GOP isn't looking for your best interest

 GOP Candidate for Governor Commits to Accepting Election Result… If She Wins

KARI LAKE, A television journalist turned MAGA candidate to be Arizona’s next governor, rejected an invitation on Sunday to commit to electoral democracy, opting instead to copy Donald Trump’s brand of . Pressured repeatedly on whether she’d accept the results of the election regardless of the result, Lake said she’d accept if she won — and then laid the groundwork for contesting the election if she loses. 

“I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result,” Lake said Sunday on CNN. Asked if she’d accept the result if she loses, Lake paused, smiled, and said: “I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result. The people of Arizona will never support and vote for a coward like [Democratic nominee] Katie Hobbs.”

That nonsense that dumb Donald started must end. If you’re not willing to accept the outcome of an election if you lose you should not be allowed to participate in the election.

The right wing has abandoned compromise or even discussing policy, and had made everything about us-or-them culture wars. It started in the 70s, got worse under Gingrich, and was supercharged with Trump. Dems can't work with a party like that to make the country better. The GOP needs to abandon fascism and really negotiate if we have any hope of bipartisanship. Anything else is just a concession that rachets us further in a very dangerous direction.

GOP plan to cut Social Security, Medicare in 2023 comes into view 

Democrats have spent much of the year warning voters that Republicans will seek cuts to Social Security and Medicare if put in power, and an amazing number of GOP officials and candidates have bolstered the claims. What’s new this week, however, is Republicans signaling how they intend to pursue their goal.

It was two weeks ago when President Joe Biden warned the public that Social Security and Medicare would end up on “the chopping block” if Republicans have their way, and the rhetoric hardly seemed outlandish. In recent months, there’s been no shortage of prominent GOP voices — from Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson to New Hampshire’s Don Bolduc to Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia — who’ve bolstered Biden’s claims.

Here is the report:

Entitlement, Spending Cap Plans Linked by GOP to Debt-Limit Deal

Key GOP members weigh Social Security, Medicare changes

Debt-limit deadline expected in third quarter of 2023

The Republican Study Committee, the largest group of House Republicans, released a budget plan in June that called on lawmakers to gradually raise the Medicare age of eligibility to 67 and the Social Security eligibility to 70 before indexing both to life expectancy. It backed withholding payments to those who retired early and had earnings over a certain limit. And it endorsed the consideration of options to reduce payroll taxes that fund Social Security and redirect them to private alternatives. It also urged lawmakers to “phase-in an increase in means testing” for Medicare.

Smith said Republicans will focus on “protecting and preserving” Social Security and Medicare, but he declined to say specifically if he supports the RSC proposal to raise the eligibility age. He said broadly that Republicans would find “innovative ways to drive down the cost of health care.” 

This needs to be blasted everywhere: Republicans are coming for your Social Security and Medicare. 

Republicans on a roll

DeSantis under investigation for misuse of COVID-19 funds 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is under investigation over whether he misused taxpayer dollars to fly dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, and it’s the Treasury Department who is heading the probe.

The department is planning to investigate whether DeSantis misused COVID-19 recovery funds to fly the migrants from Texas to Massachusetts, last September.

Stealing from sick people is part of the GOP moral values.

Republicans "wE aRe FoR tHe pEoPlE" use Covid funds for his political stunt instead of using in Floriduh.

Ohio's Dewine did something similiar.

Instead of disbursing FEDERAL PUA FUNDS to eligible recipients (in the middle of a pandemic), he sent the PUA $ back to the feds to pay off a federal loan Ohio needed because its unemployment compensation fund was underfunded BY DEWINE himself, all the while claiming this would prevent future tax increases on Ohio employers that would have been needed to pay off the loan due to HIS OWN INCOMPETENCE, and a tax levy that he himself could prevent by not aproving of it in the first place.

Cruel to PUA recipients

A shell game - (aka a "short con" trick) easy and quick to pull off one that the voting public is told is good for them, and/or, that hides the scam.

Abbott, DeSantis, Dewine - axis of evil.

Dirty Dewine is destructive to the people of Ohio. 

Roger Stone Threw a Fit After Not Getting Pardon, Called Ivanka ‘Abortionist Bitch’

After Roger Stone wasn’t granted a post-Jan. 6 pardon, he grew so upset that he suggested fighting Jared Kushner, the man tapped as the point person for handling 11th-hour Trump pardons.

