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senseandsensibility

(23,446 posts)
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:25 PM Jul 28

Privilege? Really?

Trump this morning on the ongoing Epstein scandal: "I never had the privilege of going to his island."

Now if Biden had said this, the sky would have fallen. We all know that. But part of the reason for that is that the R's would not let Biden get away with calling visiting the island of a sex offender a "privilege." And the media would have loved the outrage.

Are the Dems just incapable of showing that kind of outrage? Or do they think showing too much emotion is undignified? Or do they not understand that this is the kind of thing that sways independent voters?

As it is, it seems that this offensive and revealing comment about one of the most controversial and "hot" news topics of the day is going to be allowed to sputter and die with little if any comment by "journalists" or the Dems.

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Privilege? Really? (Original Post) senseandsensibility Jul 28 OP
So...he was too creepy for even Epstein and Maxwell? leftstreet Jul 28 #1
Buffoon senseandsensibility Jul 28 #8
I know of at least one pilot who put him on the Lolita Express. gab13by13 Jul 28 #2
Sure, he could be lying, but we can't prove that. senseandsensibility Jul 28 #3
Did you notice that malaise Jul 28 #4
No, I just read this comment of trump's on bluesky senseandsensibility Jul 28 #5
He's mentioned Clinton several times in the last few days. underpants Jul 28 #6
Yeah, I knew that. senseandsensibility Jul 28 #7

leftstreet

(37,030 posts)
1. So...he was too creepy for even Epstein and Maxwell?
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:26 PM
Jul 28

I'm sure he's lying, but what buffoonish statements he makes

senseandsensibility

(23,446 posts)
8. Buffoon
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 06:48 PM
Jul 28

is underused when it comes to trump. It could be used hundreds of times a day and should be.

gab13by13

(29,488 posts)
2. I know of at least one pilot who put him on the Lolita Express.
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:28 PM
Jul 28

I have heard people on cable news claim he made 7 trips.

senseandsensibility

(23,446 posts)
3. Sure, he could be lying, but we can't prove that.
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:40 PM
Jul 28

We can prove that he called visiting the island a "privilege" and we should be making hay out of it.

senseandsensibility

(23,446 posts)
5. No, I just read this comment of trump's on bluesky
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:48 PM
Jul 28

from a source I trust. I never listen to him if I can help it. What else did he say? Or maybe I don't want to know.

senseandsensibility

(23,446 posts)
7. Yeah, I knew that.
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 03:09 PM
Jul 28

I thought this was some fresh hell. I think my brain is set to disregard all the BS he throws out as distraction techniques, thank God.

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