Standing United, Part II
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- Feb 11, 2017
- 21 min read
The Progressive Nation - Part Two
THE BIG LIE THEORY
Donald is a believer in the big-lie theory,” his lawyer had told me. “If you say something again and again, people will believe you."
So, here we are. Here we are, in a country that has been fighting against racism for centuries, a country that at the very core and at its earliest conception, has welcomed immigrants to its shores, a country that has taken great strides to correct the destructive practices of hatred and bigotry, a country whose women have arguably been - and continue to be - the most progressive pioneers for the Women's Rights Movements around the globe. Here we are, in a country who has arguably been a leader for equal rights for the global LGBTQ community.
Here we are.
Somehow, we find ourselves faced with a president whose every comment, and whose past and present actions set forth a platform aimed to destroy the very country we have all collectively worked so hard to build, a president who diminishes the collective black American and African American experience to being nothing more than a condition of being genetically predisposed to 'laziness' - and his unfathomable insults don't stop there. Here we are, at the threshold of a presidency whose Commander in Chief refers to immigrants as rapists and criminals pouring over our borders with guns and drugs. Here we are, faced with a president whose disrespect and hatred for women has been painfully obvious, and whose physical and sexual assaults on women, unthinkable - yet here we are, with a so-called leader of the land who is attempting to strip the LGBTQ community of its dignity, pride, and progress.
Here we are.
Well, how did we get here?, you might ask, and that is a very astute question, but one that is arriving a little too late. However, I will attempt to unfold for you, the one obvious reason and I'll let you all in on a little secret:
Not all Americans are socially progressive. I know it's 2017 and you might find this shocking but it's true. Some, for instance, prefer to keep women in the kitchen and either participate in a mindset aimed to shame and belittle our collective personhood, or cowardly turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to negative diatribe and violence against women. There are even some who prefer to only live among white, English-speaking citizens and have voiced their pure hatred for anyone who doesn't fit this description. There are those in the land who openly discriminate against the LGBTQ community and hide behind their religion to do so. And there you have it - a dictator's platform. Trump called forth all the racists, all the bigots, all the misogynists, all the xenophobes, and all the homophobes in the land. He turned over every rock under which they hid, called into the rat holes in which they scurried, and told them all that their hatred will now be raised to the highest heights. Yes, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and received more than 2 million votes more that Trump, but then again, we all know about the flawed Electoral College. So, there remains hope that there are many, many more socially progressive people in the United States than there are ignorant, destructive, regressive individuals hellbent on sending us into the Dark Ages, so my question to us all is, what are we going to do about this? Silently, passively observe, or get in the ring?
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. MLK Jr.
The following, is a little comparison I did, between Hillary's improper - arguably negligent and potentially dangerous - handling of government information versus:
Allegations of statutory rape against Trump
Allegations of rape against Trump
Trump's and Trump supporters' clear pattern of hate speech and violent rhetoric against women, the LGBTQ community, the disabled, minorities, and immigrants
Trump's repeated public remarks that threatened physical violence against the opposition
Trump's repeated arrogant refusal to release his tax returns to the American people
Oh I certainly could go on and on with regard to the deplorable and inexcusable actions and language at the hands of, and out of the mouth of, Donald Trump. However, for the sake of this article, I will focus on these points. I will leave you to weigh the facts and gauge how they impact on Americans and on the American way of life:
Let us begin with Hillary Clinton and the email 'scandal':
Private vs. Government Email Use
We are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.
Director of the FBI, James B. Comey
We have all seen it - on people's bumper stickers, signs on their front lawns, and angry citizens screaming from coffee shops, beauty parlors and rallies:
Lock her Up!
and,
She's a criminal!
But what is highly debatable is just how many of these angry citizens have been led by the nose, and just how many are truly educated and knowledgeable regarding the facts of this case.
Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State from 2009 until 2013. Before becoming Secretary of State - in fact, in 2008, the Clintonemail.com server was registered. In her first year as Secretary of State, the State Department unequivocally allowed the use of private emails for government business as long as the person or persons using private emails to conduct government business ensured that all federal records either sent or received, be preserved in the appropriate agency's record-keeping system.