In new exclusive footage obtained by The Daily Beast, a yet-to-be-released documentary captured Stone’s meltdown after learning on President Joe Biden’s inauguration day that he wouldn’t be granted a second coveted legal protection, this time to shield from any Jan 6 legal fallout. (Trump issued a pardon to Stone in December 2020.)

I am fucking FLABERGASTED that these people let a CAMERA CREW follow them around while they tried to overturn a whole federal election. Absolutely bonkers!

https://www.cracked.com/amp/blog/trump-adviser-roger-stone-giant-anthropomorphic-dick So much more to learn. “In 1996, Stone was fired from his position in Bob Dole's presidential campaign after the discovery of a personal ad he and his wife had taken out in a swinger magazine and website called Local Swinger Fever. The ad read: Hot, insatiable lady and her handsome body builder husband, experienced swingers, seek similar couples or exceptional muscular ... single men. They also imposed a strict ban on fatties. Only athletes and soldiers would be allowed in Roger Stone's fuck-palace. It's a damn shame he didn't add a trashy cherry on top by requesting his trashy suitor bring Angel Dust and a sixer of Coors.” 

Mehmet Oz Busted: Woman He 'Comforted' At Event Was Reportedly An Aide

The campaign for Mehmet Oz, a Pennsylvania Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, did not inform media outlets that a woman Oz consoled at a “community discussion” in September was actually the campaign’s Philadelphia County coordinator, The Intercept reported.

Oz spoke with Sheila Armstrong, who had shared a photo identifying her as a campaign aide in June, and comforted her as she described the shooting deaths of her brother and nephew, several Philadelphia-area news outlets reported.

Someone alert Alex Jones, we’ve finally found a crisis actor!

The one constant of conservative politicians is that they all play their own supporters for absolute morons. They think so little of the people who's vote they're trying to win. It's a con and right wingers are the marks.

Just like the man holding up the "Blacks For America" sign behind Trump, it's disappointing to see people exploit their particular status for cash and/or clout when dealing with parties that will turn on them once they're in power. 

“THIS IS NOT A PROP. THIS IS REAL”: GOP SENATE CANDIDATE HERSCHEL WALKER FUMBLES ON GEORGIA DEBATE STAGE

At the fiery Georgia Senate debate on Friday night, former NFL running back Herschel Walker pulled out a fake police badge, backpedaled on his views about abortion, and admitted President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

I actually feel bad for him after seeing him in clips from that debate. Don't get me wrong, I don't want him anywhere near our government, but that man has clearly had too many head injuries.

He claimed to have multiple personality disorder. Which he uses to explain why he tried to kill his wife.

https://m.startribune.com/herschel-walker-reveals-he-suffers-from-multiple-personality-disorder/16686526/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/herschel-walker-texas-police-shoot-out_n_620590b8e4b0ccfb3e52e08d

He got off so easy in this debate. Warnock was way too restrained. As were the moderators. 

the ruling class is not innocuous

 The public and working classes need to understand, as prior generations did, that the obscene wealth of the ruling class is not innocuous.

I.e., the ruling class is robbing, enslaving, gaslighting, and socially murdering the public and working classes without recourse, using the wealth and power generated from the fruits of humanity's collective labor.

The ruling class use their obscene wealth and power to bludgeon everyone else into "accepting" increasingly awful deals.

Our current political and economic system is an abomination and a crime against humanity.

Currently, 10% of people own between 72-90% of the wealth, and by extension own the other 90% of people with the remaining 10-28% of the wealth.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/chart/#range:2007.1,2022.1

https://americansfortaxfairness.org/tax-fairness-briefing-booklet/fact-sheet-offshore-corporate-tax-loopholes/

As George Carlin said, you have owners.

In the same way that slaves were kept ignorant and illiterate in order to maintain slavery, the ruling class keeps the working classes and the public wildly ignorant and miseducated in order to maintain capitalism/kleptocracy in its current form.

We do not live in a democracy, we live in an oligarchy/plutocracy/kleptocracy with pseudo-democratic features that legitimize systems of mass human enslavement, abuse, and exploitation for the benefit of the ruling class.

We need to evolve into an actual democracy in the 21st century.

People have been deliberately miseducated about the system we're living under, and it's time to make both our political systems and our economic systems work for everyone and not just the ruling class.

https://represent.us/unbreaking-america-series/

https://represent.us/anticorruption-act/

Democracy at Work: Curing Capitalism | Richard Wolff | Talks at Google

Introduction to Marxism

While we're at it, we should shorten the fucking work week so people have the time and energy to do more than be exploited for the profits of the ruling class, AND significantly reduce climate emissions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/f4bade/z/fhqhco4

As the Federal Reserve attempts to tackle inflation by raising interest rates (payments to those with the most capital) and increasing unemployment, we should all be aware that that is not the only choice available in order to have a sustainable economy with low inflation.

