# 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:** 471
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9407 "2023-03-28T03:24:41Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Personally, I’d probably skip the cussing and go straight to reminding them that interference into an investigation is a criminal act and are they sure that they want to proceed with the call? That would make sense if you were dealing with a rational actor who cared about the law and facts. We’re not dealing with a rational actor who cares about the law and facts. Calling them on their bullshit probably isn’t any more useful, but it’s a fuck of a lot more fun. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9408 "2023-03-28T03:31:26Z")
And very New York. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9409 "2023-03-28T03:32:49Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > ISTR hearing when I was a kid that cussing on a telephone line was a federal offense. Should this [DA] staffer be worried? I first heard this in the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it were once true, say back in the 1930s or '40s. But some admittedly superficial Googling has only turned up one state law [(Virginia)](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter9/section18.2-427/) and one city law [(Columbus)](https://www.stupidlaws.com/cussing-over-the-telephone-is-against-the-law/). ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9410 "2023-03-28T03:53:29Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > An appropriate response to one persistent group of enablers: I’m glad Bragg’s office is not giving this nasty pressure campaign by Jim Jordan’s garbage committee even a shred of legitimacy by going along with the farce. Bullshit indeed. I hope Bragg’s office keeps calling it out. Many in that clown car of Republican representatives were active participants in Trump’s traitorous efforts to steal the 2020 election. Lowest of the low. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9411 "2023-03-28T12:50:08Z")
Hah. “Pecker In A Vise”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M6JJnxx9LKs/maxresdefault.jpg "Lawrence: Trump's potential legal challenge? Convincing a jury he loves his wife") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6JJnxx9LKs) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9412 "2023-03-28T14:12:54Z")
Was the punishment specified in federal law having your mouth washed out with soap? ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9413 "2023-03-28T17:06:53Z")
Something something Matt Tiabbi something something what the ever Loving FUCK? [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52776842642_ac57fbf050_b.jpg "Trump irs") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52776842642/) Lol: > ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9414 "2023-03-28T17:30:31Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Something something Matt Tiabbi something something what the ever Loving FUCK? Checking the allegation out, it seems like they thought that some other person was using his SSN to work and they wanted to talk to him, in case he knew something. I’m not seeing the great terror. I’d personally guess that this is unrelated to his Congressional testimony and that the agents had no idea who he was. (Though, it does seem to strange that they’d come to his home.) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9415 "2023-03-28T17:32:54Z")
What’s this fucking “deal” Trump had with the IRS before he became president, and can the public see it please. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9416 "2023-03-28T17:40:30Z")
I think that is part of his never-ending tax audit. He’ll show us the returns once it never wraps up. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9417 "2023-03-28T17:47:27Z")
And he seems to want some kind of credit for not breaking the law and forcing the IRS to do “something something deal something” while he was president. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9418 "2023-03-28T18:49:45Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > What’s this fucking “deal” Trump had with the IRS before he became president, and can the public see it please. Sure. In two weeks. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9419 "2023-03-28T19:04:46Z")
InfRaStructure week. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9420 "2023-03-28T19:09:38Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > And very New York. "You wanna piece o’ me? I got yer Congressional subpoena _right here!"_ ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9421 "2023-03-28T19:41:02Z")
“Hey! I’m arrestin’ here!” ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9422 "2023-03-28T19:53:55Z")
Pro-Trump organization Women for America First, who hosted Trump’s Jan 6th rally, [has lost their tax-exempt status.](https://rantt.com/legal-liability-looms-for-orgs-behind-rally-that-incited-insurrection). According to the story, Charlie Kirk might also be getting a close look. Here’s hoping the hits keep coming. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9423 "2023-03-28T22:17:50Z")
Who misses Al Franken? The video is 2 minutes long. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GL1Yw7Is6Hc/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Lied to His Own Lawyers? | The Daily Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL1Yw7Is6Hc) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9424 "2023-03-28T22:25:36Z")
I’ve been disappointed with his hosting, though I haven’t seen last Thursday’s show yet. I was excited for his week but I’m finding his delivery off-putting. So far the only guest host I’ve felt was legitimately good was Wanda Sykes. Then second tier (not great but not bad) would include Sarah Silverman, Hassan Minaj and Al Franken. All the rest I’ve actively disliked. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9425 "2023-03-28T22:32:09Z")
The video above is the only bit of his hosting that I’ve seen, and I thought his idea that Trump’s crimes were now having their own little baby crimes was quite funny. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9426 "2023-03-28T22:37:23Z")
Agreed. That was the highlight of his first three days, for sure. But even in that clip I find his delivery awkward and off-putting. That was a great line, though. For me, his best bit by far was the garbage segment where he was in the field instead of at the desk. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UzoQ1enoetE/maxresdefault.jpg "Al Franken Finds Out Where NYC's Trash Goes | The Daily Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzoQ1enoetE) [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=470) [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=472)