Trump shoves Kari Lake out of Mar-a-Lago and frets she'll be electoral liability: report

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Source: raw story


Tom Boggioni April 29, 2024 9:03AM ET



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It was previously reported that the former president became annoyed with Lake because she was causing him problems with his wife Melania because of her constant presence at his Mar-a-Lago resort. On Monday, the Washington Post reported the rift also was based over Trump's concerns she is not out doing enough campaigning.

As the report notes, the race to fill the seat being vacated by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) is one of the most closely watched in the 2024 election and Lake, a political novice with one failed bid for statewide office in 2022, is expected to face
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).............


......................According to the new Post report, there is growing tension between the Trump and Lake camps that she will be a detriment in a close election and that Trump has had to urge her to decamp from Mar-a-Lago and get to work winning over voters. ...............








............."Trump’s frustration with Lake has only increased over the past year, heightening the tension," the Post report adds, and then notes that the former president is still aggravated she failed to acquire the governorship in the pivotal state, grumbling to a friend at Mar-a-Lago, 'She didn't win.'"......................

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kari-lake-2668078593/

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Trump complains that Lake not doing enough campaigning, yet Trump had OFF last Wednesday
and last weekend and did NO campaign rallies [3 full days--golfing on 2 of them that I know of].

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[Aristus]

1. Lake strikes me as the kind of person who will boil the pet rabbit of anyone who ignores her.

[Ocelot II]

3. Trump does seem to attract scary, weirdly botoxed women.

[tom_kelly]

14. True

One went with the Steven Tyler look. And the other with "a boy being told he's grounded" look

[Irish_Dem]

30. Ambitious women turn themselves in a Trump stepford wife on purpose.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

16. "I'm not going to be IGNORED, Don!"

[Dan]

24. And she is the type that would not settle for just

$130,000.

[NonPC]

47. She Might Even Off Trump

I wouldn't be surprised if Lake had Trump bumped, then claimed VP Immunity.

Very strange that there is a total lack of Lake campaign ads in the Phoenix media market. Either she is keeping her powder dry, or has no money, or is trying to win with just the wing nuts of outlying counties, or she's just going to concede Phoenix due to her unpopularity here.

Maybe if she loses this time, she will crawl back into her hole and not be seen again? We can only hope.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Your VP short list is laden with liabilities, Donnie. Better go with Stephen Miller.

No liabilities there, he's never run for anything.

[Ocelot II]

8. So far, who's on the list?

Scary Kari Lake, auditioning for a remake of Fatal Attraction.
Kristi Noem, who will be known forever after as a puppy-murderer.
Is Joni Ernst of hog-castrating fame on the list?
"His" Black people: Tim Scott and Byron Donalds.
Elise Stefanik, whose brown-nosing (orange-nosing?) has become downright epic.
Sarah Sanders, whose ethics are appropriately dubious and whose brother was also known for dog-murdering.

There are probably more rogues to add to the gallery, but these reprobates immediately come to mind. Aren't they a perfect representation of today's GOP?

[Dulcinea]

27. It won't be Elise Stefanik or Sarah Sanders.

They're not hawt enough for him. If he picks anyone from that list, my money is on Tim Scott. He'd never try to steal the spotlight Dolt 45 desperately wants & needs.

[Lonestarblue]

31. Yes. Trump needs another VP to gaze at him adoringly and praise him as the smartest man on Earth.

[Polybius]

32. But Katie Britt is

But she did so bad with that speech, she's probably off the list.

[Polybius]

34. The best pick for him might be Glenn Youngkin

Very conservative, little known baggage, and talks like a human being.

[leftieNanner]

40. But Glen would upstage him

Can't have that!

Plus, I think Glen has presidential aspirations of his own. Wouldn't want to sully his reputation. Such as it is.

[Mawspam2]

62. Tucker Carlson will be Trump's Veep.

White man. Check.
Has money. Check.
Ass-kisser. Check.
Putin lover. Check.

Prove me wrong.

[TheRickles]

12. I wouldn't be shocked if Trump decided to run without a running mate.

He'd declare that he's the only one fit to serve, and he's clearly great enough to handle both jobs. And then he'd get the SC to come up with some legalistic gibberish in support, and we're good to go.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. That would be tantamount to naming Don, Jr. as successor

Which is exactly the hereditary royalty he wants to create.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

19. At first I thought he would go with Ivanka instead but

she’s a lot smarter than Don Jr. and I think “Daddy’s Girl” would backstab TSF in a second if she thought it would benefit her.

