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Johnson pulled strings to get Trump into Arlington — and now the scandal is spreading

www.rawstory.com Johnson pulled strings to get Trump into Arlington — and now the scandal is spreading

The Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, reportedly pulled strings to get Donald Trump into Arlington National Cemetery, amid what has become a scandal and a crisis for the ex-president's campaign to re-take the White House and once again become Commander in Chief. Despite federal law that...

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It’s hilarious that the entire point was to draw focus on how Biden fucked up the withdrawal from Afghanistan (while following Trump & literal Taliban combined plan), but all anybody is talking about now is how disrespectful Trump & company is. His purpose for doing this is entirely lost now.
Edit: taliban not isis
- The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States–Taliban_deal which was entirely negotiated and ratified by the Trump administration 🙄
  
  If I recall Trump said "they couldn't stop even if they tried"
- Donald Trump is not a smart man. He didn't become the threat that he is due to his own skilful manoeuvring. He became a threat because the institutions that are supposed to oppose people like him have failed.
  Now that, for the first time in his political career, he's up against an opponent with basic competence he can't do anything other than flail impotently.
  
  I didn't care for her, but Clinton I would say had more than basic competence, though she didn't really have much charisma, is pretty unlikable, forced out Bernie Sanders, chose a completely forgettable running mate, was running as an establishment candidate in a "change" election, and has a blatant desire for power. It all worked against her, though she did still win the popular vote. Still fairly competent though.
  I would argue Harris is in a similar situation as Clinton, though she apparently had the sense to at least pick someone more likable than herself and her almost invisible tenure as VP actually may work to her advantage. Otherwise, she's not incredibly charismatic on her own and could be in trouble at the debate with Trump, though his elderly, stroke-addled brain may help her out.
  But if it gets into the same sort of thing like in his debate with Biden, where Trump is just throwing out BS bombs left and right, and all Kamala does is just uselessly flail around trying to address his BS points one by one, I think she'll be in trouble. She needs to cut through the BS and present herself as the adult in the room, and make Trump seem infantile and ridiculous.
  
  This has Lewandowksi's fingerprints all over it.
  
  Fucking thank you. I'm tired of people saying he's not stupid... This man is a fucking moron. Low cunning is not the same thing as intelligence.
- Even if it worked, that's just more hypocritical nonsense.
  "Biden messed up, these 13 Americans are dead. Not quite as many people as I killed by messing up a pandemic response, or by blowing the cover of American spies, but if I get in office again I'm sure my decisions will kill a lot more people. What were we talking about again?"
- literal Isis
  You mean the Taliban's plan, the US negotiated the withdrawal with the Taliban.
  
  It is crazy to expect the Afghanistan military to fight when the US president negotiated handover of Afghanistan with the Taliban
  
  Yes, that’s what I meant… I’ll edit…

Please please please start another speakership crisis 🙏

- ¡Ay Dios Mío!

Man, ever since Biden dropped out, the fascists have been even more incompetent than usual. I'm gonna assume it's from them panicking.
- Here's the thing, a weak Democrat candidate meant the GOP could ride the curtail of a natural red wave born from voter dissatisfaction into another Trump presidency. They didn't have to try faced with Biden so they didn't have as many opportunities to show their incompetence.
  Now democrats have rallied and the writing is on the wall that Trump isn't good enough just by the virtue of being the republican choice. He actually has to try, which he hasn't done since 2016, and he's pretty bad at trying.

That is just Trump showing his usual respect for the military and especially the "losers" (according to him) - those who paid the ultimate price to protect the country.

Using dead soldiers as a political prop. Keep it classy, Republicans.
- Support the Troops was only a catchy political slogan.

I hope this thing has legs and plagues them endlessly.

Then his smarmy ass is just as guilty
- Mike Johnson with actual power would be a living hell. Turkmenistan levels of living hell. If he had as much power as Trump he'd be at the very least equally as dangerous. If he actually gets his career ruined over this (doubt it) and fucks off forever i'll sleep better at night.
  
  Nice thought

This is another guy I feel is untrustworthy just based on his face alone.
- It was the whole. Family porn tracking app thing that skeeved me the fuck out.
  Imagine being the secret service IT guy who has to build a firewall around that creepy fuck's wank bank for National Security interests.
  
  I very much so need some kind of source to read. Not because I don't believe you, I am very interested in what you're talking About. Lol
- It has a sort of "I raped your cat but you can't prove it" energy.
- He reminds me a lot of Michael Gove
  Obligatory Gove clapping gif
  
  do all these guys have baby hands
- He does have the face of someone who's shat themselves and can't figure out how to get up and leave the room without everyone knowing.

ahahahahahahahahahahaha

What's with the devil horn finger gesture two women are making in the picture?
- Pretty sure it's the University of Texas' ~~A&M university's~~ "hook 'em" sign.
  
  Bunch of fucking narcissistics, disgracing the memory of the one member of their family who was actually worth a shit, just to get attention for their worthless asses.
  
  ut = hook 'em, a&m = gig 'em
  
  Is Trump actually giving a thumbs up then, or is he doing A&M's "Gig 'em"?
- Not seeing that. Share.
  
  Far left woman.

Fuck Ron Johnson.
Yes, I know it's the wrong Johnson but, still, it needs to be said.
- Is Jack at least still cool?
  
  Yeah bro, here drink this before the rest of the guys show up.
  
  Not here pull your pants up and go somewhere private, weirdo
- This is the way

But they loooooove the troops, right? Right?
- They love the troops like they love women: things to be talked about, controlled and used as you see fit, then thrown away and never thought of again (until there's a scandal anyway).

If only avoiding Trump was as easy as avoiding porn!

I feel bad for the Marckesano family. It's so hard to bury a loved one who served our country, with all the pressures and hardships involved. It's an unfair and unexpected addition to a hard time like this.
- I think it's the family of the person buried beside the one with the posing weirdos.