# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 193
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3842 "2024-01-24T19:24:35Z")
I thought any irony meter that could survive this far was indestructible, but mine just exploded: > > Kellyanne [Conway]: We must respect the will of the people. And _Nikki Haley can’t become an election denier_. She’s been rejected. (emphasis added) ---
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3843 "2024-01-24T21:09:16Z")
Heh. GOP dissention. Cool. [Arizona GOP boss quits after leaked tape shows him floating a job for Kari Lake to skip Senate race | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/jeff-dewit-resigns-kari-lake-recording-bribe-07319f36b057f804f880a7e07f8d16b1#:~:text=PHOENIX%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Arizona%20Republican,keep%20her%20out%20of%20politics). Odd - guess you’ll have to click for this one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3844 "2024-01-24T21:23:12Z")
Don’t know that I’d call that “dissention”. Sounds to me like the head of the AZ GOP knew that Kari Lake was poison and had no chance in the general election; he offered her a job to keep her out of the election. He wasn’t publicly dissing her; he was working for the good of the party. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3845 "2024-01-24T21:52:55Z")
On a rather positive note, [**Snopes**](https://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-real-fake-photo-204700624.html) calls this very recent picture of Former President Trump … legit: [![](https://scontent-den2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/420011888_801867272044849_7538686910348780681_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a0818e&_nc_ohc=slOu0LWgpNQAX-4F5rl&_nc_oc=AQlh8-4pKuJLyWGY-MHPVfdhMcmB1UFLpBDZkqj5hjc_v-6qWkixe43zKXZf3Ja434Kce6k98dRMcvoE04ZtXu8g&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.xx&edm=AN6CN6oEAAAA&oh=00_AfCW1P1dKKpjl1YuAMaPrv7rBOCfgan5Vtn4kkoyGaDDEw&oe=65B75483) ](https://scontent-den2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/420011888_801867272044849_7538686910348780681_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a0818e&_nc_ohc=slOu0LWgpNQAX-4F5rl&_nc_oc=AQlh8-4pKuJLyWGY-MHPVfdhMcmB1UFLpBDZkqj5hjc_v-6qWkixe43zKXZf3Ja434Kce6k98dRMcvoE04ZtXu8g&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.xx&edm=AN6CN6oEAAAA&oh=00_AfCW1P1dKKpjl1YuAMaPrv7rBOCfgan5Vtn4kkoyGaDDEw&oe=65B75483) He looks good … vibrant … robust … vigorous … healthy … rested … effulgent. He’s got a bit of that Nixon-Kennedy (think: Nixon) quality going for him: [![](https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/history/debate/images/Jake/Kennedy-Nixon.jpg) ](https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/history/debate/images/Jake/Kennedy-Nixon.jpg) I wish him all the best. Another term – or a prison term – could be very stressful for him. > The photograph, credited to Agence France-Presse (AFP) on the Getty Images image-licensing website, was taken by photojournalist Tannen Maury. While the image was genuine in that it did not show a fictitious moment, if, or to what extent, it received at least some digital editing before publication was unknown. Ethical photojournalists typically do not enhance their photos with noticeable edits, whether it be with color or shadowing. We reached out to Maury with that question and will update this report if we receive a response. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3846 "2024-01-24T21:56:11Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > But nothiing stopped Trump, and the personality cult stuck with him. Which is how personality cults work; it’s baked right there in the term. What dismays me is that the cult fell for it and fell for it hard. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3847 "2024-01-24T22:27:14Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Don’t know that I’d call that “dissention”. Sounds to me like the head of the AZ GOP knew that Kari Lake was poison and had no chance in the general election; he offered her a job to keep her out of the election. He wasn’t publicly dissing her; he was working for the good of the party. Meh, there was _initially_ support from him, but that sure went south. > [@](#): > > DeWit went down swinging, blasting Lake’s “disturbing tendency to to exploit private interactions for personal gain,” which he said is concerning given the amount of time Lake spends with Trump. “I question how effective a United States Senator can be when they cannot be trusted to engage in private and confidential conversations,” DeWit said. > [@](#): > > Late Tuesday, Lake told reporters at Trump’s New Hampshire primary victory party that DeWit must step down. “We can’t have somebody who’s corrupt and compromised running the Republican Party,” she said. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3848 "2024-01-24T22:44:06Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > “We can’t have somebody who’s corrupt and compromised running the Republican Party,” she said. That would be nice. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3849 "2024-01-24T23:51:27Z")
I like a nice little squabble amongst the enemy. Or even just a fight over lunch. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/politics/senate-republican-lunch-border-talks/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/politics/senate-republican-lunch-border-talks/index.html) ---
