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Josh Hawley Gets called Out

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Trump is flailing, Grassley earlier and now Hawley getting honorable mention:

Why would one “Republican,” Senator Josh Hawley from the Great State of Missouri, join with all of the Democrats to block a Review, sponsored by Senator Rick Scott, and with the support of almost all other Republicans, of Nancy Pelosi’s Stock Trading over the last 25 years. The information was inappropriately released just minutes before the Vote — Very much like SABOTAGE! The Democrats, because of our tremendous ACHIEVEMENTS and SUCCESS, have been trying to “Target” me for a long period of time, and they’re using Josh Hawley, who I got elected TWICE, as a pawn to help them. I wonder why Hawley would pass a Bill that Nancy Pelosi is in absolute love with — He is playing right into the dirty hands of the Democrats. It’s a great Bill for her, and her “husband,” but so bad for our Country! I don’t think real Republicans want to see their President, who has had unprecedented success, TARGETED, because of the “whims” of a second-tier Senator named Josh Hawley!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114944074791548865

“Josh Hawley, has anyone heard of him?”
 
Trump is flailing, Grassley earlier and now Hawley getting honorable mention:

Why would one “Republican,” Senator Josh Hawley from the Great State of Missouri, join with all of the Democrats to block a Review, sponsored by Senator Rick Scott, and with the support of almost all other Republicans, of Nancy Pelosi’s Stock Trading over the last 25 years. The information was inappropriately released just minutes before the Vote — Very much like SABOTAGE! The Democrats, because of our tremendous ACHIEVEMENTS and SUCCESS, have been trying to “Target” me for a long period of time, and they’re using Josh Hawley, who I got elected TWICE, as a pawn to help them. I wonder why Hawley would pass a Bill that Nancy Pelosi is in absolute love with — He is playing right into the dirty hands of the Democrats. It’s a great Bill for her, and her “husband,” but so bad for our Country! I don’t think real Republicans want to see their President, who has had unprecedented success, TARGETED, because of the “whims” of a second-tier Senator named Josh Hawley!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114944074791548865

“Josh Hawley, has anyone heard of him?”

Because some GOP Congress critters are recognizing that TACO isnt doing them any favors for the mid-terms.
 
Why does Taco use quotation marks to refer to Pelosi's husband?
He's trying to call into question their marriage, perhaps similarly to how most Americans wonder what the deal actually is between Donald and his "wife".
 
Rick Scott wasn’t good with this bill either. Scott oversaw a company that had, at that time, one of the largest Medicare fraud judgements. $ 1.7 Billion dollar fine was paid.
Rick doesn’t want to be poor. 1:14/2:35minutes.

 
Because some GOP Congress critters are recognizing that TACO isnt doing them any favors for the mid-terms.
You are ignoring all the wins. Economy up, border secure, market up, growth up, inflation down. Say whatever you want, I'm sure it will be less than the truth, but Trump and the country are winning and democrats hate it.
 
You are ignoring all the wins. Economy up, border secure, market up, growth up, inflation down. Say whatever you want, I'm sure it will be less than the truth, but Trump and the country are winning and democrats hate it.

Are Americans paying less for things? Eggs, that's about all. Inflation isnt down. TACO's secured the border thru terrorism...and it's also hurt conservative farmers and businesses. The market is a yo-yo, because he's TACO.

So I'd say you're dreamin' if you think this country is better off today than before he took office. And his foreign relations have also failed bigly.
 
You are ignoring all the wins. Economy up, border secure, market up, growth up, inflation down. Say whatever you want, I'm sure it will be less than the truth, but Trump and the country are winning and democrats hate it.

The Dow is still trying to struggle back to where it was when Biden left, lol. that’s your “economy up”?
 
Why does Taco use quotation marks to refer to Pelosi's husband?
And "whims"?
And why is the "b" in "bill" & "v" in "vote" capitalized?

I realize that social media posts aren't suppose to be held to the same standard as a college dissertation, but Trump's social media posting style is bizarre.
 
