# 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:** 50
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/981 "2023-07-24T13:51:00Z")
But he’s a billionaire! ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/982 "2023-07-24T13:55:32Z")
“OK, so he riled up the mob, which then stormed the Capitol, called for my death, erected a gallows and drove me and my Secret Service bodyguards temporarily into hiding. And he did nothing for hours to stop them, and then praised them as “great people.” OK, granted. But y’know… these things happen.” > **[Mike Pence says he's not convinced Trump’s Jan. 6 actions were criminal](https://www.aol.com/mike-pence-says-hes-not-164110367.html)** > > "History will hold him accountable,” the former vice president said. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/983 "2023-07-24T13:57:29Z")
Very encouraging for Dems nationwide. > **[‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/21/gop-college-towns-00106974)** > > Growing population in America’s highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And Republicans are scrambling for answers. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/984 "2023-07-24T14:29:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But he’s a billionaire! So either he’s been lying about being a billionaire, or he’s lying about needing cash. I know he just posted $5M in NY in lieu of posting a bond, but I find it hard to believe he doesn’t have a few million dollars in liquid assets laying around. ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/985 "2023-07-24T14:37:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Very encouraging for Dems nationwide. > “This is a really big deal,” said Mark Graul, a Republican strategist who ran George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign in Wisconsin. “What Democrats are doing in Dane County is truly making it impossible for Republicans to win a statewide race.” Chickens coming home to roost comes to mind. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/986 "2023-07-24T14:45:03Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > “What Democrats are doing in Dane County is truly making it impossible for Republicans to win a statewide race.” Damn those Democrats and there plan to _\>checks notes\<_ support policies that actually appeal to the voters! ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/987 "2023-07-24T14:58:01Z")
I know. How can you beat that except to lie more and repress them? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/988 "2023-07-24T15:01:37Z")
_And_ change the rules to make it harder to vote. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/989 "2023-07-24T15:50:15Z")
**Can’t have abortions if you want to molest children.** > **[Alabama Anti-Abortion Leader Indicted on Child Sexual Abuse Charges](https://jezebel.com/alabama-anti-abortion-leader-indicted-on-child-sexual-a-1850669807)** > > Marty Wagner once served as chair of the Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama, the group that mobilized voters to support a fetal personhood ballot measure in 2018. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/990 "2023-07-24T15:54:32Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > **Can’t have abortions if you want to molest children.** - > [Alabama Anti-Abortion Leader Indicted on Child Sexual Abuse Charges](https://jezebel.com/alabama-anti-abortion-leader-indicted-on-child-sexual-a-1850669807) “Groom in the womb.” ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/991 "2023-07-24T17:29:01Z")
The Republicans are really the embodiment of the saying, “Whoever smelt it dealt it.” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/992 "2023-07-24T18:00:56Z")
Well, it’s classic projection. They judge others by their own actions. ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/993 "2023-07-24T22:21:16Z")
Couldn’t he sell some of them … documents? You know, for a quick buck? ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/994 "2023-07-24T22:58:32Z")
You’d think Jared and Ivanka could help him out with some of that $2 Billion they got from Saudi Arabia. Haha. Just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/995 "2023-07-25T00:05:48Z")
Hi Dad, I see you thrashing there in the water. Here, have an anvil. _Toss_. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/996 "2023-07-25T03:59:20Z")
Perfect! A cartoon ending for a cartoon person. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/997 "2023-07-25T18:37:49Z")
A Colorado man convicted together with Steve Bannon and other nice people last year of conspiring to defraud people who donated money to build the border wall championed by tanTrump is to be sentenced today in Federal District Court in Manhattan. I hope someone reports on the outcome. [Gift](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/nyregion/shea-trump-border-wall-fraud-sentencing.html?unlocked_article_code=uNVJj39WMT9mQInQKoSUJEgXdgeoDLx5Zb4-TTGpw3_gEBv75LqCMEYOSLCzYUVja1KpO4EexgW3FKmfox9HU0wlUOfR1gjr8ZRq7El3G60Gc6YxEbUTomehwniyXbJ4RWFVZqav5gvchJvzMC4CecYLacm5k3v8FqfurPOXLmHXUDW7S0h4mqOOexEqYP52BLUfRajWv7MPp6K04VPU-hFlAwhJ8foKeshIZZ49Oyb4_hz7svMp7LMxbKXr7X6VTqtvaIKbljAfZWjHZ5KgbXd8auyz7ns82ycwDAMceIat-fE6LlvLadkY90CLG18NEohsJ8qx9EN4VO-WA2tWzwwfZ_FVHSRKKPNMZrB-HAfIQ74&smid=url-share) NYT article. Quote from the article: > “Mr. Shea is a very good man who succumbed to some bad activity because he was carried away with the prospect of making a really big income,” wrote his lawyer, Thomas H. Nooter. It is not recorded whether the lawyer wrote this with tears in his eyes and whether those tears, if there were any, were from laughter. But arguing that greed is an extenuanting circumstance for a financial crime is curious to say the least. It’s like stating that being a sex maniac is an extenuating circumstance in a case of rape. What kind of lawyer would… oh! I see. Sorry, carry on. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/998 "2023-07-25T19:03:14Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > But arguing that greed is an extenuanting circumstance for a financial crime Yeah, that’s a head-scratcher for sure. “Sure, my client shot a lot of people, but he was just motivated to _really_ use his AR-15…” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/999 "2023-07-25T19:05:58Z")
Sure, my client killed his neighbor, but he really really hated him… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1000 "2023-07-25T19:42:39Z")
My client is normally not someone who would commit this kind of crime, but you see, he really _wanted_ to. [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=49) [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=51)