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Shit's about to get real: there is video of Trump groping a minor (Original Post) Mr.WeRP 20 hrs ago OP
Eh whatever. Signed. Evangelical Jeses. bullimiami 20 hrs ago #1
Jeses... Is that the plural of Jesus? dchill 20 hrs ago #17
Tim Apple says yes. bullimiami 20 hrs ago #30
Some ugly maga clown I saw someplace the other day: Klarkashton 20 hrs ago #2
Eh, I'll wait until MS-NBC broadcasts it. OAITW r.2.0 20 hrs ago #3
Could have something to do with trump's Epstein ranch attendance. brush 13 hrs ago #113
Being told it exists isn't proof of it existing. WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #4
Yeah....this is all over Twitter, which is best known for disinformation. EllisWhy 19 hrs ago #75
Was this alleged crime reported to the police? tulipsandroses 20 hrs ago #5
Excellent point. Even if the minor in question wnylib 20 hrs ago #21
Wealthy donor parents are likely to choose their daughter over this malaise 20 hrs ago #28
One would think so. bluestarone 20 hrs ago #35
I am not so sure. Why would anyone let their child near him. 33taw 19 hrs ago #61
The diehards don't see him as a threat. TwilightZone 19 hrs ago #68
Agree. They will watch their child get assaulted and blame the child. 33taw 19 hrs ago #69
If there is video,could this be a did he Diddy tape? BattleRow 18 hrs ago #78
No, there's a rumor of a tape. TwilightZone 20 hrs ago #6
Yes. "Many people are saying..." reACTIONary 19 hrs ago #76
I don't see where there's confirmation of it...."Ive been told" Tribetime 20 hrs ago #7
So if Confirmed... Wonder how the minor Reacted? Cha 20 hrs ago #8
In the moment, shock. Might not tell anyone for years. Having someone capture the event on camera... Hekate 20 hrs ago #43
Yes, he's a dirty old Exhibitionist (Good Point) Sexual Predator Cha 19 hrs ago #49
I wonder if maybe she screamed and there was a confrontation Meadowoak 16 hrs ago #102
If confirmed it should be a legal matter and he should be Bev54 18 hrs ago #85
Excellent.. Well said. TY, Bev. Cha 17 hrs ago #98
Ok I know they don't care, even admire it arlyellowdog 20 hrs ago #9
Vabbe fa niente Prairie Gates 20 hrs ago #10
Baloney. It's a red herring to create both sides story when the Russia fakes about Kamala start coming. Nt lostnfound 20 hrs ago #11
That is exactly the way the right as been prepping Mr.WeRP 20 hrs ago #18
Unfortunately, that's a real possibility. dchill 20 hrs ago #22
Is that how Dems operate? Would Harris approve such a tactic? wnylib 20 hrs ago #26
No. TwilightZone 19 hrs ago #60
The whole thing sounds like BS to me. Not that Trump wnylib 19 hrs ago #67
Agreed. TwilightZone 19 hrs ago #70
Agreed JustAnotherGen 19 hrs ago #77
Yup wryter2000 18 hrs ago #79
What is meant by "groping" and "minor"? Renew Deal 20 hrs ago #12
Sexual assault of an underage child. Think. Again. 20 hrs ago #27
Link? Renew Deal 20 hrs ago #36
You want a link to the definition of groping a minor? Probably not a good idea.... Think. Again. 20 hrs ago #39
No, link to the definition of groping. Renew Deal 19 hrs ago #71
MAGA will admire him for that. They're all for rape culture. Nt CousinIT 20 hrs ago #13
Sadly, I think those saying his voters won't care are right. madaboutharry 20 hrs ago #14
I think we should be more concerned about an adult sxually assaulting a child than whether he might lose a few votes. Think. Again. 20 hrs ago #29
You really didn't understand my post at all. madaboutharry 20 hrs ago #32
Exactly. It wouldn't take even five minutes markodochartaigh 20 hrs ago #41
none that I've seen stopdiggin 20 hrs ago #15
"I have been told" is confirmation of nothing. TwilightZone 20 hrs ago #16
UNLESS THE VIDEO IS RELEASED brettdale 20 hrs ago #19
He has already lost the election. dchill 20 hrs ago #25
How so? Polybius 15 hrs ago #107
huh? Skittles 19 hrs ago #66
brettdale........ Upthevibe 18 hrs ago #86
I don't think we should be focusing on or pushing this "story". We have bigger fish to fry, and this is a distraction. LauraInLA 20 hrs ago #20
Sexual assault of a child should not be ignored. Think. Again. 20 hrs ago #31
