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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:16 PM Feb 2018

What do you think? In the unlikely event that the kompromat rumor is true,

except that it isn't a "pee tape," it's a tape showing the rape of an underaged girl -- and such a tape is released:

Would most Republicans offer the usual excuses, or would this be an elephant even too big for the DT crowd to swallow?

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What do you think? In the unlikely event that the kompromat rumor is true, (Original Post) pnwmom Feb 2018 OP
### NurseJackie Feb 2018 #1
I think their response to Roy Moore answers that one. meadowlander Feb 2018 #2
yup. fake news lapfog_1 Feb 2018 #4
Yup, I agree, and how FAWKING convenient ....THAT, THAT IS THEIR BATTLE CRY.... a kennedy Feb 2018 #34
say would say its fabricated, not real AlexSFCA Feb 2018 #3
They will fold like a cheap lawn chair Generic Brad Feb 2018 #5
The hypothetical question... Eyeball_Kid Feb 2018 #16
Another mulligan. MontanaMama Feb 2018 #6
long after dismissing the billy bush interview as "locker room talk", he claimed it wasn't even him. unblock Feb 2018 #7
He would be toast PatentlyDemocratic Feb 2018 #8
She would have to be about 10 years underage, and they would deny it was him. Shrike47 Feb 2018 #9
So a rape by itself wouldn't be enough -- it would have to be underage? n/t pnwmom Feb 2018 #19
Horrifically, yes.🙁 dewsgirl Feb 2018 #32
I honestly think his cult members are convinced he's the second coming. Vinca Feb 2018 #10
I think it will depend on how much violence is involved. The_jackalope Feb 2018 #11
I don't think that the kompromat story is "unlikely". panader0 Feb 2018 #12
I think the release of such a tape is unlikely. pnwmom Feb 2018 #38
You're asking what would happen bearsfootball516 Feb 2018 #13
I believe OP is possibly referencing the dewsgirl Feb 2018 #18
Its a cult BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #14
Depends on 'who' the underage girl is. revmclaren Feb 2018 #15
They would be happy he isn't gay JI7 Feb 2018 #17
A serious answer is no, they would not be able to spin their way out of that one Downtown Hound Feb 2018 #20
And they'd be angry knowing they couldn't spin it leftstreet Feb 2018 #21
Yup. Downtown Hound Feb 2018 #22
Mulligan gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #23
Trump is a neo-nazi radius777 Feb 2018 #24
Is there ANY PROOF of any Pee or Rape tape?Or just rumors like so many other things? nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #25
I will answer this way, i DARE a republican pollster to do a poll with trump supporters Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #26
Is there something brand new about the kompromat?? R B Garr Feb 2018 #27
No matter how heinous the deed might be, the Trumpistas would claim The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #28
"She was asking for it." dchill Feb 2018 #29
Can you believe we actually have to contemplate this? docgee Feb 2018 #30
Don't forget, he has an official Evangelical mulligan! CanonRay Feb 2018 #31
Wut? Clarity2 Feb 2018 #33
As you say, there have been rumors of underage girls for ages. pnwmom Feb 2018 #37
Thanks...agree ; ) n/t Clarity2 Feb 2018 #40
Make excuses JustAnotherGen Feb 2018 #35
Probably will support him LeftInTX Feb 2018 #36
evangelicals would give him a mulligan spanone Feb 2018 #39
Epstein event? TalenaGor Feb 2018 #41

a kennedy

(29,672 posts)
34. Yup, I agree, and how FAWKING convenient ....THAT, THAT IS THEIR BATTLE CRY....
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:36 PM
Feb 2018

FAKE NEWS!!!!!! It’s fake news for damn near a year.......

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
16. The hypothetical question...
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:39 PM
Feb 2018

may not be so hypothetical.

There are stories floating around that connect a Trumpy modeling agency with Jeffrey Epstein, parties on his yacht and elsewhere, utilization of Trumpy models to lure clients into real estate deals, and the alleged rape by Trumpy of a thirteen year old girl. Much of the above is reportedly derived from court testimony during the Epstein trial (available online). The alleged rape is an allegation made by the victim who has withdrawn her suit a couple of times.

unblock

(52,245 posts)
7. long after dismissing the billy bush interview as "locker room talk", he claimed it wasn't even him.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:23 PM
Feb 2018

and now there are people who swear it wasn't even him.

some of his faithful will believe anything.


we're getting close to the point where he really could shoot someone on 5th avenue and not lose any support.
all he would have to do is say it was a liberal. hell, if he said it was a terrorist, he'd go up in the polls.

