Donald Trump presents himself as an alpha male who’s confident he’ll be on every state’s presidential ballot this year.
But as it turns out, that’s not the case!
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Trump’s omnipresent lawyer Alina Habba, who’s defending him in court and appearing to take Melania’s place away from it, spilled the beans in a Fox News interview with Martha MacCallum.
Despite appointing three Supreme Court justices, she says Trump is scared they’re not going to rule in his favor.
“You know, Republicans are conservative. They get nervous. They, unfortunately, are — sometimes shy away from being pro-Trump because they feel that even if the law is on our side, they might be swayed, much like the Democratic side, right?” she said.
Trump is appealing rulings from two states, Colorado and Maine, that banished him from their 2024 primary ballots. The states are disqualifying Trump based on the 14th Amendment, which bars those who have “engaged in insurrection” against the U.S. from holding public office. (Trump is also facing two criminal indictments for his alleged role in trying to overturn the election. There are four overall!)
With a 6-3 conservative majority, conventional wisdom says the court will side with Trump in the election case. But there is some doubt among legal scholars, never mind Trump himself (apparently).
Michael Luttig, a well-known conservative former federal appeals court judge, told The Washington Post he thinks the majority of justices will uphold Colorado’s decision.
“If the Supreme Court takes the Colorado Supreme Court case, I believe it will affirm that court’s decision to disqualify the former president from the state’s primary ballot,” he said.
With two states now barring Trump, it’s increasingly vital for the Court to select the case and make a quick ruling. The six conservatives contend to be originalists, which could spell trouble for our quadruple-indicted, twice-impeached, one-term ex-president.
“Given how strong the historical evidence is, I think disqualification has a puncher’s chance at the Supreme Court,” said Maryland law professor Michael Graber. “This is a court that either uses originalism selectively or invents history.”
Habba is already in spin mode, blaming any potential ruling against Trump on political bias (huh)?
“Sometimes they’re trying to look so neutral that they make the wrong call. And I really encourage them to look at the law and look at the Constitution,” she said. “It’s just a simple decision and it should have nothing to do with whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat.”
Habba is a relatively new player in MAGA World, establishing herself when she allegedly tricked a worker at Trump Bedminster to sign an NDA. The worker accused her boss of sexual misconduct.
Habba is Trump’s chief defendant, appearing regularly on Fox News to state her boss’ increasingly deranged case. But that’s not all: she often accompanies Trump to public appearances.
Her emergence conspicuously coincides with Melania’s disappearance, sending Mar-a-Lago Palace Intrigue into overdrive.
In each of the last two months, Habba has accompanied Trump to UFC events. During one, she sported a necklace with the letters FJB–short for “F–k Joe Biden“–and a matching purse with “MAGA” etched across the front in rhinestones.
Classy lady!
She’s also been a regular guest at Mar-a-Lago, where once again, Melania isn’t seen.
Habba attended Trump’s sad New Year’s Eve party featuring Vanilla Ice; and you guessed it, Melania did not!
And yes, fired Real Housewives of New Jersey star Siggy Flicker really did share a photo…(the community note is an all-timer).
To explain Melania’s absence, Trump said his wife’s mother is “very ill.”
He, of course, could never apparently be bothered to see his ailing mother-in-law. He had to party with his attorney!
Totally a normal thing to do…
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Baron Wiseman
To state the obvious, the “insurrection clause” was meant to bar Confederates from holding public office. What an insurrectionist was, was self-explanatory because there had just been a Civil War.
For the “insurrection clause” to apply, there has to be an insurrection. That means there has to be a declaration of insurrection.
Colorado judges do not get to define an insurrection against federal authority. Only federal authorities get to define an insurrection. Neither Trump nor Biden declared one.
While President Trump faces federal conspiracy counts and one count of obstructing an official preceding, the special counsel DID NOT charge the former president with “insurrection.”
