# 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:** 219
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4367 "2022-02-01T01:43:15Z")
The Schaudenfreude, guys! Let’s get back to the Schadenfreude! ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4368 "2022-02-01T05:39:09Z")
Well here’s something. MSNBC has been rather excited today because Trump once again said the quiet part out loud. Specifically, in saying that Mike Pence could have overturned the election Trump has just admitted criminal intent. This apparently has led the Fulton County DA to openly admit that she is running a criminal investigation into Trump himself. Let’s hope that Trump’s call for more violence above and beyond Jan 6th compels the DA and others to _hurry the fuck up and indict him already_. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4369 "2022-02-01T05:44:06Z")
Her special grand jury won’t convene until early May, so she can compel testimony from reluctant actors such as Brad Raffensperger. He has said he’ll testify, but not without a subpoena. So get comfortable. It’s going to be awhile, at least in Georgia. I’m more hopeful that New York will move sooner. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4370 "2022-02-01T12:37:24Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Let’s hope that Trump’s call for more violence above and beyond Jan 6th compels the DA and others to _hurry the fuck up and indict him already_ . Seriously. It may sting at first as the MAGAts are reluctant to crawl back under their rocks, but it would be nice to not be completely ashamed to be a citizen of the US. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4371 "2022-02-01T17:13:04Z")
Are the rubes wising up? Probably not, but… > **[Trump fundraising slows but still yields over $100 million in cash](https://www.aol.com/news/trumps-fundraising-groups-over-122-234336842-103031872.html)** > > The former president's main fundraising committee, Save America, took in about $23M between July and December last year, well down from the $62M it raised in the first half of 2021. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4372 "2022-02-01T18:33:53Z")
Well, give the disaster that is the Biden economy , they’re probably running out of cash. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4373 "2022-02-01T19:06:37Z")
Maybe now he can afford to pay his previous legal team? ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4374 "2022-02-01T20:20:00Z")
Well, someone had to pay for all those stickers of Joe Biden pointing that they love sticking on gas pumps. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4375 "2022-02-01T20:27:07Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Maybe now he can afford to pay his previous legal team? I hope you’re not suggesting that they worked for TRUMP in return for something as petty as cash? What about loyalty? What about patriotism!? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4376 "2022-02-01T20:50:10Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > they’re probably running out of cash. It’s all going toward Trump. Where it actually ends up is anyone’s guess. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4377 "2022-02-01T20:53:17Z")
BronzerCorpUSA and the Sharpie Co., is my guess. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4378 "2022-02-01T22:37:53Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Maybe now he can afford to pay his previous legal team? Maybe, but they still won’t be paid. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4379 "2022-02-02T17:09:48Z")
More actual schadenfreude! > **[Star witness in Ukraine impeachment saga sues Trump allies and alleges...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/alexander-vindman-donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-ukraine-impeachment/index.html)** > > Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council and emerged as a star witness against then-President Donald Trump during the 2019 Ukraine impeachment, is suing Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and former Trump... Why do I strongly suspect that if they can get at the various documents Trump’s been hiding that someone in that group of Trump, Ghouliani and Staffers admit out loud as it were that Trump said get rid of him for crossing us… 😃 ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4380 "2022-02-02T17:22:53Z")
You beat me to it. From [another article](https://www.yahoo.com/news/retired-lt-col-alexander-vindman-151312210.html), which I was about to post: > The civil suit accuses the defendants of violating the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which among other things prohibits conspiracies to prevent someone from holding or discharging the duties of their office, or to retaliate against them for doing so. It also bars conspiracies to stop witnesses from testifying or to retaliate against them for doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4381 "2022-02-03T12:24:23Z")
Republicans who voted to impeach TFG are raking in more in campaign contributions than their GOP primary challengers backed by Trump. > **[Republicans Who Voted to Impeach Trump Out-Raised Primary Rivals](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/us/politics/republicans-impeach-trump-primary-fund-raising.html)** > > Despite their pariah status in their party, House Republicans who broke with the former president have raised more than their G.O.P. foes. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4382 "2022-02-03T15:31:57Z")
If you can’t bring yourself to vote with your ballot, vote with your wallet instead. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4383 "2022-02-03T16:07:07Z")
What the. . . > **[Unmasking Of Rudy Giuliani On Fox’s ‘The Masked Singer’ Prompts Judges Ken...](https://deadline.com/2022/02/rudy-giuliani-the-masked-singer-contestant-judge-ken-jeong-robin-thicke-walk-off-in-protest-1234925291/)** > > EXCLUSIVE, SPOILER ALERT: Rudy Giuliani was unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in last week’s taping of the first Season 7 episode of Fox’s popular primetime series The Masked S… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4384 "2022-02-03T16:24:05Z")
Already mentioned by me here, hours ago > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/911140/9954): > > The horror! The horror! (if true) . . . . . . . . . . . . ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4385 "2022-02-03T16:34:06Z")
Yeah, maybe “schadenfreude” isn’t the right term for this . . . this . . . whatever this is. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4386 "2022-02-03T16:52:05Z")
That’s a pretty huge leak right? Usually the show is pretty good about keeping their secret reveals, well, secret… [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=218) [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=220)