Former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has publicly admitted to using a personal email account while in office, to conduct government business with foreign leaders. Former Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, has likewise used a private email address to conduct government business. Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker, a Republican presidential aspirant in the early days of the 2016 presidential race, likewise used, as did some of his staff, a private email account to conduct government business.
In fact, the Government Executive Magazine conducted a poll of 412 high-level federal workers to determine how many used private email accounts as a means to conduct government-related communication. 33% of those polled admitted to using personal email accounts to conduct government business.
So, in order to appease the angry mob and place Hillary in handcuffs, the federal government - and in this case, the FBI - would have to not establish that she had a private email for government use since this was clearly permissible although cautioned - but to prove that there was criminal intent to leak classified information to individuals and/or foreign powers with no security clearance. For the entire duration of her time as Secretary of State, the law reads:
Agencies that allow employees to send and receive official electronic mail messages using a system not operated by the agency must ensure that Federal records sent or received on such systems are preserved in the appropriate agency record keeping system. (36 CFR 1236.22).
Therefore, the law, during Hillary Clinton's days of Secretary of State, allowed for the use of private emails in order to conduct government business as long as those emails that were entitled as, and deemed, classified were then securely archived with the appropriate government agency. Then, in 2014, the State Department requested all former Secretaries of State to submit any records in their possession for 'proper preservation.' Hillary did just that. She turned over some 55,000 papers - approximately 30,000 emails that were deemed by Hillary and her staff to be 'work related.' What is interesting about this particular case, is that out of all of emails that came forth during the FBI investigation, approximately 4% were retroactively deemed 'classified.' Pay close attention to this or you may get caught up in the misogynistic manipulation that has played a significant role in demonizing Hillary throughout her political life. For the entire duration of her time as Secretary of State, NONE of the emails that were exchanged, NONE of the information Hillary either received or sent on her private email server were deemed 'classified' until after her term had ended. In fact, they weren't even deemed 'classified' until the investigation into her emails took place. They were neither entitled as classified, nor deemed classified. And yet, the Republicans had a hay day with this, didn't they? What were Trump's words again?
An absolutely criminal outrage!
She is guilty. She knows it, the FBI knows it, the people know it, and now it's up to the American people to deliver justice at the ballet box on November 8
In terms of hatred toward Hillary personally, regardless of the FBI's decision that she has not committed any crimes, we must understand how anti-feminine rhetoric was not only used throughout the campaign, but was - and is - used throughout national and international communities throughout the ages:
Even my beloved Canada isn't immune to this one
In terms of the 2016 election race, Hillary had to endure some of the most hateful, threatening, misogynistic comments of any woman's lifetime, some of which included (please brace yourself before reading):
Hillary is a whore!
Hillary Clinton needs to get her ass spanked!
Trump that bitch!
Hillary sucks but not like Monica!
Fuck You, Hillary!
Hang the bitch!
Kill her!
KFC Hillary Special - 2 Fat Thighs, 2 Small Breasts, Left Wing
Yes, all of these threatening words recorded for our history books - or will it just be ignored?
In its attempt to sound somewhat coherent and intelligent, the opposition will scream, her actions were foolish and irresponsible!, and I couldn't agree more, neither could Hilary, and neither could the FBI who investigated this case not once, but twice (although the motives behind reopening this so-called 'legitimate' investigation 11 days before election day and closing it just 2 days before we went to the polls are questionable at best, especially considering the 'main' reason for reopening the case had less to do with investigating whether or not Hillary had intent to leak classified information and more to do with the indiscretions of an employee). However, Trump and all of his supporters didn't care about the facts. They just wanted her blood.
And although the following statement was issued at the end of the first FBI investigation and reaffirmed at the end of the second, the lynch mob - the witch hunt - never stopped:
In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of: clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information; or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct; or indications of disloyalty to the United States; or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here...
Director of the FBI, James B. Comey goes on to state that although a person engaged in this kind of careless actively may face administrative restrictions,
We are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.
I know there will be intense public debate in the wake of this recommendation, as there was throughout this investigation. What I can assure the American people is that this investigation was done competently, honestly, and independently. No outside influence of any kind was brought to bear.
I know there were many opinions expressed by people who were not part of the investigation—including people in government—but none of that mattered to us. Opinions are irrelevant, and they were all uninformed by insight into our investigation, because we did the investigation the right way. Only facts matter, and the FBI found them here in an entirely apolitical and professional way. I couldn’t be prouder to be part of this organization.
