# 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:** 294
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5867 "2022-07-09T19:23:21Z")
Anything that Moore can do to remind the public that Sacha Baron Cohen pinged him with a pedophile detector is a step in the right direction! Let’s all re-live the moment. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3kaJaDx51iw/maxresdefault.jpg "'Roy Moore Interview' Ep. 3 Official Clip | Who Is America? | SHOWTIME") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kaJaDx51iw) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5868 "2022-07-09T19:35:40Z")
I like how he pronounces Alabama almost like “Al Obama.” That beep at the end during the handshake killed me. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5869 "2022-07-09T19:53:05Z")
Thanks for that! I’ve watched all the _Who is America?_ episodes but I had forgotten some of it. The Roy Moore segment was brilliant! 😄 Cohen: So Alabama has always been a place for equality … people in Alabama have always been free, regardless of their race, religion, or sexuality … Moore: It’s in our heritage. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5870 "2022-07-10T08:21:26Z")
After Wisconsin has decided that drop-boxes for ballots are illegal, everyone’s favorite one-term loser [demands](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-pressures-vos-overturn-election-after-wisconsin-drop-box-ruling-1723180) that Biden’s electoral votes be given to him instead. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5871 "2022-07-10T15:03:54Z")
I guess it’s still early in the morning for me, because other than Trump sort of chewing out Vos, I’m not sure if I’m seeing a whole lot of schadenfraude being generated here. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5872 "2022-07-10T15:05:08Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Wisconsin has decided that drop-boxes for ballots are illegal There’s no schadenfreude in this story, except maybe as expressed by Republicans in response to further restricting voting rights in that state. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5873 "2022-07-10T15:20:15Z")
To me, the _schadenfreude_ stems from, a year and a half later, Trump is still demanding votes be counted for him, as if it will happen, or achieve anything. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5874 "2022-07-10T15:39:40Z")
Truly. He would have won the race if he hadn’t driven his car into a guardrail. This idiot is still complaining. This crap is beyond any political fiction that anyone would buy or barely believe. But sadly, it’s not in a book in the basement. It’s not fiction. Can anyone imagine what it must be like to work for this moron? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5875 "2022-07-10T18:07:36Z")
I’d really rather not. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5876 "2022-07-10T18:34:29Z")
Truly. Never mind the getting-thrown-under-the bus part, how much money would it take to put up with the tantrums? Although the Faux News commentators are in a snit about it, I found Hutchinson’s testimony of CFSG lunging for the limo’s wheel on J6 to be quite credible. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5877 "2022-07-10T18:46:13Z")
Bannon has agreed to testify! (NYT gift link) > **[Bannon, Facing Jail and Fines, Agrees to Testify to Jan. 6 Panel (Published...](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/us/politics/bannon-jan-6-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DKDm8aiPkORJCH_0bRZKF4INE62TKcQppDOblqGrlu1PJaJwptVwys6NOiqagyHh8U-8i1T39kmNXER6w5-jvnKWKzJekvnOLj-k7ZaWn1XKyP2WlxJF5gvZozIlqh33JclKnPG_VnmYUrhYdXDZ9wRD4CYiKPrqOoX004YIPaG0mavgomWOhZWiXRm8qf6t8DeQZUClHFShBv8Dp2qYMcaJ5MYvGJf1N3c9H-gL4RFmViMI6iYpU7TIXUnL1v2qXfbadmXH6R9qDNfJS3-lMHLQ)** > > Stephen K. Bannon, the former Trump campaign manager and White House adviser, made the abrupt about-face after the former president authorized him to talk to investigators. > With his criminal trial for contempt of Congress approaching, Stephen K. Bannon, an ally of former President Donald J. Trump’s who was involved in his plans to overturn the 2020 election, has informed the House committee investigating the Capitol attack that he is now willing to testify, according to two letters obtained by The New York Times. > > His decision is a remarkable about-face for Mr. Bannon, who until Saturday had been among the most obstinate and defiant of the committee’s potential witnesses. He had promised to turn the criminal case against him into the “misdemeanor from hell” for the Justice Department. > > But with the possibility of two years in jail and large fines looming on the horizon, Mr. Bannon has been authorized to testify by Mr. Trump, his attorney told the committee in a letter late on Saturday. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/arZdeg_fL-I/hqdefault.jpg "Animal House Flounder") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZdeg_fL-I) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5878 "2022-07-10T18:51:11Z")
And Trump bootlickers are pretending that King Trump “waived” Bannon’s “executive privilege” and that this allows Bannon to testify. Delusional fucks. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5879 "2022-07-10T18:54:29Z")
Yes, it will be fun for the Committee to listen to Bannon say, “Fifth, fifth, fifth, fifth,” for about 500 times. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5880 "2022-07-10T18:57:04Z")
And now this: > **[Trump documentary 'Unprecedented' released 2 days before next Jan. 6 hearing](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-documentary-unprecedented-released-days-124722910.html)** > > The three-part series from filmmaker Alex Holder includes footage from the insurrection. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5881 "2022-07-10T19:21:12Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Yes, it will be fun for the Committee to listen to Bannon say, “Fifth, fifth, fifth, fifth,” for about 500 times. - I’ll bet the clerks at his local liquor store have heard it far more often. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5882 "2022-07-10T19:21:47Z")
LOL, I’ll bet they have. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5883 "2022-07-10T19:32:44Z")
Agent Orange is desperate to see someone on the TeeVee defend him during the public portion of the J6 hearings. Doesn’t sound like that is going to happen (quoted from the NYT article posted above): > Should Mr. Bannon ultimately appear for an interview, he would give his testimony behind closed doors like hundreds of other witnesses have done, Ms. Lofgren said. The committee has carefully choreographed its public hearings to make a streamlined presentation of its case, and has worked to avoid public sparring sessions with witnesses. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5884 "2022-07-10T19:53:43Z")
Speaking of Bannon, I see that the wonderful political cartoonist Jen Sorensen has the same impression of him that I do. She usually draws him with flies buzzing around him. 😀 (Not a bad impression of The Turtle, either!) [![](https://jensorensen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/establishment600.png) ](https://jensorensen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/establishment600.png) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5885 "2022-07-10T19:54:45Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > And Trump bootlickers are pretending that King Trump “waived” Bannon’s “executive privilege” and that this allows Bannon to testify. But he actually did so. He wrote a letter and everything. > **[Trump says he'll waive executive privilege claim ahead of Steve Bannon’s Jan....](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-waive-executive-privilege-ahead-steve-bannons-jan-6-committ-rcna37505)** > > In a letter, former White House strategist Steve Bannon says he’s “willing” to testify before the House Jan. 6 committee. > Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has said he’s “willing” to testify before the House Jan. 6 committee after receiving a letter from former President Donald Trump stating that he would waive his claim of executive privilege, according to two letters obtained by NBC News on Sunday. So…does a former president even have the power to claim or waive executive privilege for one of his ex-employees? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5886 "2022-07-10T19:59:45Z")
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