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madamesilverspurs

(16,385 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 01:18 AM Sep 4

Once a huckster

Okay, this gets a high rating on the Squick Scale: Late night teevee, and there's Mike Huckabee, our current AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL, hawking sleeping pills. Under the present circumstances, maybe that's not too surprising. Skeeeeevy.


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Once a huckster (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Sep 4 OP
Why not - his boss is grifting for cash malaise Sep 4 #1
It's part of the G.O.P.s War on WOKE BoRaGard Sep 4 #2

malaise

(289,239 posts)
1. Why not - his boss is grifting for cash
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 05:51 AM
Sep 4

to get into heaven

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fundraising-email-heaven/

Claim:

An August 2025 email from one of U.S. President Donald Trump's political action committees asked for $15 donations and began, "I want to try and get to heaven."

Rating:
Rating: True
In late August 2025, online users claimed an official fundraising email from U.S. President Donald Trump asked for $15 donations and began, "I want to try and get to heaven." Snopes received reader emails about this matter, and users also searched our website for information.




BoRaGard

(7,586 posts)
2. It's part of the G.O.P.s War on WOKE
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 06:09 AM
Sep 4

"Eat pills, stay asleep, stay dull and stupid, and pay no attention to our lies, cheating, grifting, and pissing all over the Bible and the US Constitution, protecting pedophiles, gutting Intelligence, ha ha suckers. Send us your money,, and we send you stupid SLEEP pills." - G.O.P.

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