Absolutely not, and if there is a video or other evidence it will get a lot of attention. Until then Repub psyop. LauraInLA 20 hrs ago #34
Agree debm55 17 hrs ago #96
If it is released and it does turn out to be real standingtall 20 hrs ago #23
Keith Edwards is getting LAMBASTED for irresponsibly posting this. LauraInLA 20 hrs ago #24
The NAZI story is more damaging andym 19 hrs ago #73
A distraction gab13by13 20 hrs ago #33
That is a possibility if they knew Kelly's words were coming out Mr.WeRP 20 hrs ago #37
so to distract from one story Skittles 15 hrs ago #106
The only "source" thus far is a Democratic strategist. TwilightZone 19 hrs ago #46
"I've been told...". Well that's definitive. NOT! yellowcanine 20 hrs ago #38
I imagine it's many minors tavernier 20 hrs ago #40
If this is true. A higher hand WANTS a Harris johnnyfins 20 hrs ago #42
I aint buying it johnnyfins 20 hrs ago #44
There is a story of the Turtle(McConnell) johnnyfins 19 hrs ago #45
Im feeling really psyopped right now johnnyfins 19 hrs ago #47
I'm feeling that the "Dem strategist" might have been duped. TwilightZone 19 hrs ago #59
"Incoming!" dchill 18 hrs ago #88
Well, Mark Haplerin has always been ToxMarz 19 hrs ago #48
Halperin sounds pretty convinced it's a fake. TwilightZone 19 hrs ago #51
seems I remember DENVERPOPS 19 hrs ago #50
This could be a setup. Something to embarrass the Democrats. sarchasm 19 hrs ago #52
Yep. TwilightZone 19 hrs ago #55
Newsweek? Not a real good source these days. Scrivener7 19 hrs ago #53
The source is supposedly a Democratic strategist. TwilightZone 19 hrs ago #58
If a minor was molested by that monster, law enforcement should handle it and protect the minor. chowder66 19 hrs ago #54
There could be a video of Trump shooting her on 5th Avenue and he wouldn't lose any supporters. The cult is nuts. dem4decades 19 hrs ago #56
The cult BigMin28 19 hrs ago #57
Yawn kwolf68 19 hrs ago #62
Very much on brand. Pending data. TheKentuckian 19 hrs ago #63
Zen Master says, we'll see. paleotn 19 hrs ago #64
I'm seeing some shit-stirring and nothing else. Girard442 19 hrs ago #65
So he's going for the pro-child abuse vote. Demobrat 19 hrs ago #72
Release the goddamn video then stick a fork in that fat fuck once and for all Blue Owl 19 hrs ago #74
This looks like a trap to me 0rganism 18 hrs ago #80
He's riding around on Epstein's plane now, with Trump written all over it. Bluethroughu 18 hrs ago #81
If true, release it kansasobama 18 hrs ago #82
This is going to damage his campaign.... FarPoint 18 hrs ago #83
Souce: "trust me, bro" SoFlaBro 18 hrs ago #84
Don't tell me, the guy who brags about groping women, groped someone? dlk 18 hrs ago #87
Either way, I don't see where it's gonna do that much damage to his base. PurgedVoter 18 hrs ago #89
This smells like ratfucking mn9driver 17 hrs ago #90
Keith Edwards is in a bit of hot water Moebym 17 hrs ago #91
We're not very good at vetting sources. TwilightZone 17 hrs ago #95
Over the many years and with Epstein etc. moniss 17 hrs ago #92
DO NOT TOUCH THIS STORY! AverageOldGuy 17 hrs ago #93
Literally every story they have is phony. Diraven 17 hrs ago #94
True, but integrity is one of many reasons people are voting against GOPers. As posters said, if true, it Silent Type 15 hrs ago #105
What I want to know is Diraven 17 hrs ago #97
Just look at the amount of posts on this thread. I swear Trump''s campaign came up with this as a strategy to Jmb 4 Harris-Walz 16 hrs ago #99
THe story is not off anything Prairie Gates 16 hrs ago #101
This is a non-story elsewhere so far. TwilightZone 15 hrs ago #103
We're not that lucky. nt Hotler 16 hrs ago #100
remember it might well BE AI generated lapfog_1 15 hrs ago #104
Well, if it's real ... VMA131Marine 15 hrs ago #108
good point brettdale 15 hrs ago #109
Newsweek? Cirsium 15 hrs ago #110
Wouldn't that be kiddie porn? LeftInTX 14 hrs ago #111
I still think this is Halperin trying to be relevant again, like his hey day of 2016. BannonsLiver 13 hrs ago #112
If its true and released brettdale 11 hrs ago #114
So Im guess this story is over like Mark's career? brettdale 18 min ago #115

