# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2020-11-14T00:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 150
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2985 "2021-09-29T08:26:02Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Nobody in her life has done more for Omarosa than a man named Donald Trump. (quoting Trump himself) That may well be true. Did we ever find out what it was that she actually _did_ at the White House? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2986 "2021-09-29T08:57:15Z")
Is sycophant a job description? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2987 "2021-09-29T11:17:28Z")
‘Courtier’? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2988 "2021-09-29T13:11:50Z")
It’s usually a bad sign when angry people refer to themselves in the third person. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2989 "2021-09-29T13:22:55Z")
For Trump, it’s a Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2990 "2021-09-29T23:32:24Z")
They eat their own. _American Greatness_, a high profile pro-Trump media outlet, has decided to take out Kristi Noem for not being Trumpy enough. They claim Noem has been screwing Trump acolyte Corey Lewandoski, who had an affair with Hope Hicks a few years ago. There’s also a seedy story about her harassment of officials that turned her daughter down for a real estate appraiser license. But basically, she didn’t toe the line so they released the kompromat. I see it as a warning to any other legislator that might stray from Trump. > **[S.D. Governor Kristi Noem denies she had an affair with Corey Lewandowski,...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/29/2055140/-S-D-Governor-Kristi-Noem-denies-she-had-an-affair-with-Corey-Lewandowski-Twitter-reacts-w-scorn?pm_source=story_sidebar&pm_medium=web&pm_campaign=recommended)** > > To say the Twitterverse is sceptical of Governor Noem’s denial is a vast understatement. The reaction is torrent of scorn. Noem denies conservative site's report on affair with Lewandowski: 'A disgusting lie' BY TAL AXELROD South Dakota Gov.... > **[Kristi Noem Shows Why Republicans Can’t Have Nice Things](https://amgreatness.com/2021/09/28/kristi-noem-shows-why-republicans-cant-have-nice-things/)** > > Multiple sources have informed American Greatness that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is having an extramarital affair with adviser Corey Lewandowski, who previously served as a campaign manager… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2991 "2021-09-29T23:35:09Z")
Good. Let them relentlessly attack each other for the next 5 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2992 "2021-09-30T00:07:12Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > _American Greatness_ , a high profile pro-Trump media outlet, has decided to take out Kristi Noem for not being Trumpy enough. Methinks the fingerprints on the knife look rather Florigubernatorial… ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2993 "2021-09-30T11:22:40Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > They claim Noem has been screwing Trump acolyte Corey Lewandoski, who had an affair with Hope Hicks a few years ago. And of course, if “Kristi” were “Kurt”, and “Corey” was “Cory” - no on in the QOP would care. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2994 "2021-09-30T14:33:20Z")
Hey don’t leave out that Lewandowski is now off the Trump team due to allegations he groped and harassed a donor at a fundraising event. And though I **know** people can’t help what their parents named them, and unusual and unfamiliar names shouldn’t be ridiculed, I can’t help thinking that it’s very apropos that a Trump donor is named “Trashelle”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2995 "2021-09-30T14:40:10Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Hey don’t leave out that Lewandowski is now off the Trump team due to allegations **he groped and harassed a donor** at a fundraising event. - Trump _hates_ competition. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2996 "2021-09-30T19:55:15Z")
On the other hand, er, talon: birds of a feather flock together. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2997 "2021-09-30T20:40:47Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > as well as all media outside of Fox and OANN Maybe just [outside of OANN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/donald-trump-fox-news-criticism/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2998 "2021-09-30T21:08:03Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Hey don’t leave out that Lewandowski is now off the Trump team due to allegations he groped and harassed a donor at a fundraising event. And now Noem had cut ties with him as well. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2999 "2021-09-30T21:26:07Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > And now Noem had cut ties with him as well. I’m sure Trump will make the team take him back. It’s not like he actually has anything against harassment. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3000 "2021-09-30T23:30:30Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/idaho-rejects-mike-lindells-claim-of-massive-fraud-in-state-trump-won-by-30-points/ar-AAOYO2G?li=BBnbfcL](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/idaho-rejects-mike-lindells-claim-of-massive-fraud-in-state-trump-won-by-30-points/ar-AAOYO2G?li=BBnbfcL) Not even Idaho Republicans are crazy enough for THIS shit. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3001 "2021-09-30T23:40:13Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Not even Idaho Republicans are crazy enough for THIS shit. That’s more than you can say for the idiots in Arizona. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/574348-arizona-attorney-general-continues-election-investigation-after-audit-flop](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/574348-arizona-attorney-general-continues-election-investigation-after-audit-flop) It must be nice to have the luxury to waste taxpayers’ dollars over absolutely nothing. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3002 "2021-10-01T00:00:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > > > Not even Idaho Republicans are crazy enough for THIS shit. > > That’s more than you can say for the idiots in Arizona. You might note that the AZ guy is the AG, someone who was not involved in running the election. The ID guys were so involved. One thing everyone should note is that the people who actually run the elections, whether R or D or neither, are generally very professional and dedicated to running clean elections. They’re very sensitive to any reports of chicanery or shenanigans in any aspect of the election by anyone. They’ll immediately investigate and fix anything they find. So when Trump and his minions come along and declare, without evidence, widespread fraud happened during the 2020 election, those claims are basically saying those election officials did a bad job of running it. How would you like if if you know you did a good job, but then someone comes along and declares you did a bad job with no evidence to support those claims? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3003 "2021-10-01T01:18:51Z")
The idea is to get these ethical people to quit, and replace them with folks who will be a little more… flexible… in helping Republicans win future elections. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3004 "2021-10-01T04:03:24Z")
Mark Brnovich has a problem. He really wants to be Arizona’s junior Senator starting in 2023. In order for this to happen, he really wants the many Trump-loving Republicans of Arizona to vote for him in the primary. The problem is, Mark Brnovich told the truth last November, and he may never live it down. > **[Arizona's Republican attorney general rejects election fraud claims, predicts...](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/11/arizona-attorney-general-mark-brnovich-dismisses-election-fraud-claims/6258889002/)** > > "There is no evidence, there are no facts that would lead anyone to believe that the election results will change," Attorney General Brnovich said. Oh, how was he to know that the personality cult of Donald Trump would continue? Who could have guessed that the fever for The Former Guy wouldn’t break with his electoral loss? But he’s holding out hope. Perhaps his heretical deviation will not be completely disqualifying. Perhaps he can find a place of redemption with the Trumpy Arizona voters who hold his political future in their hands. Maybe, if he’s sufficiently obsequious toward Donald Trump, he might squeeze by a pair of Trumpoids splitting the vote, and then consolidate the party in the general… But first, he’s gotta prostrate himself before Donald Trump tp have even a shot at it. Good luck Mark! Hope your last shreds of dignity and integrity were worth it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=151)