For some reason, (and I can’t imagine why 🙂 ), Democrats are preoccupied with election interference and don’t want the American voter to decide our next presidential election. If you can’t beat him, have him arrested and jailed a la Hitler, Stalin and Mao.
GlobeTrotter
“That means there has to be a declaration of insurrection.”
Says who? The constitution says nothing about a declaration. All it says it that someone has to have “engaged” in an insurrection. Not convicted by a court of being an insurrectionist, as MAGA opinion outlets have been claiming, and not having “declared” an insurrection, as you’re now trying to state. You simply need to have ENGAGED in an insurrection. And according to my dictionary, an insurrection refers to the crime of inciting or engaging in a revolt. According to 18 U.S. Code § 2383, anyone who incites, assists, or engages in a rebellion or insurrection against the United States is guilty of insurrection. Trump did indeed incite an insurrection through his rhetoric and assisted an insurrection by withholding federal aid and troops during the siege on the Capitol, all while amusing himself in the White House while watching the entire action unfold on TV.
If it walks like duck, quacks like duck…well, you know the rest!
WillParkinson
Man, you denial types are hilarious. You do you.
Kangol2
Baronin just made up non-existent constitutional law!
This the actual text of the US Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section 3:
“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
There is ZERO mention of “declaration of insurrection.” None. Nothing. You just made that up or heard it on FoxNews or who knows where. As GlobeTrotter notes: “According to 18 U.S. Code § 2383, anyone who incites, assists, or engages in a rebellion or insurrection against the United States is guilty of insurrection.”
What did happen was that Don the Con, as a federal officer, the President of the United States, took an oath to protect the US Constitution. What he then did, leading up to January 6, 2021 and on that day, was foment, aid and abet an insurrection against the United States. He tried to prevent the lawful counting of votes by the US Congress by encouraging his wacko partisans to storm the Capitol and halt official Congressional proceedings to ratify the 2020 election outcome, and he also attempted to get state officials, in Georgia and Michigan, to find votes he had not received and to not certify votes his opponent received. This is insurrection whether he declared it or not. That this utter scumbag person even has the gall to run in 2024 is appalling, but what’s equally appalling is that so many people keep trying to find excuses for his treasonous, criminal behavior.
ZzBomb
“…and don’t want the American voter to decide our next presidential election. If you can’t beat him, have him arrested and jailed a la Hitler, Stalin and Mao.”
Thing is, the American voters did decide in 2020 in kicked his @$$ out. Now he is criminally charged on 91 counts and being concluded by greater legal scholars than you that he is not eligible to run. You had your chance to vote and did, in 2020. He refused to accept the results. This is just due process in action and you can’t handle it.
dbmcvey
And now it works because Trump is also a traitor and and insurrectionist! How ’bout that!
Not that Republicans care. They like their Fraud in Chief.
BLAKENOW
Baron you are a fool gay Republican,
I have heard if someone like you uses hemorrhoid cream anywhere on your body, it can actually make you disappear.
Please use it.
Bosch
“If you can’t beat him, have him arrested and jailed a la Hitler, Stalin and Mao.”
Lol yeah, the ex president who continues to deny election results, turned his magats against the vice president, never won the popular vote, and was only befriended with other dictators is such a victim of unfair justice! I mean, come on guys, it was an ATTEMPTED insurrection. Lighten up! Only a few cops committed suicide.
Baron Wiseman
@GlobeTrotter
“Trump did indeed invite an insurrection through his rhetoric….”
“I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” – President Donald Trump January 6, 2021
Baron Wiseman
@Kangol2
Great speech, but if you and so many others are so convinced, why has the president not been convicted of “insurrection”? Why hasn’t he EVEN BEEN CHARGED OF INSURRECTION?
Reuters – 8.20.21
The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.
Why did Nancy Pelosi decline President Trump’s offer of thousands of police on January 6th? Why was her daughter there that day with camera crew in tow? To film the Fed-surrection? Even Alexandra Pelosi (her daughter) said on camera, without her knowledge of filming, that there was no insurrection on January 6th.
