# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1261 "2023-08-11T16:48:51Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Certainly any of the other candidates would have standing, but it seems to me that any voter, or at least any Republican voter, in the respective state would have standing. That was my (uneducated) thought, that any voter at all could legitimately claim harm resulting from a disqualified candidate being permitted to run. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1262 "2023-08-11T17:16:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > But the law wouldn’t prevent trump from running in the primary, since it’s not for any actual office. It’s no different than running for president of your HOA. It would be, if the HAO has bylaws that determined who was allowed to serve as president. Like, you wouldn’t want a convicted fraudster as president, would you? 😉 The case would argue, “The GOP should never have let him run in the primary, knowing he was disqualified from the office, and the various Secretaries of State in each state were negligent in placing his name on the ballot, knowing he was disqualified from the office. These series of actions, both jointly and severally, deprived the plaintiff their right to win the primary votes, and become the nominee for office, and denied the voters their right to have a candidate who was legally qualified to hold the office, should a majority of the voters decide to support the Republican party. If either the GOP or the SoSes met their duty under the law, Trump would never have appeared on the ballot.” Such a thing has never been litigated, but it seems to me that this claim is facially valid, and should be given its day in court. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1263 "2023-08-11T17:51:04Z")
I could see Christie bringing such a suit, if for no other reason than to irritate Trump. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1264 "2023-08-11T19:43:50Z")
More power to him! And in other schadenfreude-y court news: > **[A showdown over Trump's trial date reflects an irreconcilable clash between...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/politics/trump-trial-date-2024-campaign/index.html)** > > If special counsel Jack Smith has his way, Donald Trump will be spending his weekdays in January in a Washington, DC, courtroom rather than barnstorming ice-bound Iowa and New Hampshire with his closing arguments before the critical first 2024... ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1265 "2023-08-11T22:02:31Z")
Although I do wonder how much he _really_ has to campaign for political reasons (acknowledging that his personal ego absolutely does need it)… ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1266 "2023-08-11T23:39:31Z")
A friend of mine, after this week and the upcoming expectations in George described Trump as collecting indictments like there were Fucking Pokemon. Here’s hoping he gets to catch them all! You’re welcome. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1267 "2023-08-11T23:44:13Z")
I’m wondering how ~~long~~ soon it will be that the judge orders Big Mouth 45 held for contempt. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1268 "2023-08-12T04:30:50Z")
I’m going to start calling his mouth “the contempt trap”. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1269 "2023-08-12T06:28:29Z")
Brings a whole new meaning to _Keep your trap shut._ ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1270 "2023-08-12T19:32:21Z")
[I hope Peter Navarro never expected any real help from Trump in his contempt trial.](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/politics/trump-peter-navarro-contempt-trial/index.html) That’s not his style at all. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1271 "2023-08-12T20:04:54Z")
Bumpity bump. Under the bus goes Peter Navarro. It’s getting full under there! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1272 "2023-08-12T20:07:51Z")
DJT, "Never met the man. " ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1273 "2023-08-13T00:40:47Z")
> [@gnarator](#): > > How long before he becomes a martyr, like Ashli Babbitt? Did you mispell that name: [**\>\> ??? \<\<**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1274 "2023-08-13T01:17:21Z")
Ashli Babbit was the traitorous woman who was killed by US Capitol Police while storming Congress on Jan 6th 2020. In Reactionary Wacko Traitor circles she’s a glorious martyr to the cause of Rightful Emperor for Life trump and all things wacky. Lorena Bobbitt was … somebody else. Equally a f\*\*\*ed up pup, but in a very different line of crazy. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1275 "2023-08-13T02:30:07Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’m going to start calling his mouth “the contempt trap”. Heh. I said the same thing on Facebook when I shared this image from back in 2018. > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Teabonics/photos/a.224321947594460/2357173660975934/)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1276 "2023-08-14T16:37:39Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > [I hope Peter Navarro never expected any real help from Trump in his contempt trial.](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/politics/trump-peter-navarro-contempt-trial/index.html) That’s not his style at all. > [@](#): > > The absence of Trump’s testimony could leave Navarro, who has pleaded not guilty, without direct evidence that he was acting at the direction of the former president when he declined to testify and turn over records to Congress. Navarro has claimed Trump told him to assert executive privilege to keep matters related to the former president and top White House advisers confidential, and that Trump passed the message through one of his aides, Liz Harrington. Some reason Navarro can’t subpoena the America-hating fuckstick? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1277 "2023-08-14T16:43:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Some reason Navarro can’t subpoena the America-hating fuckstick? I think he could. But Trump could plead the 5th. (and probably should given all the criminal charges pending against him) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1278 "2023-08-14T16:44:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Some reason Navarro can’t subpoena the America-hating fuckstick? Trymp not showing up is much better than him showing up and taking the 5th. How’s that gonna look for the defense? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1279 "2023-08-14T16:45:20Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Some reason Navarro can’t subpoena the America-hating fuckstick? Navarro would only want to subpeona Trump if Trump’s testimony would support him. Trump getting on the stand and saying “Navarro who? I never heard of the guy.” would not help. ETA: … or what the other two posters said ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1280 "2023-08-14T16:52:33Z")
Couldn’t the defense spin taking the fifth as validation? After all, if he didn’t tell Navarro to claim executive privilege, why not just say so? [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=63) [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=65)