Whispering 18,865 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 21 minutes ago, Adarsh said: I want an answer to my question first Mitch and the Republicans fought it for over a decade, but we can think Jon Stewart and public shame for this bill finally passing through McConnell's greedy GOP Senate: That battle had been re-highlighted after Jon Stewart went viral on June 11 for blasting Congress for their “callous indifference” toward the men and women who handled the aftermath of 9/11. During a hearing on extending of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the former Daily Show host angrily addressed the empty committee seats in front of him. A day after, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to pass the Never Forget the Heroes Act, which would extend the fund through 2090. The entire House of Representatives passed the bill 402-12 on July 12, putting the pressure on Senate Republicans. Despite some protest from Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) due to budget concerns, the Senate overwhelmingly approved the bill 97-2 last week. With the bill now signed into law, the financial pressures on the fund will be alleviated, and first responders and their families won’t have to worry about slashed benefits or whether they’d be compensated for the harm they suffered while serving the country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born To Slay 10,996 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 37 minutes ago, Faysalaaa said: I dont know why politicians love to make up lies that are obviously a lie and we have proof of it. This reminds me of when Hilary said Muslim terrorists attacked her plane and she was running from them lol Because they know their bases will believe them and that’s all that matters ig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 What a pathological liar. He also tweeted out to some parody account: ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, geopang said: Your thoughts on Trump signing a bill to ensure victims and families compensation post-9/11? The same bill that was approved bipartisanly including some that are cosponsored by Bernie Sanders that your beloved party's Rand Paul voted against. It would be highly embarrassing for Trump to not sign it. He cares about showing off. Once a bill reached him, he had to sign it to claim credit for it. The truth is he couldn't care less about the 9/11 victims and if you think he cares, God you're delusional. Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann 946 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 i remember he had an interview abt 9/11 aftermath but im not sure if he's at ground zero that time tho. i was 6 years old and saw it (the attack not trump) live on cable tv in my country. thats the only thing i vividly remembered. married the night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatboyisarobot 152 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 But!!!!!!! Did you KnOW.......that once.........I saw Donald Trump PET A PUPPY DOG....he DIDNT EVEN KICK IT......WHAT A gReAt myan.......cant b-lieve the librullls hate him....#mypresident#lockherup#ihateblackpeoplebutdontarguewithmeitsfreespeech#kony2012 Spoiler /sarcasm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyshamoley 14 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I’m no Donald Trump fan but it wasn’t uncommon for LOCAL New Yorkers to be at a LOCAL tragedy. It’s not like he said he jumped out of the World Trade Center. He said he went to ground zero - he probably did. I mean he probably stood there like a fool but why is this so crazy to all of you? This is when American democrats start to look bad - When you’re attacking someone for something that is actually very feasible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsches 17,560 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 He's probably referring to this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwcca 42 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Are there any lows that this 'man' wouldn't stoop to? Disgusting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 This should be what destroys him, but people never bring up the facts that contradict him when they are needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterMom 12,647 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 He is so gross Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 31 minutes ago, Holyshamoley said: I’m no Donald Trump fan but it wasn’t uncommon for LOCAL New Yorkers to be at a LOCAL tragedy. It’s not like he said he jumped out of the World Trade Center. He said he went to ground zero - he probably did. I mean he probably stood there like a fool but why is this so crazy to all of you? This is when American democrats start to look bad - When you’re attacking someone for something that is actually very feasible. Trump lied and claimed that he helped in the 9/11 clean-up personally. “Everyone who helped clear the rubble — and I was there, and I watched, and I helped a little bit — but I want to tell you: Those people were amazing,” Trump said. “Clearing the rubble. Trying to find additional lives. You didn’t know what was going to come down on all of us — and they handled it.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/11/trumps-long-history-of-lying-about-9-11-and-exploiting-it-for-personal-gain/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d56875ed2bf9 All Trump did was show up and get himself interviewed on TV at the site. He didn't get his hands dirty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost in limbo 6,035 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I'm just...