No, the witch hunt never ended. For the lynch mob, there was zero respect for our country's very thorough and professional, independent FBI investigation, and there was no regard for its final decision. We continued to see the hateful signs enticing violence and we continued to be confronted with the hateful, misogynistic words that even went so far as to have government figures advocate for her death:
Al Baldasaro, Republican State Representative and Trump delegate
Michael Folk, West Virginia Republican Member of the House of Delegates
And speaking of violent threats, listen as Donald Trump 'hints' about encouraging his supporters to shoot Hillary Clinton:
After listening to Trump's hint to shoot Hillary, scroll down to see the violent and shocking photo of a Republican man imitating choking Hillary's neck as she is depicted in prison garb. But please, let's continue to chant,
Lock her up!
because clearly, she's the threatening one. Hmm...
If you are not yet seriously disturbed at this level of threatening violence, I now put Trump in the hot seat and hold him accountable for:
Accusations of statutory and marital rape
Countless acts of sexual misconduct
Inciting violence against women, minorities, and immigrants
Countless incidents of misogynistic rhetoric
Anti-American Executive Order - The Muslim Ban
Repeated and intentional refusal to disclose tax information
Let us consider Trump's history of sexual assaults along with a long list of offenses that not only shake the very safety of American women and by their very nature, add to the attacks against women worldwide, but have curiously gone unnoticed throughout his entire campaign, or at the very least, the exposure of which has been gravely and shamelessly downplayed in comparison to the attacks on his opponent's mishandling of emails.
Accusations of statutory and marital rape
Then he jams his penis inside her for the first time in more than sixteen months. Ivana is terrified… It is a violent assault...‘he raped me.’
Harry Hurt III's book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump
From 1977 to 1992, Trump was married to Ivana (nee Zelníčková) Trump. It is almost physically difficult for me to write about all I have uncovered about this sham of a marriage and about Donald's systematic, intentional, and escalating abuse of his wife. Nonetheless, it needs to be told, and retold, again and again. After all, the man is currently sitting in the Oval Office.
Born in Czechoslovakia, Ivana came to the United States with images of grandeur. When she married Donald Trump, these images became - at least to the public eye - her actual reality. Becoming a business partner with Donald, Ivana would play the part, and play it well, but all was not as it appeared.
With his narcissistic personality, Donald had announced at the beginning of their marriage that he would like 5 children, just as his own parents had had. His reasoning was as follows:
...because with five, then I will know that one will be guaranteed to turn out like me.
A close friend had reported that Donald was even willing to be generous with Ivana, and a story went around that he was giving her a cash bonus of $250,000 for each child.
Take time to let that sink in. Don't worry, this article will still be here when you return.
As the years passed, friends and associates noticed more and more that Ivana and Donald seemed very business-like in public, as if there were a cold, loveless distance that had settled between them, and by the early 1990s, the story emerged of his ongoing affair with Marla Maples. As if the marriage hadn't already become a dark place for Ivana, it was about to get a lot darker before it ended.
According to reporter Marie Brenner:
...the tactics he used in business he now brought home -
Donald began calling Ivana and screaming all the time:
‘You don’t know what you are doing!’ one of Ivana’s top assistants told me. When Ivana would hang up the phone, I would say, ‘How can you put up with this?’ and Ivana would say, ‘Because Donald is right.’ He began belittling her: “That dress is terrible.” “You’re showing too much cleavage.” “You never spend enough time with the children.” “Who would touch those plastic breasts?” Ivana told her friends that Donald had stopped sleeping with her. She blamed herself. “I think it was Donald’s master plan to get rid of Ivana in Atlantic City,” one of her assistants told me.
“By then, Marla Maples was in a suite at the Trump Regency. Atlantic City was to be their playground.”
Ivana was quoted as saying,
What am I going to do?” she asked one of her assistants. “If I don’t do what he says, I am going to lose him.
Brenner goes on to describe her conversation with Ivana's lawyer, Michael Kennedy, who described the mindset of Ivana during this marriage crisis as eerily similar to Stockholm Syndrome:
She had the mentality of a captive, Kennedy told me. After a while she couldn’t fight her captor anymore, and she began to identify with him. Ivana is deaf, dumb, and blind when it comes to Donald.
