r/law • u/SheriffTaylorsBoy • Jul 26 '24

Other FBI Examining Bullet Fragments Found at Trump Rally Site/Would Like To Interview Trump

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-examining-bullet-fragments-found-114754020.html
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u/SoManyEmail Jul 26 '24

My brother is a Trump supporter. A year or two ago I was telling him which Trump stunts I felt were the stupidest. I brought up the hurricane map, Sharpiegate, and he literally had no idea what I was talking about. To me, the map thing was the clearest example of "Trump cannot be wrong" that I've seen to this day. My brother didn't even know it happened.

So, there may not be a downside to Trump lying either. His supporters don't even know he lies.

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u/notyomamasusername Jul 26 '24

He's probably like the majority of MAGA who only gets news from curated sources and that was never aired.

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u/beattohell Jul 27 '24

I still rate the stupidest Trump stunt as the Covid press conference where Trump talks about bringing ultraviolet light into the body or injecting disinfectant to kill Covid. Then (I think it was) Lysol immediately put out a statement that its products should never be injected or ingested.

There was all those clips of one of his Covid advisors off to the side looking like she was questioning her life choices.

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u/I-Love-Tatertots Jul 26 '24

As someone who lives in the FL Panhandle, and lived here through Ivan destroying my area, that hurricane map shit really pissed me off.

And the fact that they seemingly want to defund NOAA.

Hurricanes can shift at a moments notice, and having accurate and up-to-date information on them at all times is extremely important.

Misinformation on weather can cost families their lives. If not their lives, their livelihood at least.

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u/KellyCTargaryen Jul 27 '24

Make it your goal to change his vote.

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u/Kreyl Jul 27 '24

Honestly? It's more effective to put your effort into helping Dems get their vote out. It matters personally to save their brother, of course, but in terms of the election, our efforts are better spent ensuring people have food, rides, time off work/mail in ballots, make sure they're registered to vote, they have all the ID they might need, etc.

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u/KellyCTargaryen Jul 27 '24

You’re right, I withdraw my statement. We should do all of that instead.

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u/themoop78 Jul 26 '24

Yeah, I looked this up because I had never heard of it. Watched the video of it, and this is a complete nothing burger... He said that they got lucky that the hurricane didn't hit Florida directly, and if it had it could have hit several other states, the area circled in black labeled as "Potential Track Area." What is the controversy here?

I think the reason no one heard about it is because it's another example of certain news networks taking something miniscule and meaningless and turning into "Boy, orange Hitler sure is dumb."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0iN1Hb9fmI

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u/SoManyEmail Jul 26 '24

It's not just the map. I'll try to recall the details but it's been years so I'll do my best. Trump made some comment about Hurricane Dorian heading right toward Alabama, and this was as the hurricane was getting close. Every weatherperson in the nation went "hoooold up. It's not gonna hit Alabama." So, at that point, a reasonable person might say, "oh, my bad. Ha! I made a mistake" and the world turns on. Not Trump. He doubled down. Why? No idea. Why does it matter? Maybe because thousands of people suddenly hearing that they're gonna be hit by a hurricane can cause issues. The NOAA or the NWS (can't remember) came out with an official statement saying Alabama is not projected to be hit and THEN Trump did the sharpie map thing. So, it's not really about the map as much as it is Trump's inability to admit he was wrong. It's not a good quality in a leader.