Don jr. is desperate for Daddy’s approval and would do anything TSF tells him to do which is exactly what TSF wants in a VP.

[leftieNanner]

41. He probably would love to

But I think the POTUS and VP can't be from the same state.

Not that smelvis wouldn't try.

[Ocelot II]

17. The Constitution provides for a vice president, although the way they were elected

has changed - used to be that the second-highest electoral vote winner got the job; now the electors vote for them separately although they run on the same ticket. But their only designated constitutional duty was as president of the Senate. Of course, the Constitution never stopped Trump from doing what he wanted, but he'll need a running mate whose function will be to kiss his ass passionately without stealing attention from him.

[BoRaGard]

4. "Get your butt under the bus, baby. You are of no use to me now." - - Smelvis (R)

"Who's next?" - Smelvis (R)

[PatSeg]

7. Soon there will be no one left

Eventually everyone goes under the bus.

Welcome to DU!

[BlueKota]

11. Too bad he is too much of narcissist to throw himself

under one. Hopefully he could still trip and fall under one.

[Wingus Dingus]

5. Great, now sKari fLake is going to livestream strangling a kitten to get back into his good graces.

Gotta pull even with the puppy killer!

[PatSeg]

6. That's a really odd headline - "shoved"?

Basically, Trump called her a "loser" and we know how he feels about losers. Apparently it must be contagious in his mind.

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. In fairness to Trump....

he is an expert on losing.

[PatSeg]

20. He's certainly had a lot of practice

He's turned it into an artform.

[Blue Owl]

26. That selfish asshole gets off on shoving others

[PatSeg]

46. Good point, he really IS a shover

I've seen that clip so many times, but just now I noticed his facial expression just as he puts his hand on the guy - "Get the f*ck out of my way loser." How inconvenient that that man was in his way.

[Blue Owl]

49. I'd like to tell him exactly where he can shove it!

[PatSeg]

52. You and millions of other people!

I wonder what it must feel like knowing that millions and millions of people despise you. Not just dislike you, but truly hate** you. Surely he must feel all that hate directed his way 24/7.

Of course, if he does feel anything, he probably has no idea what it is, maybe something he had for dinner last night.


** Of course, "hate" is not a strong enough word. I'm not sure there is an adequate one in the English language.

[JoseBalow]

50. He's such a pathetic little man

[Blue Owl]

51. Now that's more to scale!!!

[PatSeg]

59. Ha, ha, ha!!!

Oh that's a big improvement and I can hear a squeaky little cartoonish voice watching it.

[underpants]

28. Norman Vincent Peale. Trumps dad took him to that church

I’ve never read Peale’s book but I’d think it’s about setting positive goals and not starting just to NOT do something. As we’ve seen, everything has to not only be THE BEST with Trump but there can be no negatives. Even if it’s some staffer 7 layers down from him he think it reflects badly on him. Anything not THE BEST has to be ignored or explained away.

We saw this in the “Lost February” at the beginning of COVID. No one would blame him (like W and 9/11) and in fact he was basically handed a second term. All he had to do was positively lead and show some example of human compassion. Nope, he went straight into denial and wild grandiose predictions. That one month is pointed to by many as a big element in the deaths of 10’s if not 100’s of thousands of people.


How Norman Vincent Peale Taught Donald Trump to Worship Himself

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/donald-trump-2016-norman-vincent-peale-213220

[PatSeg]

48. Many people take positive thinking exercises

as ways to become better people and be more successful in life. A narcissist like Donald Trump, takes such teachings and uses them from an egocentric point of view.

Trump thinks positive, but when things don't work out, he just leaves the mess behind for others to clean up as he pushes forward to the next venture. His version of "The Power of Positive Thinking" does not include responsibility, just rewards. Also, he has no problem with lying, cheating, and breaking the law.

[BlueKota]

9. She and Kristi

look like 2 Stepford wives.

[Traildogbob]

10. She would not

Share her lens filters with Donny to help tone down his neck “Meat Curtains”.
No filter can tone time down the hateful evil mug of his. That shit is baked in after 78 years of hate and evil.

[IronLionZion]

18. Hoping this is a good sign for a Gallego win

it would be good to get a real Democrat in that senate seat. Trump is taking his whole party down with him I hope.