****ing tired of Trump and his rabid supporters and the hate he brings. Spoiler And also tired of members on GGD being hateful and it's fine bc "free speech". But OT, this is extremely low. He really tries so hard to make it like he is this fantastic, philanthropist, intelectual gentleman and he truly is nothing of the sort and at the expense of mantaining his illusion (that his supporters seem to buy) stuff like this happens. this is the state of grace, this is the worthwhile fight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Trump’s lies surrounding 9/11: 1. On 9/11 itself Trump was on the phone with a TV station hours after the buildings collapsed to bragging about how his building was now the tallest. "40 Wall street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually before the World Trade Center the tallest, and and then when they built the World Trade Center it became known as the second-tallest, and now it’s the tallest" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ASRlzeLg0U 2. Trump promised to donate $10,000 to the 9/11 victims. (A paltry amount for a New Yorker who claimed to be a billionaire and one of the richest men in the country) But he never donated the money....though he took public credit for donating it. "In the weeks after the brutal attacks, Trump pledged $10,000 to the Twin Towers Fund as part of an effort Howard Stern was pushing. A report said Trump promised the donation in late September 2001, and the Daily News obtained audio of Stern's Oct. 10, 2001, interview with Trump where both he and co-host Robin Quivers thanked him for that donation." https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-lied-donating-9-11-charities-article-1.2829908 NYC Official: No Evidence Trump Gave $10K to 9/11 Fund New York City’s comptroller has found no evidence that Donald Trump gave $10,000 to a fund for 9/11 victims after the terror attack, and concluded that the GOP nominee “may have lied” about making a donation. “Contrary to Donald Trump’s claims, the Comptroller’s Office found no evidence of a donation by Mr. Trump in the year following the attacks,” according to an “Information Sheet on 9/11 Donation Review” provided to NBC News on Friday that summarizes the office’s findings. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-official-no-evidence-trump-gave-10k-9-11-fund-n666631 3. Trump lied and claimed he had hundreds of his men working in the 9/11 rescue effort when he didn't have any. Trump: I have hundreds of men inside working right now and we’re bringing down another 125 in a little while. And they’ve never done work like this before. And they’re hard-working people but they’ve never seen anything like it. And they’ve never done work like this before, it’s terrible. Richard Alles, a retired deputy chief with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), who now serves as director of 9/11 community affairs for the law firm Barasch McGarry Salzman and Penson, told us that in all the hours, days and months he spent at Ground Zero as an FDNY battalion chief starting 20 minutes after the buildings collapsed, he never witnessed a large group of workers hired by Trump at the site helping with search and rescue. “This is the first I’m hearing of it,” Alles told us by phone. “There would have been no need for that. Between police, fire and the construction crews, we had it all covered.” https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-searching-911-survivors/ 4. Trump lied and claimed that he helped in the 9/11 clean-up personally. “Everyone who helped clear the rubble — and I was there, and I watched, and I helped a little bit — but I want to tell you: Those people were amazing,” Trump said. “Clearing the rubble. Trying to find additional lives. You didn’t know what was going to come down on all of us — and they handled it.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/11/trumps-long-history-of-lying-about-9-11-and-exploiting-it-for-personal-gain/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d56875ed2bf9 All Trump did was show up and get himself interviewed on TV at the site. He didn't get his hands dirty. 5. Trump lied repeatedly about 9/11 claiming to have seen thousands of Muslims cheering in New Jersey when the Towers fell....something that never happened. “I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down, and I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-bizarre-quotes-911-attacks-tallest-building-higher-ratings-muslims-cheering-george-w-a8530571.html In an interview on ABC’s This Week days later, he told George Stephanopoulos, “It did happen. I saw it. It was on television, I saw it. George, it did happen. There were people who were cheering on the other side of New Jersey where you have large Arab populations. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down. I know it might be not politically correct for you to talk about it.” He reiterated the point on NBC’s Meet the Press: “I saw it. So many people saw it. And, so, why would I take it back? I’m not going to take it back.” http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/09/trump-hasnt-retracted-claim-about-muslims-cheering-9-11.html 6. Trump lied and said he watched people jump from the windows on 9/11 "I have a window in my apartment that specifically was aimed at the World Trade Center because of the beauty of the whole downtown Manhattan and I watched as people jumped. And I watched the second plane come in. Many people jumped and I witnessed it, I watched that." Trump Tower is four miles from the site of the World Trade Center. He could not possibly have seen people jump from the buildings during the attacks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/11/trumps-long-history-of-lying-about-9-11-and-exploiting-it-for-personal-gain/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d56875ed2bf9 7. Trump lied and said he lost hundreds of friends in the 9/11 attack. But he can't name a single one. You lost someone in that attack, you remember their names. “I lost hundreds of friends in 9/11.