You are ignoring all the wins. Economy up, border secure, market up, growth up, inflation down. Say whatever you want, I'm sure it will be less than the truth, but Trump and the country are winning and democrats hate it.
I loathe Trump with every fiber of my being, but he’s still a lot better than the Democrats, which should tell you how awful THEY are.

Mark
 
market up,

It experienced a mini-crash when Trump rolled out his idiotic tariff plan. It has gone up since because he has TACO'd like crazy and the market no longer takes him seriously.

inflation down.

It's been going back up since early May.
 
I loathe Trump with every fiber of my being, but he’s still a lot better than the Democrats, which should tell you how awful THEY are.

Mark
I don't 'loath' Trump but I don't agree. The biggest threat isn't 'Trump' (whatever you think that means) or 'Democrats' (whatever you think that means), it is whoever is in charge for the wrong reasons. Some people believe that to be Donald Trump right now, for his apparent subversion of the constitution at minimum, with which I tend to agree.

I don't care how much else you agree with him about, what he has done to the 4th and said about the 1st (as an agent of the government not as a private citizen) and believes about the 5th and 14th is just anathema. It needs to end. No more avoiding those facts.
 
The Dow is still trying to struggle back to where it was when Biden left, lol. that’s your “economy up”?
YTD the Dow is up 5%. The S&P up 9%. Both are at record levels. GDP growth was 3% for the 3rd quarter compared to a 2.6% forecast.

Economy struggling? LOL
 
YTD the Dow is up 5%. The S&P up 9%. Both are at record levels. GDP growth was 3% for the 3rd quarter compared to a 2.6% forecast.

Economy struggling? LOL

After 6 whole months? It was growing faster under Biden- you know, the "Biden disaster" that we had to put a convicted felon and rapist in office out of desperation to save us from. Now you think this is great? This is your "golden age starts NOW"? LOL OK.
 
After 6 whole months? It was growing faster under Biden- you know, the "Biden disaster" that we had to put a convicted felon and rapist in office out of desperation to save us from. Now you think this is great? This is your "golden age starts NOW"? LOL OK.
Yes, YTD is roughly Trump's second term. Weren't you aware of that?

The claim was the economy is supposedly struggling to reach the levels achieved when Biden left office. Statistics were given debunking this claim. No response to the facts presented, just Orange Man Bad demagoguery.
 
Yes, YTD is roughly Trump's second term. Weren't you aware of that?

The claim was the economy is supposedly struggling to reach the levels achieved when Biden left office. Statistics were given debunking this claim. No response to the facts presented, just Orange Man Bad demagoguery.
It is. It has nowhere near the growth rate as during Biden's term. The curve has flattened and pretty much stagnated since Jan 2025.

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It is. It has nowhere near the growth rate as during Biden's term. The curve has flattened and pretty much stagnated since Jan 2025.

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The graph you provided shows steady growth in 2025 exceeding the level of the Biden regime to reach record levels. That's not struggling to reach the same levels as Biden.

You do realize the Biden regime inflated their economic performance by portraying recovery from COVID as new growth?
 
The graph you provided shows steady growth in 2025 exceeding the level of the Biden regime to reach record levels. That's not struggling to reach the same levels as Biden.
I am talking about the slope of the curve. It's flattened out.
You do realize the Biden regime inflated their economic performance by portraying recovery from COVID as new growth?
At the time, if you recall, coming out COVID, there was a real possibility of a profound and intractable recession. Actually, the way it was managed, while still keeping the inflation the lowest of all developed economies in the world, was absolutely masterful. Economists did not think we could nail that "soft landing"- but with expert pilots at the helm- we nailed the emergency landing better than all other economically developed nations.

 
After he made it crash (and might again come Friday)

Trump announces tariffs and the stock market falls, then quickly works it's way back up. It has happened often enough in the last 6 months so that it is beginning to look like deliberate manipulation and a lot of Trump insiders have joked about making a lot in the stock market.
 
So the standard is the stock market can never dip for a week or so even if it recovers to surge to record levels?
It is not about the market at all. See post 14. It is about Trump and the poison he is to American democracy. The market, the border, etc, are deflections that let the populist supporters cheer the downfall. They're not even that accomplished accomplishments, which is why they're debatable. Real accomplishment is not debatable.
 
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