this keeps up.

[PSPS]

10. Trump has never gotton over his being shunned and mocked by the true upper class in Queens.

[MyOwnPeace]

16. There's a WONDERFUL collection of cartoons......

by Garry Trudeau - Doonesbury - that dates back to the 80's - and DAMNED if he didn't nail it - had him spotted as a con-man from the get-go! It is almost unsettling to go back through the collection of his 'strips' and read - he saw and commented on the GRIFT and LIES upon which IQ45 built his 'fame.'

If only we would pay attention to 'cartoons'.........

[Hekate]

29. Garry Trudeau is in a class by himself: a razor sharp observer of our era

[brewens]

5. I was just a little depressed here for some reason and you just brightened my day! LOL n/t

[spooky3]

6. Wait--these "economically insecure" voters can afford Mar-a-Lago? Nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

19. A suprising number of trumpers are well off

They have more well off people in that cult than poor people. You can be well off and be butt ignorant,narcissistic and an asshole ya know.

[lonely bird]

22. Agreed

Money does not arbitrarily correlate to intelligence.

[Maru Kitteh]

42. Well actually, you are arguing that it DOES arbitrarily correlate.

Which is a bit of a contradiction in itself, but that’s tangential.

A scientific study on the correlation between wealth, income, intelligence and education (all separate things) would be pretty interesting, but I would expect to see some kind of positive relationship between income and intelligence as well as income and education. Wealth is more of a generational outcome of privilege, I think.

[not fooled]

23. Yep

And I live among a lot of them, in blood-red SW AZ (for the time being--moving soon). My observation is that the red don lovers who are businesspeople can make a lot of money because they are callous types who think anything goes...and farther along the scale of sociopathy than the average person...qualities conducive to screwing others to make money.

[COL Mustard]

28. They'll be well off

Until he gets done grifting them. I heard the saying once that there's a sucker born every minute, and two to take him.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

37. Trump probably says

If you help me you prove to me you are very special,if you do as I say your wife,kids,family will be spared after I get elected and we get rid of the libs,blacks,gays etc.etc. You do for Me I do for you ..


Meanwhile trump does not give a fuck.
He's got thier money and thier obedience.

[JI7]

38. The Trump Boat people and those that traveled to DC for the Riots. All of this involves money

It's true they also have poor whites which they need for numbers to win.

But it was always bs that most if those supporting Trump had economic anxiety while Democrats were coastal elites.


Those rioters included many people from blue areas. remember those women overdosed on plastic surgery and botox from san Francisco and Beverly Hills supporting Trump .

[spooky3]

41. Maybe I should have included a sarcasm designation.

There were articles in 2016 about how “economic insecurity” was a major motivator of votes for Trump, and shouldn’t we all be sympathetic? But data showed that most were actually solidly middle class and above even though many had only a high school education or vocational training, eg self employed plumbers. The poorest voters supported Clinton, generally. Later studies showed there was more evidence that sexism and racism, and not economic anxiety, drove many Trump voters.

So these Mar-a-Lago stories just provide more evidence that “economic insecurity” had little to do with Trumpy motivation.

[milestogo]

7. You mean Republicans?

[MaryMagdaline]

14. 😂😂

[underpants]

8. Interesting interview. At 4:35 Alex says "I'll take him" which I took as don't cut him off

That guy Reminds of someone I knew with a nice chunk of change. Very direct. He said what he thought in a conversation. Most based on experience and facts. I can see that Trump wouldn’t want him in the same room.

Th question about the “kids” wasn’t very good. They were and are Executive VP’s of the entity being sued. By position they had to be involved or aware of decisions being made. Unless they were just the boss’s kids draining money.

[WarGamer]

9. I'm a big fan of Caddy Shack and Happy Gilmore

Rich people and their golf course country clubs certainly NEED people to shit on the greens and "moon" the players.

I'm a big supporter of disrupting the "ruling elites" little safe space.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

20. I agree

The comfortable need to be made uncomfortable so the majority of people in this country can live and be free of the garbage the rich would foist upon us if there were no dems and progressives standing up for us.

[SayItLoud]

12. Even with $ Rednecks are repulsive to TFG. NT

[Hortensis]

49. For sure -- they force him to deny they're reflections of him.

He openly behaved more vulgarly and profane over time, but undoubtedly still sees himself as a refined political genius cynically fueling the MAGA fire. Except when he looks in the wrong mirror.

"I look very much forward to showing my financials, because they are huge."

[Blue Owl]

13. Sad!

These are Donny’s people — very fine people I’m told

[czarjak]

18. On the rich side though. He'll warm up to 'em if they're all that's left.

[Pepsidog]

15. My neurosurgeon neighbor probably there and she took her 2 kids to that vulgar

Republican conference for the Hitler youth in Tampa a month or so ago.

[Retrograde]

17. Have they dropped the fees?

Last time I looked it was a $200,000 initiation fee plus annual dues.

Or is Donnie offering off-season discounts to get warm bodies in front of his ego?

[GoCubsGo]

24. As opposed to the vulgar rich asshikes that previously patronized the joint?

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Just a swap of one kind of vulgar for another. Boo hoo.

[Peregrine Took]

27. Ya, like they were such pillars of the community.... n/t

[Lonestarblue]

25. Remember when Trump complained that his January 6 insurrectionists looked low class.

Which is really funny when you think about it because he’s about as low class as they come for a fake billionaire.

[lpbk2713]

30. A formal dinner at Mar-a-Loogie must be something to behold.

I can just imagine all those people in shorts and T-shirts.

[Blue Owl]

33. They love it when tRump struts in wearing the open bathrobe

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. I hope they steal him blind. Take the bathroom fixtures, door knobs.....

towels, and anything else they can pack off and sell on eBay.....

..................

[Blue Owl]

34. Hell, they'll reach right into the terlit and steal some top-secret documents

[gratuitous]

40. They may have quit for now

But if the former guy gets within sniffing distance of the nomination in 2024, they'll flock back like flies on a turd.

[ecstatic]

43. Lol! People like Ginny?

True believers with cash. Trying to think of people who fit into that category. Even Tucker isn't that stupid. Maybe the country guys from that show with the moonshine drink?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

44. Mr. Leamer says Mar-A-Lago is worth at least $250 million. James explained it.

It has restrictions that other properties in the area do not.

[tanyev]

46. NOKD

Not Our Kind, Dear.

[Bucky]

47. Oh bless his Gray Poupon, why can't these riff raffs just let themselves be used?

Must these dogs bring their fleas along with them?

[Initech]

50. It's basically Studio 54 but for racist conspiracy theorists!

[Skittles]

51. haha, IOW

the type of people Trump would NEVER allow in his house