Congress and state legislatures could also increase taxes on the obscenely wealthy, shorten the work week to spread the available work around more sensibly (without the enormous poverty and suffering created by unemployment under this system), implement actual anti-trust laws for the 21st century, create a functional housing system to get rent and housing prices under control, implement universal healthcare to get healthcare costs under control (and save hundreds of billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives annually), etc.

Both "inflation" and "getting 'inflation' under control" are examples of how the public and working classes are being robbed, enslaved, gaslit, and socially murdered without recourse by the ruling class in broad daylight, with the wealth and power generated from the fruits of humanity's collective labor.

But you won't hear about the actual causes of (or solutions to) "inflation" in most mainstream media, because the ruling class owns or otherwise controls that, too.

Absolute abomination of a system.

Trump and his groonies

Fact - Trump's allies were charged and convicted for multiple crimes, but were later pardoned by Trump. Convictions for crimes included bank and tax fraud, misusing charity funds, obstructing investigations, lying, witness tampering, campaign finance violations, and foreign lobbying violations.

In 2019 the Trump Foundation was ordered to pay $2 million for misusing charity funds for personal use following an investigation.[1] The Trump Foundation dissolved following an investigation led by the New York Attorney General.[2] President Trump was ordered to pay $2 million for misusing charity funds.[3]

In 2019 Trump campaign adviser and long time friend of Trump, Roger Stone, was convicted and sentenced to prison. Roger Stone was indicted by Special Counsel Mueller.[4] A jury found Stone guilty on all 7 counts including witness tampering, lying, and obstruction.[5] However, Trump pardoned Stone. He signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting his friend days before Stone was set to report to prison to begin serving his 3 year sentence.[6]

In 2019 Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted for committing several crimes. Manafort was sentenced to 47 months for bank and tax fraud.[7] Furthermore, Manafort was convicted on foreign lobbying and witness tampering charges carrying a combined prison sentence of 7 years.[8] Trump pardoned Manafort.[9]

In 2018 Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen plead guilty to committing campaign finance violations at the direction of Trump.[10] Michael Cohen was sentenced to 3 years in prison.[11] The President's former personal attorney implicated Trump in crimes they committed together during the 2016 presidential campaign.[12]

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn originally pleaded guilty to 1 charge of lying to the FBI, he was given a deal as long as he cooperated with investigators.[13] Michael Flynn pleaded guilty for lying about contacts with Russia, but he was pardoned by Trump.[14]

In 2018 the former Trump campaign Fmforeign policy adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty.[15] Papadopoulos was sentenced to two weeks in jail for lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russians.[16]

In 2018 deputy Trump campaign chairman Richard Gates pleaded guilty.[17] Rick Gates' sentencing was initially delayed as he cooperated in several ongoing investigations.[18] He was sentenced to 45 days in jail and 3 years of probation.[19] Gates testified that he and Manafort conspired to commit bank and tax fraud.[20]

In 2020 President Trump's former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was charged for defrauding a charity raising money to build the wall.[21] Bannon was arrested while aboard a luxury yacht owned by a Chinese billionaire. Prosecutors assert that Bannon and his colleagues purposely misled donors to defraud them.[22] Trump pardoned Bannon of his crimes.[23]

Please VOTE!

1) Fox News - Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve after lawsuit alleged 'illegal conduct'

2) New York Times - Trump Foundation Will Dissolve, Accused of ‘Shocking Pattern of Illegality’

3) NPR - Judge Says Trump Must Pay $2 Million Over Misuse Of Foundation Funds

4) Fox News - Roger Stone indicted on several charges as part of Mueller’s Russia collusion probe

5) Fox News - Roger Stone found guilty on all counts in trial stemming from Mueller probe

6) Fox News - Trump commutes Roger Stone's sentence, days before prison term set to begin

7) Fox News - Paul Manafort sentenced on foreign lobbying and witness tampering charges

8) Fox News - Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison on bank and tax fraud charges

9) BBC - Trump pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner

10) Fox News - Michael Cohen admits violating campaign finance laws in plea deal, agrees to 3-5 year sentence

11) The Globe & Mail - Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison

12) United States of America v. Michael Cohen - THE GOVERNMENT’S SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