OAITW r.2.0

(27,914 posts)
3. Eh, I'll wait until MS-NBC broadcasts it.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:42 PM
20 hrs ago

In the meantime, Trump is a totally unfit person for this office. A 34x convicted criminal awaiting sentencing.

brush

(56,942 posts)
113. Could have something to do with trump's Epstein ranch attendance.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:54 AM
13 hrs ago

It was going around months ago that he was with one of the Epstein teen girls and she was to perform oral sex on him but he demanded she put on gloves before she touched him, him being a germophobe.

Also it was reported that the teen later asked him not to put it in her vagina.

Who knows. Maybe there is a tape someone had sense enough to save.

EllisWhy

(7 posts)
75. Yeah....this is all over Twitter, which is best known for disinformation.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:12 PM
19 hrs ago

This is the same "news" source that oh-so-accurately predicted Beyonce was going to be at the Dem Convention....and even if by some odd chance it's true, do you think many in his base will care?

tulipsandroses

(5,977 posts)
5. Was this alleged crime reported to the police?
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:43 PM
20 hrs ago

I'm calling BS until I hear that this is a criminal investigation. Someone has evidence of sexual assault of a minor but is shopping it to the media instead of reporting it to the police?
Anything is possible these days, but until I hear from credible sources that this is an ongoing criminal investigation. This is a non story.

wnylib

(24,017 posts)
21. Excellent point. Even if the minor in question
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:56 PM
20 hrs ago

or her family don't report it. -- and I can understand fear of repercussions of they did report it -- the person who has the video should report it. Obviously whoever has the video does not fear repercussions or they would not be making it known that they have it.



malaise

(277,077 posts)
28. Wealthy donor parents are likely to choose their daughter over this
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:01 PM
20 hrs ago

vile piece of shit molester.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
68. The diehards don't see him as a threat.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:02 PM
19 hrs ago

And they believe that all of the prior allegations were made up.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
6. No, there's a rumor of a tape.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:43 PM
20 hrs ago

Until it's confirmed or released, it's still just that, a rumor.

Any statement that begins with "I have been told" is on shaky ground until proven otherwise.

Hekate

(94,100 posts)
43. In the moment, shock. Might not tell anyone for years. Having someone capture the event on camera...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:20 PM
20 hrs ago

…takes it to another whole level — and also begs the question of why the adult with the camera kept quiet.

Look at Trump’s recorded history. Aside from being a rapist, there is a part of him that is thoroughly exhibitionistic. He raped E Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room, for gods’ sake. In front of many witnesses he invaded the Teen pageant dressing room, to which young Ivanka reportedly said, “Daddy does that.” The lifestyle magazine photos he commissioned with him and a barely pubescent Ivanka make me ill to look at. Further exhibitionism was with Ivanka at about the same age giving him a lap dance at a public music event — he with his patented smirk, and unwilling observers looking appalled.




Cha

(304,114 posts)
49. Yes, he's a dirty old Exhibitionist (Good Point) Sexual Predator
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:38 PM
19 hrs ago

as well as an Adjudicated Rapist. Who knows who is actually leaking the Video.... was it the person who took it or someone else and how did they get a hold of it?

Imagine our Surprise.

Meadowoak

(6,047 posts)
102. I wonder if maybe she screamed and there was a confrontation
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:20 AM
16 hrs ago

Caught on video, otherwise, he would deny deny deny, you didn't see what you think you saw. Anyway Trump is nervous about this coming out, and is scared it will end his campaign.

Bev54

(11,785 posts)
85. If confirmed it should be a legal matter and he should be
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:46 PM
18 hrs ago

Arrested. If parents know and did not report it they should be charged with child endangerment.

lostnfound

(16,518 posts)
11. Baloney. It's a red herring to create both sides story when the Russia fakes about Kamala start coming. Nt
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:45 PM
20 hrs ago

Mr.WeRP

(475 posts)
18. That is exactly the way the right as been prepping
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:53 PM
20 hrs ago

For the release of this video. They are saying it is AI generated

wnylib

(24,017 posts)
26. Is that how Dems operate? Would Harris approve such a tactic?
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:59 PM
20 hrs ago

I don't believe that she would. Not her style.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
60. No.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:50 PM
19 hrs ago

If the source is really a Dem strategist, it's clearly not intended to distract, unless the strategist is an idiot.

wnylib

(24,017 posts)
67. The whole thing sounds like BS to me. Not that Trump
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:00 PM
19 hrs ago

wouldn't do it, but that there is no verification, just rumors, speculation, and weird conspiracy theories floating around about motives for making it public.