During divorce proceedings in the early 1990s, Ivana gave testimony that Donald had raped her. In 1993, the same year that Donald married Marla Maples, Ivana's incriminating testimony came forth in Harry Hurt III's book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump. Readers - and especially women - brace yourselves. In what can only be described as a criminal fit of rage after he underwent a painful scalp reduction procedure at the hands of Ivana's plastic surgeon, Donald screamed at Ivana blaming her for his pain. The following description of the entire incident was recounted by Hurt as he read through a copy of the 1990 sworn divorce deposition of Ivana Trump:
Donald held back Ivana’s arms and began to pull out fistfuls of hair from her scalp, as if to mirror the pain he felt from his own operation. He tore off her clothes and unzipped his pants.
Then he jams his penis inside her for the first time in more than sixteen months. Ivana is terrified… It is a violent assault, Hurt writes. According to versions she repeats to some of her closest confidantes, ‘he raped me.’”
Following the incident, Ivana ran upstairs, hid behind a locked door, and remained there “crying for the rest of night.” When she returned to the master bedroom in the morning, he was there.
“As she looks in horror at the ripped-out hair scattered all over the bed, he glares at her and asks with menacing casualness: ‘Does it hurt?’”
Harry Hurt III's book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump
As is the case for countless rape victims - and especially those who fall victim at the hands of a public figure - very few news media would publish the story, and before the book even hit the shelves, Trump and his corrupt lawyers had somehow managed to have Ivana scale down her sworn divorce deposition, writing a note that she didn't mean 'rape' in a literal or criminal sense, but that what she really meant was that she felt 'violated.'. They then managed to pressure the book's publisher, W.W. Norton, to insert this statement into every copy.
Fast forward - When Trump became one of three Republican presidential candidates, author Hurt requested that Norton reissue the book but the publisher refused following their lawyers' advice that the book is 'too dangerous to publish.' - Too dangerous for whom? I would strongly argue that by refusing to reissue the book, Norton and their lawyers have played a significant role in silencing - even attempting to intentionally hide - Trump's past as a rapist. Now that is not only dangerous, it is downright irresponsible to the American people. So Hurt didn't stop there. He decided to scan the book and reissue it himself. Now I ask that you brace yourselves again. When news leaked that the rape allegations were resurfacing, a reporter from The Daily Beast was threatened by Michael Cohen, a longstanding Trump lawyer. Cohen is quoted as having threatened:
You write a story that has Mr. Trump’s name in it and the word ‘rape,’ and I’m going to mess your life up . . . for as long as you’re on this frickin’ planet.
It bears repeating that Ivana was sworn under oath when she gave the testimony of rape. It is also very telling that not only did Donald Trump plead the Fifth more than 100 times during his questioning, but that Ivana was granted a divorce based on cruel and inhumane treatment by Donald Trump.
Reflect if you feel it necessary, and let's move on shall we?
When an adult sexually penetrates a minor who, under the law, is incapable of consenting to sex, that adult has committed statutory rape. In 2016, a lawsuit was filed in federal court accusing Donald Trump of that very crime allegedly perpetrated against a 13-year-old girl in 1994.
According to many sources, Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted pedophile, would lure young teenage girls to Epstein's Upper East Side home for parties. The girls were promised modeling careers and cash and all they had to do was come to the parties.
One particular woman, who at the time of the parties was 13 years old, had come forward to file suit:
Defendant Trump initiated sexual contact with Plaintiff at four different parties. On the fourth and final sexual encounter with Defendant Trump, Defendant Trump tied Plaintiff to a bed, exposed himself to Plaintiff, and then proceeded to forcibly rape Plaintiff. During the course of this savage sexual attack, Plaintiff loudly pleaded with Defendant Trump to stop but with no effect. Defendant Trump responded to Plaintiff’s pleas by violently striking Plaintiff in the face with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted.
Another woman spoke up stating that she was hired by Jeffrey Epstein to seek out and recruit other young women for parties, but never came forward because she feared for her safety.