13) Maclean's - Michael Flynn pleads guilty to making false statements to FBI

14) NPR - Trump Pardons Michael Flynn, Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying About Russia Contact

15) CBC - Mueller recommends 6 months in prison for Papadopoulos

16) New York Times - George Papadopoulos, Ex-Trump Adviser, Is Sentenced to 14 Days in Jail

17) Washington Examiner - Rick Gates pleads guilty, will cooperate with Robert Mueller probe

18) Politico - Mueller delays sentencing for ex-Trump aide Gates over ongoing cooperation

19) Wall Street Journal - Ex-Trump Campaign Official Richard Gates Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail, Three Years Probation

20) Fox News - Rick Gates testifies he and Manafort committed fraud, admits embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars

21) BBC - Steve Bannon charged with fraud over Mexico wall funds 

22) Fox News - Steve Bannon, 'We Build the Wall' organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors

23) Associated Press - Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others

Fact - Trump's allies were charged and convicted for multiple crimes, but were later pardoned by Trump. Convictions for crimes included bank and tax fraud, misusing charity funds, obstructing investigations, lying, witness tampering, campaign finance violations, and foreign lobbying violations.

1. In 2019 the Trump Foundation was ordered to pay $2 million for misusing charity funds for personal use following an investigation.^[[1]](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-foundation-agrees-to-dissolve-after-lawsuit-alleged-illegal-conduct) The Trump Foundation dissolved following an investigation led by the New York Attorney General.^[[2]](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/nyregion/ny-ag-underwood-trump-foundation.html) President Trump was ordered to pay $2 million for misusing charity funds.^[[3]](https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/777287610/judge-says-trump-must-pay-2-million-over-misuse-of-foundation-funds) 

2. In 2019 Trump campaign adviser and long time friend of Trump, Roger Stone, was convicted and sentenced to prison. Roger Stone was indicted by Special Counsel Mueller.^[[4]](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/roger-stone-indicted-on-several-charges-as-part-of-muellers-russia-collusion-probe) A jury found Stone guilty on all 7 counts including witness tampering, lying, and obstruction.^[[5]](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/roger-stone-found-guilty-in-trial-stemming-from-mueller-probe) However, Trump pardoned Stone. He signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting his friend days before Stone was set to report to prison to begin serving his 3 year sentence.^[[6]](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-trump-expected-commute-roger-stone-sentence)

3. In 2019 Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted for committing several crimes. Manafort was sentenced to 47 months for bank and tax fraud.^[[7]](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/paul-manafort-sentenced-on-bank-and-tax-fraud-charges) Furthermore, Manafort was convicted on foreign lobbying and witness tampering charges carrying a combined prison sentence of 7 years.^[[8]](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/paul-manafort-sentenced-on-foreign-lobbying-and-witness-tampering-charges) Trump pardoned Manafort.^[[9]](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55433522)

4. In 2018 Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen plead guilty to committing campaign finance violations at the direction of Trump.^[[10]](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/21/michael-cohen-striking-deal-with-federal-prosecutors.html) Michael Cohen was sentenced to 3 years in prison.^[[11]](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-former-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/) The President's former personal attorney implicated Trump in crimes they committed together during the 2016 presidential campaign.^[[12]](https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-michael-cohen-files-sentencing-memorandum) 

5. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn originally pleaded guilty to 1 charge of lying to the FBI, he was given a deal as long as he cooperated with investigators.^[[13]](https://www.macleans.ca/politics/michael-flynn-to-plead-guilty-to-making-false-statements-to-fbi/) Michael Flynn pleaded guilty for lying about contacts with Russia, but he was pardoned by Trump.^[[14]](https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/823893821/trump-pardons-michael-flynn-who-pleaded-guilty-to-lying-about-russia-contact)

6. In 2018 the former Trump campaign Fmforeign policy adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty.^[[15]](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mueller-prison-papadopoulos-1.4790303) Papadopoulos was sentenced to two weeks in jail for lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russians.^[[16]](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/us/politics/george-papadopoulos-sentencing-special-counsel-investigation.html)

7. In 2018 deputy Trump campaign chairman Richard Gates pleaded guilty.^[[17]](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rick-gates-pleads-guilty-will-cooperate-with-robert-mueller-probe) Rick Gates' sentencing was initially delayed as he cooperated in several ongoing investigations.^[[18]](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/14/rick-gates-sentencing-mueller-probe-990758) He was sentenced to 45 days in jail and 3 years of probation.^[[19]](https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-trump-campaign-official-richard-gates-sentenced-to-45-days-in-jail-3-years-probation-11576601543) Gates testified that he and Manafort conspired to commit bank and tax fraud.^[[20]](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rick-gates-testifies-he-and-manafort-committed-fraud-admits-embezzling-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars)

