Republicans Pick Man Who Compared Himself to David Duke as Next House Speaker

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“The more he gets attacked the more he will talk about things he shouldn’t be talking about,” Conway said. “I think you could even get him thrown into jail, by running the right ad,” he added.

Trump was slapped with a gag order in his New York trial after he made comments attacking New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has accused him and his associates of fraudulently inflating the value of their real estate assets. In the Georgia case, the conditions of his release on bail bar him from intimidating witnesses and co-defendants.

“You run ads that make him angry at those people, like [Mark] Meadows,” said Conway, referring to the former top Trump aide and co-defendant in the Georgia trial. “You run these creepy ads that get into his head, he’ll just go out there and he’ll violate his conditions of release.”

ChileConCarnal on October 11st, 2023 at 19:21 UTC »

"David Duke without the baggage"

Sir, your bags have arrived.

Ihatu on October 11st, 2023 at 18:35 UTC »

This is the best they can do.

Let that sink in.

chiron_cat on October 11st, 2023 at 18:16 UTC »

the horrifying then is that scalise was the less bad option of the 2