In 2010, when Epstein was questioned in court regarding his connection to Donald Trump, he pleaded the Fifth when specifically asked if he and Trump had socialized together in the company of females under the age of 18 years old. Yes, the diehard Trump supporters will fearlessly deny this to be true and will scream that it is merely a lie, but there is a federal filing with Jeffrey Epstein pleading the Fifth when asked if Trump and he socialized together with underage females. Think through this now. What would be the logic for pleading the Fifth? Why not come right out and clear your friend's name? Hmm...
So what happened to this story? Lisa Bloom, the accuser's lawyer, announced that in November, 2016, the lawsuit had been 'abruptly dropped' by the accuser, stating:
Trump's accuser had received threats and was too frightened to show up.
How much have you, the avid follower of today's politics - how much have you heard about this case? Does it now concern you that the news failed to give it the exposure it deserved? If you did happen to hear mention of it, did it concern you that these allegations were being made against a man who could potentially become the next president of the United States? The other questions that only the brave will be able to ask are:
Why wasn't this story given even a fraction of the attention that Hillary's emails received?
Why does corporate media and the greater social culture of the land attempt to hush, silence and shame rape victims, and in many cases, not only manipulate the truth but by their sheer lack of respect for the victims, passively allow the perpetrators to issue threats to victims if they step forth?
Why?
Why do we continue to hear these stories again and again and again, and why do we simply accept this blatant attempt to keep rape victims silenced and their experiences suppressed?
2. Countless Acts of Sexual Misconduct
And here is a list currently of 13 women spanning over 3 decades who accuse Trump of unwanted sexual advances, assaults, or worse.
Again, I ask that you reflect if you feel it necessary, and let us move on.
Firstly, let us consider what happens when a controversial public figure incites a hate culture against minorities, immigrants, and women, and encourages violence again, and again, and again:
The Trump Hate Speech and Violent Agenda
Trump urges his fans to knock the crap out of protestors and promises to pay the legal fees.
insinuating that the police should have physically harmed protestors in Chicago
After a rage of racial discrimination explodes outside a Trump rally, Trump publicly dismisses a peace activist's attempt to give him a flower as a symbol of peace, mocks his message of love, and kicks him out. If this doesn't say - and show - it all...
Just some of the comments from Trump supporters at rallies caught on this video. Brace yourselves:
Nigger!
Fag!
Beaners!
Send them bastards back! I'm sure that paperwork comes in Spanish!
Hillary is a whore!
Hillary Clinton needs to get her ass spanked!
Trump that bitch!
Hillary sucks but not like Monica!
Fuck You, Hillary!
Hang the bitch!
Kill her!
KFC Hillary Special - 2 Fat Thighs, 2 Small Breasts, Left Wing
I have to pause here to catch my breath...
4. Countless Incidents of Misogynistic Rhetoric out of Trump's mouth
5. Anti-American Executive Order: Muslim Ban
...numerous studies going back more than a century have shown that immigrants—regardless of nationality or legal status—are less likely than the native population to commit violent crimes or to be incarcerated.
The Mythical Connection Between Immigrants and Crime, Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
On Friday, January 28th, 2017, Trump publicly signed his executive order, banning nationals from 7 Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for a minimum of 90 days. Nationals from Syria, under this order, would be banned indefinitely from entry. The United States already has a very stringent process in place with regard to its immigration standards. The process can often take 2 years to complete with the applicant being screened by the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Department, and for applicants who are entering from countries of concern, they are further screened by the National Counterterrorism Center, and the FBI. Further, applicants must undergo iris screenings and fingerprints. Identifying documents are collected, and biographic security checks are done - I know this firsthand, having gone through the process - and I'm originally from Canada! However, this executive order isn't about becoming more stringent; it is about allowing the dangerous, xenophobic ideologies to dictate policy, a policy based on hatred and ignorance.
It is worth noting that during his signing, Trump announced that this was being done at least in part, so that these countries could learn lessons from 9/11. What Trump failed to understand in that statement however, was that the countries connected to 9/11 included Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon - none of which are included in this Muslim ban.
The wording in the ban is also cleverly written, stating that if refugees from any of these 7 countries belong to a minority religion in their particular country, they will be given preference for entry. Without saying it, he said it - since Christianity is the minority religion in these 7 Muslim-majority countries, Trump has given Christian refugees preferential treatment. Did someone say, anti-American? Yes. I did, as have thousands of Americans who are standing up in protest against this discriminatory, hateful, un-American order that - news flash - doesn't help to further protect Americans - it actually works to encourage anti-American sentiment and terrorist activity.