8. In 2020 President Trump's former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was charged for defrauding a charity raising money to build the wall.^[[21]](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53853297) Bannon was arrested while aboard a luxury yacht owned by a Chinese billionaire. Prosecutors assert that Bannon and his colleagues purposely misled donors to defraud them.^[[22]](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/steve-bannon-among-4-arrested-indicted-in-online-fundraising-scheme-doj-announces) Trump pardoned Bannon of his crimes.^[[23]](https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-trump-pardons-broidy-66c82f25134735e742b2501c118723bb)

Please VOTE!

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1) [Fox News - Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve after lawsuit alleged 'illegal conduct'](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-foundation-agrees-to-dissolve-after-lawsuit-alleged-illegal-conduct)

2) [New York Times - Trump Foundation Will Dissolve, Accused of ‘Shocking Pattern of Illegality’](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/nyregion/ny-ag-underwood-trump-foundation.html)

3) [NPR - Judge Says Trump Must Pay $2 Million Over Misuse Of Foundation Funds](https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/777287610/judge-says-trump-must-pay-2-million-over-misuse-of-foundation-funds)

4) [Fox News - Roger Stone indicted on several charges as part of Mueller’s Russia collusion probe](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/roger-stone-indicted-on-several-charges-as-part-of-muellers-russia-collusion-probe)

5) [Fox News - Roger Stone found guilty on all counts in trial stemming from Mueller probe](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/roger-stone-found-guilty-in-trial-stemming-from-mueller-probe)

6) [Fox News - Trump commutes Roger Stone's sentence, days before prison term set to begin](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-trump-expected-commute-roger-stone-sentence)

7) [Fox News - Paul Manafort sentenced on foreign lobbying and witness tampering charges](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/paul-manafort-sentenced-on-foreign-lobbying-and-witness-tampering-charges)

8) [Fox News - Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison on bank and tax fraud charges](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/paul-manafort-sentenced-on-bank-and-tax-fraud-charges)

9) [BBC - Trump pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55433522)

10) [Fox News - Michael Cohen admits violating campaign finance laws in plea deal, agrees to 3-5 year sentence](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/21/michael-cohen-striking-deal-with-federal-prosecutors.html)

11) [The Globe & Mail - Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-former-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/)

12) [United States of America v. Michael Cohen - THE GOVERNMENT’S SENTENCING MEMORANDUM](https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-michael-cohen-files-sentencing-memorandum)

13) [Maclean's - Michael Flynn pleads guilty to making false statements to FBI](https://www.macleans.ca/politics/michael-flynn-to-plead-guilty-to-making-false-statements-to-fbi/)

14) [NPR - Trump Pardons Michael Flynn, Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying About Russia Contact](https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/823893821/trump-pardons-michael-flynn-who-pleaded-guilty-to-lying-about-russia-contact)

15) [CBC - Mueller recommends 6 months in prison for Papadopoulos](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mueller-prison-papadopoulos-1.4790303)

16) [New York Times - George Papadopoulos, Ex-Trump Adviser, Is Sentenced to 14 Days in Jail](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/us/politics/george-papadopoulos-sentencing-special-counsel-investigation.html)

17) [Washington Examiner - Rick Gates pleads guilty, will cooperate with Robert Mueller probe](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rick-gates-pleads-guilty-will-cooperate-with-robert-mueller-probe)

18) [Politico - Mueller delays sentencing for ex-Trump aide Gates over ongoing cooperation](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/14/rick-gates-sentencing-mueller-probe-990758)

19) [Wall Street Journal - Ex-Trump Campaign Official Richard Gates Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail, Three Years Probation](https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-trump-campaign-official-richard-gates-sentenced-to-45-days-in-jail-3-years-probation-11576601543)

20) [Fox News - Rick Gates testifies he and Manafort committed fraud, admits embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rick-gates-testifies-he-and-manafort-committed-fraud-admits-embezzling-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars)

21) [BBC - Steve Bannon charged with fraud over Mexico wall funds

](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53853297)

22) [Fox News - Steve Bannon, 'We Build the Wall' organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/steve-bannon-among-4-arrested-indicted-in-online-fundraising-scheme-doj-announces)

23) [Associated Press - Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others](https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-trump-pardons-broidy-66c82f25134735e742b2501c118723bb)

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Racist Trump

 

Trump threatens Mitch McConnell, makes racial slur against his wife

Donald Trump has appeared to threaten the highest ranking member of his own party in Washington, and made a racial slur against his wife.