So I am trashing all the threads about it unless it becomes a verified actual news story.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
70. Agreed.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:04 PM
19 hrs ago

It's just frustrating that we bite on this stuff every, single time. There is quite literally zero evidence at present, and spreading this as though it's been confirmed is just irresponsible. But here we are.

If it becomes a real story, we'll hear plenty about it. I can wait.

JustAnotherGen

(33,252 posts)
77. Agreed
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:14 PM
19 hrs ago

And it isn't going to detract from all of 45's PROVEN criminal behavior, traitorous actions, or the fa t that he fomented an insurrection.

wryter2000

(47,247 posts)
79. Yup
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:31 PM
18 hrs ago

Get us all excited about it so they can ridicule us for falling for a hoax. Therefore, everything we say is a hoax.

I hope the press proceeds with caution.

madaboutharry

(41,163 posts)
14. Sadly, I think those saying his voters won't care are right.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:52 PM
20 hrs ago

MAGA is a cult. Sexual abuse is a feature of cults. Even a video of the molestation of a minor won't phase these people. They just don't think like people who know the difference between right and wrong.

They love Trump for the cruelty and the deviance.

Think. Again.

(16,892 posts)
29. I think we should be more concerned about an adult sxually assaulting a child than whether he might lose a few votes.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:02 PM
20 hrs ago

markodochartaigh

(1,873 posts)
41. Exactly. It wouldn't take even five minutes
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:18 PM
20 hrs ago

for an internet search to turn up dozens of stories of children whose family turned on them when they accused a coach or church leader of sexual assault; or of families ejected and shunned after accusing a church leader of assault.

stopdiggin

(12,614 posts)
15. none that I've seen
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:52 PM
20 hrs ago

and "I've been told" means that neither has the source

Think I'll leave the gossip mill in charge of this one.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
16. "I have been told" is confirmation of nothing.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:53 PM
20 hrs ago

Please edit, or better yet, self-delete this until a better source is available, if ever.

brettdale

(12,524 posts)
19. UNLESS THE VIDEO IS RELEASED
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:54 PM
20 hrs ago
IT WILL HAVE ZERO EFFECT

IF ITS RELEASED AND CONFIRMED TO BE REAL, TRUMP HAS LOST THE ELECTION

LauraInLA

(1,200 posts)
20. I don't think we should be focusing on or pushing this "story". We have bigger fish to fry, and this is a distraction.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:56 PM
20 hrs ago

LauraInLA

(1,200 posts)
34. Absolutely not, and if there is a video or other evidence it will get a lot of attention. Until then Repub psyop.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:04 PM
20 hrs ago

standingtall

(2,892 posts)
23. If it is released and it does turn out to be real
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:57 PM
20 hrs ago

Could such a video even be shown on TV? Seems to me if a video like this exist, the news would need to be broke by law enforcement. Sense they would be obligated to watch it.

andym

(5,591 posts)
73. The NAZI story is more damaging
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:08 PM
19 hrs ago

it directly relates to how he governs and is from an impeccable source.

Mr.WeRP

(475 posts)
37. That is a possibility if they knew Kelly's words were coming out
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:10 PM
20 hrs ago

The paper that broke the story probably gave it to them a day or two ahead of the release.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
46. The only "source" thus far is a Democratic strategist.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:26 PM
19 hrs ago

Who says he "has been told" there's a video.

If he intended it as a distraction, that's a pretty dumb strategy.

If it was bait and he took it, that would be just as dumb.

tavernier

(13,164 posts)
40. I imagine it's many minors
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:12 PM
20 hrs ago

But no one cares. The water is so muddied with many men of all political parties and religions taking sexual advantage of underage kids that no one seems to care anymore. It just isn’t any kind of surprise.

johnnyfins

(1,221 posts)
45. There is a story of the Turtle(McConnell)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:25 PM
19 hrs ago

COMPLETELY EVISCERATING MAGA.

Looks like the repubs are mediassassinating their leader before our eyes.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
59. I'm feeling that the "Dem strategist" might have been duped.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:48 PM
19 hrs ago

Or just decided that rumor = fact. The former seems more likely.

