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No shelter for Trump: Doesn’t anyone wonder why some Republicans are attempting to shelter Trump when a grand jury has found reasonable cause to indict him? This is what is called political interference with a criminal intent to obstruct a legal process by Kevin McCarthy and his friends. Wake up, America. We have an abuse of power that is overstepping the boundaries of our constitution!
Hush money source: If Trump is indicted in New York, it’s not because he slept with a porn star and then paid to have her keep silent to protect his image before an election. I think we all know he did this. He would be indicted for being deceptive about where the money came from. What needs to be highlighted about this is that Trump slept with a porn star while his wife was still recovering from having their baby. He is not a decent man.
System’s rigged: No doubt it’s been a difficult winter for Donald Trump. Not only are the feds breathing down his neck but his businesses are failing, his favorable ratings are at an all-time low and he was once again ignored for the Nobel Peace Prize. Is he really destined to go through life being cheated by a rigged system, be it business, politics or the entertainment industry?
Can’t unsee that: Frankly, I’m not as concerned with disgraced ex-President Donald Trump going to jail as I am with disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich doing his lousy Elvis impersonation in public.
Not all see “woke” as bad: A USA Today/Ipsos poll found that 78% of Democrats and 37% of Republicans regard “woke” in a positive light. They see the term meaning informed, educated and aware of social injustice. If these numbers hold and Ron DeSantis maintains anti-woke as his mantra, his dream of living in the White House is destined to fail.
So, which is it? When President Trump wanted to ban TikTok, all the liberals came out of the woodwork and said he was a racist and he was a conspiracy theorist and he was all these negative things. Now the White House press secretary just mentioned she is working with the president to ban TikTok. Where are all these people that were so against it when Donald Trump brought it up?