Leftists are going pedal to the metal in persecuting their political opponents, with their latest stunt, of banning President Trump from the ballot in Colorado over the mere charge of “organizing” an “insurrection.” Republicans outraged by the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to boot Donald Trump off the states primary ballot have suggested the same to President Biden in their states. If you can take punitive action against your political opponent without them being convicted or EVEN charged of the crime, it should be good to do exactly the same thing to your political opponent.
Baron Wiseman
@Bosch
“…the ex-president who continues to deny the election results….’
@ZzBomb
“He refused to accept the results.”
You mean like Hillary Clinton?
Hillary Clinton frequently called the 2016 election “stolen” and President Trump “illegitimate.” Never mind that former President Barack Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testified that there was no evidence that the Russians succeeded in changing a single vote tally.
Mack
Typical, you just pull all your comments out of your ass. Guess your religion is like your views on laws, just cherry pick the ones that suit your stupidity.
Baron Wiseman
@Bosch
“Only a few cops committed suicide.”
U.S. Capitol policeman Lt. Michael Byrd murdered Ashli Babbitt.
wikidBSTN
You wasted a lot of time to show us that you are a total fool.
“A declaration of insurrection” – LOL – where does that come from?? And while the Constitutional provision at issue was adopted after the Civil War, it was by no means intended to be limited to those who participated in the Civil War. The Congressional record makes that absolutely clear. The record also makes clear that the provision was always meant to include the office of the President.
Go back and get you high school diploma. If you already have one, go back to whatever sh*ty town that tried to educate you and ask for a refund.
Bosch
No dumfuk, not like Hillary. Hillary won the popular vote, and yet conceded on November 9th, 2016. She did not pressure officials to overturn the election. She did not invent lies about the voting system. She did not spend 4 years threatening with a civil war. She did not incite an insurrection.
“U.S. Capitol policeman Lt. Michael Byrd murdered Ashli Babbitt.” Yes she was part of the insurrection and he was protecting the capitol, dumfuk. Shouldn’t you be on Kyle Rittenhouse’s OnlyFans instead of here?
Baron Wiseman
@Bosch
We don’t live in a democracy and so winning the popular vote is irrelevant. When Trump says the election was stolen he’s engaging in an “insurrection.” When Hillary says in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020,…that the election was stolen (without any evidence) she is merely practicing free speech.
Since when do policemen get to shoot and kill a small, petite woman that had no gun or weapons and escape any responsibility? What world do you live in?
LumpyPillows
So wrong. If it was situational to only the Civil War it would have never been added to the constitution. I find it funny how you think this is election inference but planning an armed insurrection to circumvent congress isn’t. I know you think you are smart, but seriously, you aren’t.
Paulie P
Baron… to state the obvious you are I N C O R R E C T.
As for “Democrats are preoccupied with election interference and don’t want the American voter to decide our next presidential election. If you can’t beat him, have him arrested and jailed a la Hitler, Stalin and Mao”… The American voter will indeed decide who is to be the next President but not one who has been a proven criminal. I won’t even mention the horrors the three men you mentioned caused.
still_onthemark
The Supremes have NEVER ruled in Trump’s favor on his ridiculous election fraud claims. Not once. Even the three Trump appointees may rule in favor of the states here. They may even have secretly venal political motives; they may decide a non-Trump R nominee would have a better chance of beating Biden than Trump would.
Or maybe, just maybe, 5 of the 6 Republican justices (minus the one who’s married to an insurrectionist) are sick of Trump and his drooling Trumpanzees. The only thing holding them back from banning him is that the MAGAts would go berserk and try to kill the justices, not like that would be an insurrection or anything.
Fahd
Reading fewer and fewer of these posts regarding the tangerine Palpatine, but I read this one.