Either way, spreading this with zero evidence is irresponsible.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
51. Halperin sounds pretty convinced it's a fake.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:41 PM
19 hrs ago

That's not stopping him from talking about it, of course.

DENVERPOPS

(9,810 posts)
50. seems I remember
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:40 PM
19 hrs ago

"They" set up Dan Rather with a fake story years ago, then torpedoed his career......

sarchasm

(1,200 posts)
52. This could be a setup. Something to embarrass the Democrats.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:41 PM
19 hrs ago

Even if true, magats won't believe it, or won't care. It's a version of the shooting someone in the middle of 5th avenue. The weirdo cult would probably love him more for it.

The only thing that may change some minds is if the victim and her parents both came out against him.


TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
55. Yep.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:44 PM
19 hrs ago

Spreading this with zero evidence is irresponsible and could make us look pretty silly if there's no there there.

Wouldn't be the first time, sadly.

On the remote chance that it's true, his supporters wouldn't blink an eye, but independents might, or at least enough to matter.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
58. The source is supposedly a Democratic strategist.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:46 PM
19 hrs ago

As noted in the post. "Keith Edwards, Dem strategist, appears to confirm: "

The Newsweek link is the OP speculating that the story from the strategist is the same one Halperin is talking about.

Also, "I have been told" is confirmation of nothing.

dem4decades

(11,826 posts)
56. There could be a video of Trump shooting her on 5th Avenue and he wouldn't lose any supporters. The cult is nuts.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:45 PM
19 hrs ago

kwolf68

(7,724 posts)
62. Yawn
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:52 PM
19 hrs ago

Unless he groped someone last week, the vid would have been destroyed or posted by now.

Dems are being trolled on this one. And it's taking away our efforts on the important shit that is known and proven.

This will help them. When all these bullshit rumors about Trump fondling a minor is proven false that will prove he is actually Jesus.

paleotn

(18,945 posts)
64. Zen Master says, we'll see.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:55 PM
19 hrs ago

Sounds conspiratorial to me which rarely peeks my interest since there's not a species in our galaxy worse at keeping secrets than humans. And this was kept tightly under wraps until just now? If it happened last week, it might have more credence in my mind. If this happened months ago and was kept firmly under the radar until now?....well, see my statement about humans above.

0rganism

(24,502 posts)
80. This looks like a trap to me
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:41 PM
18 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:31 PM - Edit history (1)

1. MAGAts don't care anyway
2. There's no evidence yet
3. Even if evidence comes forth it will be regarded as fake by half the voters and held against the Harris campaign on that basis
4. If it turns out to actually be fake, TSF can parade around claiming "complete exoneration" and it becomes a catastrophe for the Harris campaign
5. Looks like yet another shiny distraction from news cycles that should already be sufficiently damning for TSF

I wouldn't put much faith in any one story to finish off TSF's campaign.

Bluethroughu

(5,626 posts)
81. He's riding around on Epstein's plane now, with Trump written all over it.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:42 PM
18 hrs ago

Nothing shocks me from this filthy sleaze.

kansasobama

(1,396 posts)
82. If true, release it
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:42 PM
18 hrs ago

No need to hold back. If not, it is just stuff to throw a bait to us liberals. Pitched to Halperin, a fascist lover?

FarPoint

(13,505 posts)
83. This is going to damage his campaign....
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:44 PM
18 hrs ago

Another sexual abuse act, now just allegedly at this point....One can assume she will be paid off...then she would say something else....

Boundaries are gone with him and the guardrails can't be rebuilt in time with tRump...We already know he is a predator..

PurgedVoter

(2,363 posts)
89. Either way, I don't see where it's gonna do that much damage to his base.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:23 PM
18 hrs ago

It could still help get more folk on our side to get up and vote though.


As far as the MAGA side goes, youth pastors and priests, have weathered worse. Churches have administered schools that left large grave yards of native children. While I don't see t***p getting on a mike and saying, "I have sinned against you," while continuing his ministry, I expect the promise of tax breaks for the rich to keep them supporting t***p at the top. The bottom seems to love him the more he shows how low he is.

The faltering few MAGA will be easily convinced by the "She seduced him," line. Despite being surrounded by people and guards, that line will work with the fundamentalists, and lower end of the MAGA just fine. They are already trained to blame the victim.

Anyone looking for decent behavior or ethics will already be voting for Kamala.

mn9driver

(4,547 posts)
90. This smells like ratfucking
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:26 PM
17 hrs ago

The Russians are very good with deepfakes and AI. Extreme caution is warranted.

