# 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:** 151
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3005 "2021-10-01T14:27:52Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Not even Idaho Republicans are crazy enough for THIS shit. A few ID counties did do recounts. And it seems they all found more votes for Biden. Has there been any recount done that didn’t make Donnie Two Scoops an even bigger loser? As Ace Ventura wisely said: Loo-hoo Ser-her. > **[Bonner County to conduct 2020 election audit as part of Idaho's effort to...](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/oct/01/bonner-county-to-conduct-2020-election-audit-satur/)** > > Bonner, where Donald Trump bested President Joe Biden by more than 10,000 votes in November 2020 on his way to carrying the state of Idaho's four Electoral College votes, is the third Gem State county to receive a hand recount. The Idaho Secretary of... ---
**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:** [October 1, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3006 "2021-10-01T14:43:59Z")
:: sad trombone :: ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3007 "2021-10-01T15:07:07Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 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. The are worse things than not getting elected Senator. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3008 "2021-10-01T15:36:33Z")
Losing your soul, for instance. And see: > **[Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Donald Trump after Poll Shows Him Tied With Ron DeSantis](https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-donald-trump-ron-desantis-poll-baseball-boo-election-2024-1634552)** > > The survey by the PAC of Trump's ex-aide John Bolton said Republican voters are "getting weary" of the former president. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3009 "2021-10-01T17:24:17Z")
[Trump brought Marine on stage who claimed he’s someone he’s not (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-brought-marine-on-stage-who-claimed-he-s-someone-he-s-not/vi-AAP27lr?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531) > During a rally in Georgia, former President Donald Trump invited Lance Cpl. Hunter Clark to the stage, implying he was the Marine in a viral video who lifted a child over a wall at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Problem is, the Marine Corps says it wasn’t Clark in the video. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3010 "2021-10-01T17:36:40Z")
(Just leaving this here…) > **[Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19 | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/01/politics/brett-kavanaugh-covid-19/index.html)** > > Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the Supreme Court said Friday, the first publicly known case of coronavirus among the high court's justices. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3011 "2021-10-01T17:46:36Z")
> **[Alex Jones must pay damages to Sandy Hook families after calling shooting a...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/01/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuits/)** > > A Texas judge issued default judgments against Jones and Infowars after the far-right personality did not comply with court orders to give information in a pair of 2018 lawsuits by the families of two children killed in the 2012 massacre in Newtown,... Schmuck. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3012 "2021-10-01T18:15:43Z")
Agreed. Take him for every ghoulish penny he’s got. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3013 "2021-10-01T19:42:23Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > (Just leaving this here…) > [https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/01/politics/brett-kavanaugh-covid-19/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/01/politics/brett-kavanaugh-covid-19/index.html) Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3014 "2021-10-01T20:15:35Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > (Just leaving this here…) We’re not laughing hysterically. AT ALL! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3015 "2021-10-01T20:25:59Z")
It’d be _such_ a national tragedy if there were suddenly a vacancy on the Court… [sarcasm] [no shame] ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3016 "2021-10-01T21:02:49Z")
Have they all been in the same room together lately? Could be more than one. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3017 "2021-10-01T21:41:28Z")
> **[Beer fan gets some Corona - National Zero](https://nationalzero.com/2021/10/01/beer-fan-gets-some-corona/)** > > “Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19, the Supreme Court said this morning. He is fully vaccinated and has no symptoms” SCOTUSblog reports. ## [Beer fan gets some Corona](https://nationalzero.com/2021/10/01/beer-fan-gets-some-corona/) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3018 "2021-10-01T22:49:59Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Have they all been in the same room together lately? > > Could be more than one. Obvious CT here: Kavanaugh volunteered to get infected in the service of infecting the liberal Justices, particularly Breyer, the _moment_ word reached him that Kyrsten Sinema had drafted a press release stating: > [@](#): > > _Everybody’s being mean to me so I’ve become a Republican, nyah nyah nyah that’ll teach you!!!1!!!_ (CT continues: Newly-GOP dominated Senate tells Biden they will hold NO votes on ANYTHING he wants done until he nominates, as replacements for fallen-to-Kavanovid-19 Justices, Alex Jones (he will need a new source of income), Ivanka Trump, and the current leader of the Proud Boys, whoever that may be.) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3019 "2021-10-01T22:57:19Z")
> [@digs](#): > > It’d be _such_ a national tragedy if there were suddenly a vacancy on the Court… > > [sarcasm] [no shame] Sadly, the schmuck is fully vaxxed so he’s likely to survive. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3020 "2021-10-01T23:05:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person. LMFTFY: Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person. - My dad ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3021 "2021-10-02T00:50:50Z")
Thanks, John-boy, I was afraid I was going too dark, but now… I’m middle-of-the-road. And sorry about you having an asshole dad. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3022 "2021-10-02T01:02:00Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And sorry about you having an asshole dad. He was absolutely not an asshole. His phrasing was to point out that those people are not ‘nice’, and they deserve what they get. (The ‘My dad’ was to indicate I was quoting him.) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3023 "2021-10-02T01:05:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > (The ‘My dad’ was to indicate I was quoting him.) I also got that wrong on first reading, but understood your intention later. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3024 "2021-10-02T02:05:16Z")
Glad you clarified. And glad for your dad, too, that he’s a non-asshole. [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=150) [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=152)