gimmesometruth27 said:

lol this is too funny.

HughFreakingDillon said:

Mitch McConnell essentially ends trump's fantasy. he told his GOP senate colleagues not to pull any tricks on january 6th, and to recognize biden as prez. 

wow. the most powerful republican in the land just told trump to buzz off. 

hopefully that makes trumpsters turn on him. 

OnWis97 said:

And now Republicans hate McConnell. He created the monster and now it's turning on him.

It truly is the Party of Trump.  Therefore, I expect a spectacle on January 6; a maskless spectacle.

Jearlpam0925 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Mitch McConnell essentially ends trump's fantasy. he told his GOP senate colleagues not to pull any tricks on january 6th, and to recognize biden as prez. 

wow. the most powerful republican in the land just told trump to buzz off. 

hopefully that makes trumpsters turn on him. 

There still something very, very problematic in Mitch's stance. His basis of precedent is set in his language of "the Electoral College has spoken", which is really really really really fucking bad. And it doesn't set up well for the future.

Wow, Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Neighbors Really Don’t Want Him To Move There

President Donald Trump may have won Florida during the 2020 election, but it doesn’t appear that any of those voters actually had any contact with him. On Tuesday, a message was formally delivered on behalf of Trump’s neighbors in Palm Beach, where his Mar-a-Lago resort is located; it told the outgoing commander-in-chief that he cannot use the so-called “Winter White House” as a private residence come January 20 when he leaves office.

According to the letter, Trump lost his legal right to live at Mar-a-Lago due to two different agreements he signed, one in the early ‘90s when he converted the estate from his private residence into a private club, and the other when he signed away development rights for the club to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 

In 1993, Trump’s finances were flailing and the cost of maintaining the storied Florida estate was climbing into the multi-millions annually. He moved to make it a private club, but under the agreement, club members are banned from spending more than 21 days a year in the club’s guest suite, reports The Washington Post. Moreover, they are not allowed to stay longer than seven days consecutively. This was done, in part, to assure local leaders that Trump would not turn the property into a residential hotel. At the time, Trump’s lawyer assured the town council that Trump would not live at Mar-a-Lago.

The Palm Beach agreement isn’t the only document possibly preventing Trump from legally living at Mar-a-Lago. In 1995, the deal he signed with the National Trust for Historic Preservation waived all development rights to the privately funded nonprofit organization. He agreed to “forever” relinquish his right to use the property for “any purpose other than club use.”

Even before knowing he wouldn’t be elected for a second term, Trump has repeatedly pushed the terms of this agreement and even attempted to change parts of it. In 2018, he requested that the town of Palm Beach waive a provision in the agreement to allow him to build a dock at the club. He said it was for the Secret Service and local law enforcement to be able to ensure his protection. The purpose of the dock was later changed to private use for Trump and his wife, Melania. He reportedly withdrew the request earlier this year, just three days after a Washington Post report shared details of Trump’s 1993 agreement with the town.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/wow-trumps-mar-a-lago-neighbors-really-dont-want-him-to-move-there/ar-BB1bYTCU?li=BBnb7Kz

ikiT said:

Wow, Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Neighbors Really Don’t Want Him To Move There

President Donald Trump may have won Florida during the 2020 election, but it doesn’t appear that any of those voters actually had any contact with him. On Tuesday, a message was formally delivered on behalf of Trump’s neighbors in Palm Beach, where his Mar-a-Lago resort is located; it told the outgoing commander-in-chief that he cannot use the so-called “Winter White House” as a private residence come January 20 when he leaves office.

According to the letter, Trump lost his legal right to live at Mar-a-Lago due to two different agreements he signed, one in the early ‘90s when he converted the estate from his private residence into a private club, and the other when he signed away development rights for the club to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 

In 1993, Trump’s finances were flailing and the cost of maintaining the storied Florida estate was climbing into the multi-millions annually. He moved to make it a private club, but under the agreement, club members are banned from spending more than 21 days a year in the club’s guest suite, reports The Washington Post. Moreover, they are not allowed to stay longer than seven days consecutively. This was done, in part, to assure local leaders that Trump would not turn the property into a residential hotel. At the time, Trump’s lawyer assured the town council that Trump would not live at Mar-a-Lago.

The Palm Beach agreement isn’t the only document possibly preventing Trump from legally living at Mar-a-Lago. In 1995, the deal he signed with the National Trust for Historic Preservation waived all development rights to the privately funded nonprofit organization. He agreed to “forever” relinquish his right to use the property for “any purpose other than club use.”

Even before knowing he wouldn’t be elected for a second term, Trump has repeatedly pushed the terms of this agreement and even attempted to change parts of it. In 2018, he requested that the town of Palm Beach waive a provision in the agreement to allow him to build a dock at the club. He said it was for the Secret Service and local law enforcement to be able to ensure his protection. The purpose of the dock was later changed to private use for Trump and his wife, Melania. He reportedly withdrew the request earlier this year, just three days after a Washington Post report shared details of Trump’s 1993 agreement with the town.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/wow-trumps-mar-a-lago-neighbors-really-dont-want-him-to-move-there/ar-BB1bYTCU?li=BBnb7Kz

OnWis97 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Mitch McConnell essentially ends trump's fantasy. he told his GOP senate colleagues not to pull any tricks on january 6th, and to recognize biden as prez. 

wow. the most powerful republican in the land just told trump to buzz off. 

hopefully that makes trumpsters turn on him. 

There still something very, very problematic in Mitch's stance. His basis of precedent is set in his language of "the Electoral College has spoken", which is really really really really fucking bad. And it doesn't set up well for the future.

he just said it that way because if he said "the american people have spoken" he'd be admitting outright that the election was not rigged. he has always been great at walking that line of speaking volumes through omission. 

I don't think he was saying that to give the EC the power to overturn an election in future. but i could be wrong. 

You'll be less-than-surprised to hear that I don't think the GQP is done trying to become a one-party system.  That said I don't feel any angst about the way Mitch said that.  He clearly waited until after the EC vote in case of...whatever...but officially, it is the EC that speaks and I personally would not have even thought to scrutinize the saying of "EC" vs "the people."  I view what Mitch said as a good sign for things going well on January 6 and neither here nor there for the long term.

Jearlpam0925 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Mitch McConnell essentially ends trump's fantasy. he told his GOP senate colleagues not to pull any tricks on january 6th, and to recognize biden as prez. 

wow. the most powerful republican in the land just told trump to buzz off. 

hopefully that makes trumpsters turn on him. 

There still something very, very problematic in Mitch's stance. His basis of precedent is set in his language of "the Electoral College has spoken", which is really really really really fucking bad. And it doesn't set up well for the future.