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3850 "2024-01-24T23:59:54Z")
Needs another coat of bronzer. Or maybe some embalming fluid. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3851 "2024-01-25T00:50:22Z")
> Imagine actually believing that Trump cares about your loyalty. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3852 "2024-01-25T02:38:42Z")
So… is Habba going to get into any trouble for lying to the court about this? Anything? ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3853 "2024-01-25T04:33:51Z")
I doubt it, I really do… but… I bet the next time Habba asks for time for anything I bet this will be brought up and rubbed in their face just like a naughty dog. “You have established a pattern of farcical excuses to the extent that I fully expect your next request for a delay will be due to the proper paperwork being eaten by a dog. As such, your request is denied.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3854 "2024-01-25T05:52:29Z")
Considering the claim of illness was apparently Covid, I can also completely see her actually being sick, but going out anyway. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3855 "2024-01-25T06:07:44Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > “I question how effective a United States Senator can be when they cannot be trusted to engage in private and confidential conversations,” DeWit said. Wow, the balls on this guy. “You can’t trust a Senator who can’t keep their bribes quiet!” Dude, she did keep it quiet, you had this conversation with her almost a year ago. Is there not some manner of mandatory reporting requirement for politicians to say that when someone tries to bribe them they should tell law enforcement about it? What is Lake’s excuse here for waiting until a recording surfaced? She thought he was just kidding? Yes Lake, you’re a real hero for turning down a bribe and then forgetting that it ever happened until it was on the news. > [@Leaper](#): > > Considering the claim of illness was apparently Covid, I can also completely see her actually being sick, but going out anyway. I was surprised no one suggested that Habba might have gotten the juror sick on purpose. I would not put it past her. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3856 "2024-01-25T12:50:27Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Is there not some manner of mandatory reporting requirement for politicians to say that when someone tries to bribe them they should tell law enforcement about it? I think the rub is that she was being offered money to **not** run. She didn’t hold office and she wasn’t being offered money to act in a certain way once she was elected. So what’s the crime? Certainly not bribery of a public official or public servant, since she wasn’t one and they were trying to convince her not to be one. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3857 "2024-01-25T13:56:30Z")
Pete Navarro is set to be sentenced today for defying a Congressional subpoena. I wonder if Trump will even mention him at all. > **[Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro to be sentenced for defying Jan. 6 committee...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-aide-peter-navarro-sentenced-defying-jan-6/story?id=106653782)** > > Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro will be sentenced on Thursday for defying a congressional subpoena to cooperate with the House Jan. 6 committee. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3858 "2024-01-25T14:52:55Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Ross Perot suspended/ended his independent campaign in 1992, and came back to run in the general election. Gary Hart dropped out of the Dem race in May 1987, then reentered in Dec. 1987. He dropped out again after doing badly in the early primaries. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3859 "2024-01-25T15:12:13Z")
… in addition to other, only tangentially related, [**Monkey Business**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Business_(yacht)). Ah. Good times… ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3860 "2024-01-25T17:38:54Z")
[A ‘taste of their own medicine’: House GOPer’s Biden probe is blowing up their faces](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-taste-of-their-own-medicine-house-goper-s-biden-probe-is-blowing-up-their-faces/ar-BB1hf0Ii) > Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), who got the expression “d–k pics” entered into the Congressional Record during a verbal battle with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), cut right to the chase about the Democrats’ strategy. > > “We’re calling out their bulls–t like every single time, and I think they’re surprised by it. I think they’re not used to it. And I think that we are causing them great embarrassment,” he explained. > > That strategy, and lack of success by Comer in leading the inquiry, is reportedly making the membership sour on his machinations. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3861 "2024-01-25T18:20:10Z")
I just saw a headline that said Peter Navarro has been sentenced to four months in prison. I’m at work on my phone… will attempt a link. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=192) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=194)