But wait, Hillary was the threat to our national security, right? With those emails! Those gosh darn emails! We chanted, remember? We chanted, 'Lock her up! Lock her u....' oh shit, we f*cked up.
Yes you did, and in Donald's idiot words, you f*cked up, "big time."
American artists, performers, celebrities, politicians, judges, and citizens are standing in solidarity with global communities to protest Trump's hateful anti-American Muslim ban:
The list goes on and on.
On February 3rd, U.S. District Judge, James Robart, temporary blocked Trump's executive order, deeming the order to be unconstitutional. Being the narcissist that he is, Trump went on a Tweeting tirade:
The opinion of this so-called judge which essentially takes law enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!
Because the ban was lifted by a judge many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision!
Just cannot believe a judge could put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!
This is clearly a case of a spiteful narcissist with a dictator mentality who doesn't like to be challenged and has no shame for using fear tactics and lies to push his xenophobic agenda.
On Thursday, February 9th, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Judge Robart's restraining order will remain in effect to allow the judge to fully examine its legality, and Trump retaliated in a tweet with,
Um, he was taunting the judges, vowing to see the judges in court? I just can't...
And then miraculously a statement from the White House on Friday made it clear that the administration would not as it turns out, see the judges in court, and would not appeal the 9th Court's decision, but would instead, start working on a new executive order. Oh joy. We are truly living in the Twilight Zone.
7. Refusal to Disclose Tax Information
In the above video, it is painfully clear what Donald Trump is. Let me just leave it at that.
Is it possible Trump's net worth and income aren't anywhere near what he claims?
Although not a crime to withhold the release of his tax returns, according to presidential tax returns, Trump is the only presidential candidate in 40 years to purposely hold back this information from American citizens with the exception of Gerald Ford in 1976. However, Ford did at least, release a summary data of his federal taxes for the years 1966 and 1975.
It is also worth noting that Trump claims to be worth more than 10 billion dollars in net worth and close to $560 million in income. To be a man of such immense wealth, a man who now heads the country, would it not be a show of good faith to release his taxes, or at the very least, release a summary data of federal taxes as every other president and presidential candidate has done for 40 years? Or, does he have something to hide? Many financial analysts think so and further hint that he is anything but upfront and truthful about his actual net worth and income, claiming he's worth billions when he needs a loan, and then claiming his properties are only worth pennies when he files taxes. Not very presidential. And we, the citizens, will continue to pay our state and federal taxes, paying for his salary as Commander-in-Chief. That doesn't sit well for me and it shouldn't sit well for you either since those federal tax dollars he hasn't paid in years (possibly as many as 18 years) pay for the very services that throughout his campaign, Donald complained were in such disrepair - I guess he just figures he's privileged. He'll complain about it, and we'll pay for it. It is way past due for Trump to come clean.
And just to add insult to injury, here are a few inflated claims Trump has made regarding his taxes and his charity donations, along with his repeated excuses for not releasing his taxes:
While the rest of us pay for your salary, Donald, and your proposed, absurd, and insulting wall.
News Flash - Whether a person is being audited or not, said person is perfectly free to release taxes.
Only the lowest possible life forms would claim to give money to charity, but not actually donate a penny. To make that scenario even more despicable would be to use your claimed charitable donations to pay off a lawyer to drop a lawsuit. Yes, Donald has done just this while also claiming the moral high ground over Hillary. How does this man sleep at night? Oh wait, he doesn't. He tweets.
I need not remind you that it is a federal offense to withhold the payment of taxes, and/or to deliberately misrepresent your income and charitable donations.
THIS IS WHY I MUST WRITE.
Please, Please, PLEASE GET INVOLVED!
Stand UP
Speak UP
Let your voices be HEARD
Here are some extra gems:
Bill brilliantly shows the 'inappropriateness' in behavior of past presidential candidates and compares them to the despicable behavior of Trump.
Consequently causing one business to go bankrupt - but he has the nerve to speak about how 'others' are selling out American workers for overseas jobs?! He truly is the lowest life form.
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