Vinca

(50,276 posts)
10. I honestly think his cult members are convinced he's the second coming.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:27 PM
Feb 2018

At this point he could barbeque babies in the Rose Garden and the loyal Trumphumpers would bring potato salad for a picnic.

The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
11. I think it will depend on how much violence is involved.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:27 PM
Feb 2018

Forced sex alone would probably be excused or re-framed. Sex with violence, especially injuries, would probably turn the tide - especially if the sound track supported the fact that it was violent.

I personally think it's the worst of the uglies, short of the girl dying on camera. And I'm willing to contemplate even that.
I don't think Trump actually has limits.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
12. I don't think that the kompromat story is "unlikely".
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:28 PM
Feb 2018

It's easy to imagine Putin taping Trump. Probably standard procedure.
Hopefully it's a pee tape and not a rape, but I would put nothing past
this scum.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
13. You're asking what would happen
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:29 PM
Feb 2018

If a video was released of him watching an underage girl get raped?

He'd be gone.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
18. I believe OP is possibly referencing the
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:47 PM
Feb 2018

Rumors of him raping little girls on tape, these have been swirling since he announced. The rumors are getting louder and louder.

BannonsLiver

(16,394 posts)
14. Its a cult
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:29 PM
Feb 2018

They will follow him no matter what. If it costs them their lives, the lives of their families, their country, they will follow him. Sound familiar?

JI7

(89,251 posts)
17. They would be happy he isn't gay
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:44 PM
Feb 2018

They think consensual sex among 2 adult gay men is worse than adult man sexually assaulting underage girl.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
20. A serious answer is no, they would not be able to spin their way out of that one
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 07:14 PM
Feb 2018

Even though they would try.

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)
21. And they'd be angry knowing they couldn't spin it
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 07:24 PM
Feb 2018

When the cries of 'fake news,' 'what was she wearing,' 'where were her parents' finally failed - they'd be pissed off, embarrassed and looking for vengeance

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
22. Yup.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 07:25 PM
Feb 2018

The most likely scenario I can envision is them blaming Trump's behavior on Democrats for causing widespread sexual immorality in America.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
24. Trump is a neo-nazi
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:03 PM
Feb 2018

and those who voted for him basically knew that.. iow they know he's a thug but in their minds 'their thug' who they elected to 'rough up' PoC/immigrants/gays/women etc.. so some tape with him getting peed on or even raping someone isn't going to change their views on him.. its consistent with what a white nationalists skin-head would do... iow it comes with the territory and his voters accept that.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
26. I will answer this way, i DARE a republican pollster to do a poll with trump supporters
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:13 PM
Feb 2018

office: president

candidates

1. Kamala Harris


or


2. Adolph Hitler if he was alive


I guarantee you Hitler wins.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
27. Is there something brand new about the kompromat??
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:14 PM
Feb 2018

I was just out doing errands. It's a big news day, and missed a lot, I guess.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,731 posts)
28. No matter how heinous the deed might be, the Trumpistas would claim
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:17 PM
Feb 2018

it was faked by the Obama-Clinton-Soros cabal.

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
33. Wut?
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:33 PM
Feb 2018

Im another that is clueless. I just scrolled thru posts to try to find something. Where are the rumors coming from?

There have been rumors of underage girls for ages tho. It wouldnt surprise me at all.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
37. As you say, there have been rumors of underage girls for ages.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:56 PM
Feb 2018

And there was the lawsuit filed, and withdrawn, by a woman in the United States who said he raped her when she was 14.

So it's not much of a stretch to believe Twitter rumors that an arrangement like that could have been made for him when he was in Russia.

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
35. Make excuses
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:36 PM
Feb 2018

They aren't patriots and they certainly are not men and women of honorable. At this point I'm dumping them all into the too wet to step on, and too low to kick category.

LeftInTX

(25,365 posts)
36. Probably will support him
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 08:52 PM
Feb 2018

Since the girl would be a foreigner, they can chuck it up to "tourist abroad" follies.

TalenaGor

(1,104 posts)
41. Epstein event?
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 09:07 PM
Feb 2018

They'd say it was Photoshop....or it's normal in some countries...or he was teaching her....
:Vomit:

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