[Owens]

21. Lake is a snitch

Trump doesn't like snitches and no Republicans trust her after finding out she is secretly recording their conversations and airing their dirty laundry. She also has spent more time campaigning in Florida than in Arizona, a bizarre strategy to get Arizonans to vote for her. But she has ZERO government experience and cannot grasp or understand basic government laws and policies.

[Polybius]

63. But she snitched on establishment neo-cons

Trump hates them.

[underpants]

22. It does seem she's for Senator of Arizona FROM Mar a lago

Doesn’t she have a campaign staff? No one advising her to do some kind of events IN Arizona?

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. Is Raw Story considered a valid source for LBN now?

Especially since it isn't original source reporting but just a regurgitation and repackaging of reporting from other sources.

[Ocelot II]

25. If it's just a repost of an original article I think it's OK, but it would be better

to just post a direct link to the original article (unless it's paywalled). That way we don't have to deal with RS's clickbaity stuff and cluttered ads.

[Irish_Dem]

29. We're supposed to believe Melania cares who Trump sleeps with?

Sure.

[colorado_ufo]

36. Ego and optics.

She can dismiss a porn star and a Playboy model, but Lake is dangerous. Nice looking AND ambitious. If she can't win a political position, she would have no qualms about auditioning as Trump's fourth, and Trump would consider it to remove her as a political rival.

[Irish_Dem]

57. Yes but she clean him out in a divorce and leave the Trump family behind her.

She hates her step children.
And Trump.

[colorado_ufo]

58. Depends on what is in the prenup!

And yep, she hates them all, not without reason. And vice versa!

[NCDem47]

33. Says the man who golfs all the GD time.

Acts like he's hitting the pavement 24/7. He does...the...bare...MINIMUM...and wants to be King of the World. Always telling others what they should do.

[dutch777]

35. Really? He has lost more court cases and endorsed more losing candidates than she has.

[IA8IT]

37. Seriously sick puppies in the bottom picture.

[maxrandb]

38. I read this as "T*&p shovels Keri Lake out"

and it made me wonder; "how does dog shit shovel horseshit"?

[rubbersole]

43. Carefully.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

39. Isn't Sarah Palin available? Or is she too old?

Kidding aside, this is an important decision. If he's elected, what are the odds of him lasting four years?

[Polybius]

64. At soon to be 78, probably 93%

He doesn't work out, but both his parents lived until their mid-90's.

[TBF]

42. Melania is still around? I guess waiting for Barron's graduation - I have

suspected she'll head to Europe for at least part of the summer to "visit family" (ie escape Donald and his trials).

Totally funny if she threw Lake out though - I wouldn't want her in my home either so I can understand that. lol

[Traurigkeit]

44. TSF will pick an ex-PlayBoy Bunny now

[rubbersole]

45. Ginni Thomas is available for VP.

Batshit crazy seems to be a prerequisite. Melania wouldn't mind.

[Dulcinea]

56. Never.

Ginni Thomas is living proof that "Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bone."

[Vinca]

53. They look like the twins in "The Shining" all grown up.

[Marcuse]

54. Her praise of tfg's BDE annoyed both him and Melania, albeit for different reasons.

Kari Lake embraced her inner trailer trash on Sunday as she extolled the, um, virtues of her political heroes, both old and new.
“The guy has bigger ... Wait, let me think about how I want to word this. My staff always says, ‘Whatever you do, do not say balls.’ So I'm not going to say it. That guy has a backbone made of steel.

“I’ll tell you what he’s got. I don’t know if
you’d heard of this. He’s got ‘BDE.’ Anybody know what that means? Ask your kids about it later.”

“I call it ‘Big DeSantis Energy.’ Right? He’s got the same kind of BDE that President Trump has. And, frankly, he’s got the same kind of BDE that we want all of our elected leaders to have.”
[link:https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2022/08/15/kari-lake-says-trump-desantis-bde/10331395002/|

[Zambero]

55. Loser hates another loser

But wait... wasn't Arizona "rigged"??

[Mz Pip]

60. She didn't win?

I thought the elect was stolen. They really do need to get their story straight.

[Captain Zero]

61. Some people say it's an affair.

Melania has noticed Lake is there all the time. Trump wants her out now?

[Emile]

65. After an alert and discussion with the hosts locking.

Raw Story is not a valid source for LBN