Comments by "" (@DavidJ222) on "I feel like I've been duped: Former Trump voter explains why he will not get her vote this year" video.

  1. For the last four years, Trump has engaged in an unprecedented level of shameless and flagrant corruption and lawlessness never seen before. Like when he proclaimed, that Article II of the Constitution gives him “the right to do whatever I want as president.” Trump has undermined the constitutional order to a degree unprecedented in modern U.S. history. He has subverted the rule of law by politicizing the DoJ and interfering in its investigations. Trump has also fired inspectors general across the government, whose only job is to uncover wrongdoing. Trump has repeatedly attacked the press, declaring them to be the “enemy of the people.” He has also disparaged the courage and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform; his eagerness to use troops domestically prompted military leaders to issue an unprecedented reminder that our men and women in uniform owe their ultimate allegiance to the Constitution and not the president. Trump has made a mockery of constitutional norms, like the requirement of Senate confirmation for his cabinet members and other executive officials, by granting power to “acting” department heads, saying it gives him “greater flexibility.” Without any evidence, Trump has also consistently cast doubt on the integrity of the electoral process itself and has declined to state that he will abide by the judgment of the electorate. At the same time, in spite of the overwhelming evidence, Trump has downplayed the reality of foreign powers interfering in our elections. "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." --Abraham Lincoln "We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.' -- Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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  2. The people who signed up for Trump University feel the same way. Trump bragged that he hand-picked only the best people to "teach" at Trump University. But dozens of those he picked had checkered pasts, including serious financial problems and even convictions for cocaine trafficking and child mol.... The lawsuit against Trump found that he and his fake real-estate seminars were a massive fraud, designed to "upsell" students into buying course packages costing as much as $35,000. Many of those hired to teach did not have college degrees and were not licensed to broker real estate. At least four had felony convictions. Ron P. Broussard Jr. was hired to the Trump University staff in 2007, even though he was never licensed as a real estate agent or broker, Broussard was listed as "staff" or "coordinator" for at least five Trump seminars titled "Fast Track to Foreclosure." Records show the former Army sergeant was convicted at court-martial in 1994 for indecent acts with a child. The child was an eight year old daughter of a fellow soldier. He served five years in the military prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. He's currently a registered 5ex offender. Timothy C. Gorsline taught at least eight Trump University seminars in 2008 He pleaded no contest a decade earlier to felony cocaine possession, according to an electronic database of Florida court records. Copies of Gorsline's resume at Trump University showed that when asked if he had been convicted of a felony, Gorsline marked an X indicating "Yes." Damian D. Pell, who helped teach at least 23 Trump University seminars from 2008 to 2010, pleaded guilty in Florida to a felony charge of trafficking cocaine. Court and arrest records show that Pell's car was pulled over by Sheriff's deputies in June 1999. Authorities recovered 62 grams of powder cocaine from his car, and 1,200 grams in a subsequent search of his home — a haul with a street value in excess of $154,000. Spencer J. Raffel, who staffed a Trump University event in 2008, had a felony conviction in FL for grand theft, according to court records. He was sentenced to serve three years of probation in 1989. Court records also showed that Raffel, 52, had a multi-decade history of failing to pay debts, including defaulting on real estate loans, during the same period he was helping teach students how to profit from properties in foreclosure.😲 NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued Trump in 2013, alleging that the university was a "fraud from beginning to end," geared toward pressuring students into buying ever more expensive seminars, course materials and mentoring services of little educational value. Regulators say Trump University staff often targeted senior citizens or those already in dire financial straits, encouraging them to max out their credit cards to pay for classes they couldn't afford. In his 2005 video, Trump said his hand-picked instructors would give his students a better education than top-level university business schools. "Honestly, if you don't learn from them, you don't learn from me. If you don't learn from the people we're going to be putting forward — these are all people that are hand-picked by me — then you're not going to make it in terms of the world of success," Trump said.
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