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Letitia James live tweets daily interest charges on Trump’s $464m fraud ruling
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
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Fuck Trump, but this is a bad look.
Edit: Hey, look at that. The downvotes are keeping track of how many of you peaked in high school. Neat.
It's game theory. Civility only goes so far. Even if stooping to a lower lever is ultimately a losing move, staying put in civility is too at this point. It's the Prisoner's Dilemma, and unfortunately our opponent has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt to be untrustworthy.
I appreciate the level headed reply.
Genuinely asking though. How does this move help?
Dipping to "his level" will further galvanize his base, and there will be a number of people who are already on the edge to do more than vote harder.
What strategic value does this have outside of, as another comment said, maybe getting him so angry he makes a mistake that somehow moves the needle in a meaningful way?
Perhaps there are supporters whom it will galvanise, but think there are probably more "potential supporters" who will be turned off.
It's a regular, powerful reminder that Trump is a liar, fraud, criminal and not really great at business person things.
Perhaps, but not if it pisses him off enough to make mistakes.
I’m pretty sure James can piss him off just by looking at him.
It’s positively Pavlovian at this point. The most hurtful thing you can do to a rich person is fuck with their money. And when they pretend to be far richer than they actually are… it hurts in oh so many ways
Oh, no, you've forgotten: Letitia James is a (a) black (b) woman who he (c) can't control and so has (d) power over him. She doesn't need to look at him to piss him off, she does that by simply existing. Her tweeting has got to be making him absolutely incandescent with rage. If he gets back into power, the first two people he's going after are Letitia James and Fani Willis.
And, of course, Trump calls her a racist.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rants-new-york-fraud-lawsuit-letitia-james-1234597253/
He also called her 'Letitia "Peekaboo" James," which many people (probably rightfully) think is a dog whistle for 'jigaboo.'
Good points
She's black, the mere thought of her would make him upset.
This is the one thing that I can see being a positive here. Even then, what mistake could he possibly make that his base can't just shrug off?
Doesn't matter anymore. The high road does not work in modern America.
The high road has never worked, but it doesn't make you look like an ass when patience and strategy do work.
I don't see much strategy and our patience seems to not be paying off as we continue to let Republicans slowly slide us into oblivion
I peaked in elementary school, thank you very much.
But it's cute that you think anyone who is against Trump and his many frauds that he's already gotten away with would have a problem with this.
How does what she's doing help? Genuinely curious what you have to say
She's keeping the public informed.
This is not a private matter.
Gotcha.
There's taking the low road and then there's joy riding the low road.
Like other comments have stated, maybe this can get in his head and make him fuck up, but this is going to further galvanized his base, and there is a chunk of them that aren't going to be content just voting harder. Moves like this broaden that group.
So yeah. If one or two more nightclubs potentially getting shot up is worth it for the lulz, then by all means.
So the solution is to never touch any of these corrupt fucks because you’re afraid of them and their useful idiots.
You’re a coward.
I said that an AG trolling someone was a bad look and you interpreted that to mean "do not touch them?"
Really?
What are you on about
Appeasement
I want her to add onto this a countdown to when he starts getting his ASSets taken. Ground up the high road and recycle it to pave the Fury Road.
This is how you deal with a malignant narcissist.
This is how you become what you claim to loathe.
Shut the fuck up, Russian Agent #4567.
You would think people can't pinpoint subtle propaganda nowadays.
I can't even take this one seriously.
I don't give a fuck.
Clearly.
How so?
Because she's an AG and trolling someone online -should be- beneath that position.
I understand that we live in a world now that treats it like it isn't, but this is shameful.
For anyone cheering this behavior on... It's fucking Idiocracy. You're cheering on the end of ANYONE in our government not acting like a grade school bully at recess.
It's not trolling, it's a reminder to post a bond or interest rate keeps pilling up.
why?
Because she's an AG and trolling someone online -should be- beneath that position.
I understand that we live in a world now that treats it like it isn't, but this is shameful.
For anyone cheering this behavior on... It's fucking Idiocracy. You're cheering on the end of ANYONE in our government not acting like a grade school bully at recess.