Insufferable Tuberville And Vance Show Support To "Sleepy Don!"

Our taxpayer money pays for their trips outside their state and districts.

I am not following much of the hush money trial of Donald J. Trump. The presumptive Republican nominee and former president is facing 34 felony charges in New York.

Trump as well as President Joe Biden both have deeply concerning flaws. Biden thanks to his "ironclad" support of Israel could lose to Trump. He and the Democrats are hypocrites when it comes to protecting democracy. Republicans want to ban the very ways of life.

Democrats want to slowly ban the very ways of life. 

Since Biden signed off the TikTok divestment or permanent ban bill, I have no interest in protecting him or the Democrats come this fall. I certainly find no interest in Trump or Republicans either. They can't govern or handle a crisis.

Trump's hush money trial is still an ongoing issue. If he is convicted on at least five of the 34 charges, he could face 20 years in the iron college. 

J.D. Vance decided to go to Trump's trial instead of visiting Ohio residents still reeling from tornado outbreaks in April and May.

It involves Trump using campaign funds through a shell company to pay off operatives who had access to embarrassing stories. The National Enquirer and Michael Cohen paid Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels to keep quiet on alleged affairs he had with them.

Those stories were revealed after he won his presidential election in 2016. He was at the cusp of losing when the "grab 'em by the 🐱" came out. He paid Cohen to suppress the stories.

The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump is an ongoing criminal trial against Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Trump faces 34 felony charges of falsifying business records with the intent to commit or conceal other crimes relating to payments made to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence about an earlier alleged affair between them. The Manhattan District Attorney accused Trump of falsifying these business records with the intent to violate federal campaign finance limits, unlawfully influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and commit tax fraud. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if Trump is convicted on five or more counts.

Trump employed Cohen until May 2018, a year after the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections began. In August 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts including campaign-finance violations, tax fraud, and bank fraud. Cohen said he violated campaign-finance laws at Trump's direction "for the principal purpose of influencing" the 2016 presidential election. In November 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to U.S. congressional committees about efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

In December 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. In February 2019, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, disbarred him from practicing law in the state. In May 2019, he reported to the federal prison near Otisville, New York. In November 2021, he completed his sentence.

Are you getting tired of lawmakers not being in their respective states and districts?

In early 2019, Cohen sued the Trump Organization for allegedly failing to reimburse his legal fees; in July 2023, the parties reached a settlement ahead of a planned trial. In early 2023, Trump sued Cohen for allegedly breaching his legal trust; in October 2023, Trump dropped the suit ahead of a planned deposition.

Trump had a few allies in the courtroom.

Far from their respective states, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) were in New York City giving their support to Trump. They along with Rep. Nicole Milliotokis (R-NY) sat in the courtroom to grimace at Cohen. Milliotakis is six miles from her district. Her district is Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. She was in Manhattan.

Vance who represent my state is by far one of the laziest. He and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) both support Israel. They have worked on some bipartisan legislation like the East Palestine train disaster. Overall, Vance is a worthless lawmaker who lives in San Francisco but travels to Cincinnati to represent Ohioans.

Bringing allies to court allowed Trump’s campaign to press his message without violating the gag order. It also gave those allies a high-profile platform to demonstrate loyalty to their party’s presumptive nominee and perhaps audition for higher office.

According to Trump’s campaign, all of his courthouse guests Monday volunteered to appear to support the former president and were not explicitly invited by people affiliated with the campaign. But Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) who was at court with Trump last week, said Monday that he had been invited by Susie Wiles, a senior adviser to Trump’s campaign and also a longtime Florida GOP operative who advised Scott’s 2010 gubernatorial bid.

I am quite tired of lawmakers who never stay in their district or state. They are always doing things that are not relevant to the issues in their state.

The Republicans lawmakers along with a pair of attorneys general, Steve Marshall of Alabama and Brenna Bird of Iowa. Former GOP rival Vivek Ramaswamy, who shuttered his campaign earlier this year but is considered a likely part of a new Trump administration, planned to come to court on Tuesday, according to a spokesman for the entrepreneur.

Vance was once a harsh critic who said he “can’t stomach Trump” and called him “noxious.” Now, he is a close ally who will appear with Trump at an Ohio fundraiser on Wednesday, when the trial will be on break.

Vance posted a thread on the X social platform as he headed to court with the former president, including a missive from the courtroom questioning Cohen’s believability: “Cohen can’t remember how old his son is or how old he was when he started to work for Trump but I’m sure he remembers extremely small details from years ago!”

He also leveled criticism directly at the daughter of Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is overseeing the case. The gag order pertaining to Trump prohibits his critical comments about people affiliated with the case — except for Merchan and District Attorney Alvin Bragg — as well as Merchan’s family members.