Moebym

(1,014 posts)
91. Keith Edwards is in a bit of hot water
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:28 PM
17 hrs ago

By claiming and defending his post on Threads that Democrats would get more young men to vote for them if they helped them get laid.

No, really.

Massive facepalm.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
95. We're not very good at vetting sources.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:40 PM
17 hrs ago

We're also much too quick to accept dodgy or unknown sources as legitimate.

moniss

(5,369 posts)
92. Over the many years and with Epstein etc.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:30 PM
17 hrs ago

there's no way someone didn't have tape. A reminder for what it's worth about the rumored contents of that safe that David Pecker was holding. I wonder who else might have seen that stuff or had access to it. This new report could be something else but I've always wondered about that safe.

AverageOldGuy

(1,924 posts)
93. DO NOT TOUCH THIS STORY!
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:34 PM
17 hrs ago

No one knows a thing about this.

One of two possibilities exist:
1. It’s true in which case the full story w,I’ll emerge with facts that can be checked.

2. It’s bullshit that is being spread in a trap for Democrats. Whoever has concocted this tale has done so to get us to spread the phony story, thereby destroying our credibility and given the MAGAts something with which to make us look foolish.

Leave it alone.


Diraven

(947 posts)
94. Literally every story they have is phony.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:40 PM
17 hrs ago

I don't think falling for one false story for a day is going to make us look foolish comparatively.

Silent Type

(6,038 posts)
105. True, but integrity is one of many reasons people are voting against GOPers. As posters said, if true, it
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:32 AM
15 hrs ago

will break.

Diraven

(947 posts)
97. What I want to know is
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:48 PM
17 hrs ago

If this is real, why don't they just break the actual story, instead of having a story about rumors of an upcoming story? A legit news organization could verify, write, and publish or broadcast this story in probably less than an hour to get the scoop. That's what makes this sound bogus to me.

Jmb 4 Harris-Walz

(671 posts)
99. Just look at the amount of posts on this thread. I swear Trump''s campaign came up with this as a strategy to
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:58 PM
16 hrs ago

distract everyone away from the General Kelly revelation which is ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

Then right after that story, here comes a titillating story that none of Trump’s base will care about anyway and for those who do care, well it’s probably an AI generated faux story.

Now the story is off of the Trump wants Generals like Hitler’s and on a fake Trump groping minor story.

It’s a diversion plot, pure and simple

Prairie Gates

(2,547 posts)
101. THe story is not off anything
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:05 AM
16 hrs ago

THe first story was the lead on ABC Nightly News. The only people who have even heard of the second are the Very Very Very Online. If it's a distraction, it's a pretty bad and ineffectual one.

TwilightZone

(27,524 posts)
103. This is a non-story elsewhere so far.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:27 AM
15 hrs ago

DU is a bit of a niche website. We're also really easily distracted and tend to blow things out of proportion or give them an undue amount of attention, as in this case. Lots of people want to believe it's true and ignore all the signs that it probably isn't, including the fact that the only source has no evidence and seems a bit shady.

In the real world, this is currently a non-event. Unless a legitimate source picks it up and actual evidence is provided, the story is going nowhere and hardly anyone will ever even know it was a thing. It's not taking away from the generals story (which is actually at least two years old, but being presented as new) or anything else at the moment.

lapfog_1

(29,905 posts)
104. remember it might well BE AI generated
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:32 AM
15 hrs ago

and easily proven to be AI generated... AND planted by the far right or the Russians.

The key is easily proven. They would plant such a story with video to discredit the left. That might generate sympathy for Trump as a victim of "dirty tricks"... and one more thing

If there IS a video of him doing something like that or worse... this fake video and story would immunize Trump from any REAL video doing what we all know he probably did at some point in the past.

VMA131Marine

(4,543 posts)
108. Well, if it's real ...
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:10 AM
15 hrs ago

the AI argument can be disposed of by producing the person Trump groped or witnesses to that if she, quite understandably doesn’t want to come forward. AI can only do so much; it can’t invent real people.

BannonsLiver

(17,647 posts)
112. I still think this is Halperin trying to be relevant again, like his hey day of 2016.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:49 AM
13 hrs ago

But if it were true, and there's clear video evidence of him groping a minor, that is a problem for him. Minors are a whole other ball game. It would be a big deal. He wouldn't drop out and core cult members would be unbothered, or claim it's a deep-state conspiracy. But it would likely move the voters on the margins away from him.

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