Noticed Alex has written:, “Habib is Tr*mp’s chief defendant…” Wrong! Habib might be Tr*mp’s chief defender, but anyway….
still_onthemark
Yes, but so many Trump defenders eventually become defendants!
m
SCOTUS response has a double edge sword end result. If they rule in favor of the idiot, Biden can do whatever he wants right now. If they don’t,we’ll that’s the obvious part – prison or treason.
dbmcvey
Republicans don’t care that he’s a fraud, in fact, they admire it. It’s a feature not a bug.
decrans
Meanwhile, your party admires a serial sex offender (Bill Clinton). It’s a feature, not a bug. But believe all women or something…
still_onthemark
decrans whatabout whatabout whatabout whatabout whatabout… go back in time 30 years for whatabout whatabout whatabout…
ZzBomb
@decrans,
You’d have a point if Clinton was running for president. But since he isn’t and Trump is….. do you really want a serial rapist as president?
ZzBomb
@Decrans
Correction: serial child rapist*
Trump def diddle little kiddies on Epstein’s island
GlobeTrotter
@dbmcvey: Sorry, but your faux-comparison fails BIGLY! First of all, Bill Clinton was impeached, sued and publicly humiliated for his sins. Secondly, he admitted what he did was wrong and had to pay a heavy price for doing so. Thirdly, I’ve yet to hear any democrat politician try to apologize or make excuses or defend Clinton for what he did. Fourthly, Bill Clinton’s a retired, irrelevant politician and has no ambitions to run for public office, at least not to my knowledge. And fifth of all, Bill Clinton’s not on TV or social media every 5 minutes gaslighting the nation, denying that he did anything wrong, complaining about being brought to justice, attempting to overthrow the duly elected government of the United States or trying to incite an insurrection with his rhetoric.
decrans
Here’s the thing: I don’t want Trump or Biden as a president. (Like the vast majority of Americans.) It was only eight years ago that a lot of you same individuals wanted to put a couple who regularly committed sex crimes against women back in The Oval Office. So this whole “Trump is on the flight logs!” routine? You had forty years worth of sex abuse cases staring you in the face.
dbmcvey
@Globetrotter,
I didn’t make a comparison. That was decraps.
Also, Bill Clinton was a sex offender, but he’s also not running for President and I don’t need to support him. Also, Trump is also a serial sex offender so, yeah, it’s a dumb comparison.
GlobeTrotter
@dbmcvey: Yeah, sorry about that. My comment was meant for decrans. Thanks for pointing that out!
decrans
The comment is so dumb that no one can respond to the complete 180 degree hypocrisy a mere eight years ago. (Blinks) Pepperidge Farms remembers, though.
dbmcvey
No idea what decrans is talking about.
Clinton isn’t running. Yes, he was a creep but he’s not running. Trump will be the Republican nominee and he is actually a convicted sex offender.
Pepperidge Farm? No clue.
decrans
He was trotted out and celebrated by you EIGHT YEARS AGO. No clue, my ass. But when Trump does it, it’s so very wrong. Get a grip.
decrans
And here’s a handy fact check courtesy of USA TODAY:
“Former President Donald Trump is not required to register as a sex offender as a result of being found liable in a civil trial, according to legal experts.”
Civil and criminal…two very different things. We learned this as a nation with OJ Simpson. But you know that, Dave. You graduated from college and whatnot.
dbmcvey
decrans has gone completely insane. Well, not “has gone”, just “is.”
decrans
In response to Globetrotter’s revisonist history…
From NBC News:
Democrats rallied in opposition. The Republican majority, declared Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., was exhibiting a “shameless and reckless disregard for the Constitution.”
The final vote was 258-176 to go forward with the impeachment probe. Every Republican supported it, with 31 Democrats joining them. But Democratic leadership and the vast majority of the party’s rank-and-file voted against.
You can also read Kristen Powers’s interview with NPR. Consent and power differentials were embedded into our cultural discourse via the Metoo movement. Powers, who worked in the Clinton White House, spoke to the Democrat majority disregard for the women, painting them as opportunists.