In a message posted on his social media platform, Trump railed against Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

"Is McConnell approving all of these trillions of dollars worth of Democrat sponsored bills, without even the slightest bit of negotiation, because he hates Donald J Trump, and he knows I am strongly opposed to them," Trump wrote. 

He is racist and so are the people that support him. They'll still support him and probably make T-shirts poking fun at her.

No, not Trump. He is the least racist person you will ever meet, he said so himself. /s

• Race relations: "I’ve done more for Black Americans, in fact, than any President in U.S. history." (June 2020)

• Medicine / Coronavirus: "I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of these doctors said: "How do you know so much about this?" Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.” (March 2020.)

• Tourism: "“I am considered a world class expert in tourism. So when you say ‘where is the expert and where is the evidence’ - I am the evidence!”

• Campaign finance: "I think nobody knows more about campaign finance than I do, because I'm the biggest contributor." (1999.)

• TV ratings: "I know more about people who get ratings than anyone." (October 2012.)

• ISIS: "I know more about ISIS than the generals do." (November 2015.)

• Social media: "I understand social media. I understand the power of Twitter. I understand the power of Facebook maybe better than almost anybody, based on my results, right?" (November 2015.)

• Courts: "I know more about courts than any human being on Earth." (November 2015.)

• Lawsuits: "[W]ho knows more about lawsuits than I do? I'm the king." (January 2016.)

• Politicians: "I understand politicians better than anybody."

• The visa system: "[N]obody knows the system better than me. I know the H1B. I know the H2B. ... Nobody else on this dais knows how to change it like I do, believe me." (March 2016.)

• Trade: "Nobody knows more about trade than me." (March 2016.)

• The U.S. government system: "[N]obody knows the system better than I do." (April 2016.)

• Science / Climate Change: "My uncle was a great professor at MIT for many years: Dr. John Trump. And though I didn’t talk to him about this particular subject (Climate Change), I just have a natural instinct for science.’" (October 2018)

• Renewable energy: "I know more about renewables than any human being on Earth." (April 2016.)

• Taxes: "I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world." (May 2016.)

• Debt: "I’m the king of debt. I’m great with debt. Nobody knows debt better than me." (June 2016.)

• Money: "I understand money better than anybody." (June 2016.)

• Infrastructure: "[L]ook, as a builder, nobody in the history of this country has ever known so much about infrastructure as Donald Trump." (July 2016.)

• Sen. Cory Booker: "I know more about Cory than he knows about himself." (July 2016.)

• Borders: Trump said in 2016 that Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he was endorsing him for president because "you know more about this stuff than anybody."

• Democrats: "I think I know more about the other side than almost anybody." (November 2016.)

• Construction: "[N]obody knows more about construction than I do." (May 2018.)

• The economy: "I think I know about it better than [the Federal Reserve]." (October 2018.)

• Technology: "Technology — nobody knows more about technology than me." (December 2018.)

• Drones: "I know more about drones than anybody. I know about every form of safety that you can have." (January 2019.)

• Drone technology: "Having a drone fly overhead — and I think nobody knows much more about technology, this type of technology certainly, than I do." (January 2019.)

• Racism: “No, no, I’m not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that I can tell you.” (Jan '18)

• Racism: “Number one, I am the least anti-Semitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life. Number two, racism, the least racist person.'' (Feb '17)

• Racism: “I am the least racist person that you have ever met.” (Sept '16)

• Racism: “Well, I am not a racist, in fact, I am the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered. I’ll give you an example.” (hands over article he was sent by Don King) (June '16)

• Racism: “I am the least racist person that you have ever met. I am the least racist person.” (June '15)

• Racism: “Not at all. Probably the least of anybody you've ever met, (...) Because I'm not.” Trump said. (December '15)

• Temperament: 1. "I have the best temperament or certainly one of the best temperaments of anybody that's ever run for the office of president. Ever."

• The Bible: "Nobody reads the Bible more than me."

• Disabilities: "No one has done more for people with disabilities than me."

• Women / Women's health: "I would be the best for women, the best for women's health issues."

• Renewable energy: "I know more about renewables than any human being on earth."

• On his education: "I'm very highly educated. I know words - I have the best words."

• On his education: "Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest - and you all know it!"

• On his athleticism: "I was always the best athlete, people don't know that."