So no, for 20 years, until the ascendancy of Metoo, your party made excuses. The roles reversed only recently.
And in that time, Bill Clinton has obtained wealth via his Foundation and jetted around with Epstein. Only eight years ago, you were chomping at the bit to send Bill and Hillary Clinton back to crime scene.
decrans
More name-calling from Dave. I don’t fault you for being old and not getting that pop culture reference. You bide your time copy and pasting the same remarks on Queerty. I get it.
Baron Wiseman
@dbmcvey
“Trump will be the Republican nominee and he is actually a convicted sex offender.”
Wrong.
Trump was found LIABLE, not CONVICTED, of sexual abuse. So, the sex registry law doesn’t apply and he has no duty to register as a sex offender.
decrans
Don’t question Dickvaney’s legal background. He is Queerty’s preeminent legal scholar, after all.
dbmcvey
Such a huge difference!
Trump is obviously a choirboy.
dbmcvey
And really, decrans you pathetic soft brained traitor. As you can see, I will continue to call you names and your hypocritical comments about my name calling are pretty silly considering your own habit of doing the same thing.
I don’t pretend to be nice. I will call you names whenever the mood strikes.
decrans
Same with me. I think you’re a dumbass for voting for a party that hasn’t delivered for its ‘alleged’ core constituents for all of my life. And then, you want to copy-and-paste the same stuff you said back in July 2023. You don’t have arguments. You have a weak brain capacity.
decrans
Those Trump voters are so dumb, though. Please. Your party hasn’t delivered results for working people in 40 goddamn years. YOU ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, DAVEY.
Baron Wiseman
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will take up the case of President Trump being removed from the ballot in Colorado and Maine.
dbmcvey
I’m sure they’ll support him. After all, he paid for at least 3 of them.
Baron Wiseman
In a petition for Writ of Certiorari, Trump’s legal team argued the implications of leaving the interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the States, stating:
Vice President Harris, President Biden, and their staffs advocated for, marched with, and provided material support to rioters in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020. These rioters stormed the White House, injuring police officers and forcing the President, his family, and his staff to shelter in a bunker. They also killed people, took over government buildings, caused extensive property damage, and sought to establish alternative “governments” in the form of so-called “autonomous zones.” If a state official believes that President Biden or Vice President Harris aided these efforts, he may eliminate President Biden and Vice President Harris from the ballot. And all their past actions can be nullified as “ultra vires.”
Sounds good to me. Republicans need to learn to fight fire with fire. Just maybe the Republicans can “save democracy” like the Democrats. Removing Joe Biden from a few swing state ballots could accomplish that mission.
LumpyPillows
I have no faith in the Supreme Court, but it will not surprise me if they refuse to debase themselves by blatantly misinterpreting the 14th amendment. Don did the crime. His arguments are wild twisting of logic.
still_onthemark
from David Chapman, Raw Story:
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is setting itself up for disaster by trying to threaten and intimidate Supreme Court Justices, Protect Democracy executive director Ian Bassin said on MSNBC Friday.
This comes as one of Trump’s top lawyers stated on Fox News that she wants Justice Brett Kavanaugh, one of Trump’s appointees, to “step up” on cases involving the former president.
“The fact that you have Alina Habba showing up on Fox one day saying he’s worried the court won’t rule in his favor and then another day saying they expect justices like Justice Kavanaugh to, quote, ‘step up,'” said anchor Alicia Menendez. “I mean, the subtext seems pretty clear.”
“Well, it’s remarkably poor strategy,” said Bassin. “They’re used to bullying elected officials who need to run for office in Republican primaries who depend on Trump’s blessing. But of course the justices of the Supreme Court have life tenure, and they want to establish they’re independent. I think that strategy of trying to pressure, bully, or intimidate Justice Kavanagh is likely to backfire.”
CNY1983
why do i have a suspicion that there is evidence of trump selling the classified documents he ordered those douchebags to move for him?