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wont-name-any-of-the-hundreds-of-friends-he-says-died-on-918 8. Trump did make money off 9/11 though he lied repeatedly about the reason why he was given that money. The billionaire, one of the richest men in America, applied for and got a small business grant of $150,000. (15 times more than he was willing to pledge [but not pay] to the victims' fund.) Trump lied and said the money was reimbursement for helping out after the attacks, it wasn't. The Republican said several times during the presidential campaign trail that he was awarded the sum for helping others after terrorists took down the Twin Towers in Manhattan. Mr Trump told TIME magazine in April that the money was “probably a reimbursement” for allowing people to stay in his skyscraper at 40 Wall Street for several months and to store items in the building. He did not specify who these people were. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/911-anniversary-donald-trump-lied-150000-small-businesses-skyscraper-clean-up-repair-costs-a7236766.html Though the billionaire presidential candidate has repeatedly suggested he got that money for helping others out after the attacks, documents obtained by the Daily News show that Trump's account was just a huge lie. Records from the Empire State Development Corp., which administered the recovery program, show that Trump's company asked for those funds for "rent loss," "cleanup" and "repair" — not to recuperate money lost in helping people. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-trump-didn-post-9-11-funds-helping-people-article-1.2786879 9. Finally, in 2016, 15 years after 9/11 happened and in the middle of his presidential campaign, Trump finally does something for 9/11 (that isn't being a lying, greedy, piece of ****). He has his Trump Foundation donate $100,000 to the 9/11 Museum Memorial --- days before the New York primary. But understand, that wasn't Trump's own money. He hadn't given a dime to his Foundation in years. So Trump donated $100,000 of other people's money to the 9/11 Museum to help his campaign. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-charity-donations/ To date, Trump hasn't given a penny of his own money for the 9/11 victims. Trump is a pathological liar and a sociopath. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 24 minutes ago, Whispering said: Trump’s lies surrounding 9/11: 1. On 9/11 itself Trump was on the phone with a TV station hours after the buildings collapsed to bragging about how his building was now the tallest. "40 Wall street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually before the World Trade Center the tallest, and and then when they built the World Trade Center it became known as the second-tallest, and now it’s the tallest" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ASRlzeLg0U 2. Trump promised to donate $10,000 to the 9/11 victims. (A paltry amount for a New Yorker who claimed to be a billionaire and one of the richest men in the country) But he never donated the money....though he took public credit for donating it. "In the weeks after the brutal attacks, Trump pledged $10,000 to the Twin Towers Fund as part of an effort Howard Stern was pushing. A report said Trump promised the donation in late September 2001, and the Daily News obtained audio of Stern's Oct. 10, 2001, interview with Trump where both he and co-host Robin Quivers thanked him for that donation." https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-lied-donating-9-11-charities-article-1.2829908 NYC Official: No Evidence Trump Gave $10K to 9/11 Fund New York City’s comptroller has found no evidence that Donald Trump gave $10,000 to a fund for 9/11 victims after the terror attack, and concluded that the GOP nominee “may have lied” about making a donation. “Contrary to Donald Trump’s claims, the Comptroller’s Office found no evidence of a donation by Mr. Trump in the year following the attacks,” according to an “Information Sheet on 9/11 Donation Review” provided to NBC News on Friday that summarizes the office’s findings. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-official-no-evidence-trump-gave-10k-9-11-fund-n666631 3. Trump lied and claimed he had hundreds of his men working in the 9/11 rescue effort when he didn't have any. Trump: I have hundreds of men inside working right now and we’re bringing down another 125 in a little while. And they’ve never done work like this before. And they’re hard-working people but they’ve never seen anything like it. And they’ve never done work like this before, it’s terrible. Richard Alles, a retired deputy chief with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), who now serves as director of 9/11 community affairs for the law firm Barasch McGarry Salzman and Penson, told us that in all the hours, days and months he spent at Ground Zero as an FDNY battalion chief starting 20 minutes after the buildings collapsed, he never witnessed a large group of workers hired by Trump at the site helping with search and rescue. “This is the first I’m hearing of it,” Alles told us by phone. “There would have been no need for that. Between police, fire and the construction crews, we had it all covered.” https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-searching-911-survivors/ 4. Trump lied and claimed that he helped in the 9/11 clean-up personally. “Everyone who helped clear the rubble — and I was there, and I watched, and I helped a little bit — but I want to tell you: Those people were amazing,” Trump said. “Clearing the rubble. Trying to find additional lives. You didn’t know what was going to come down on all of us — and they handled it.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/11/trumps-long-history-of-lying-about-9-11-and-exploiting-it-for-personal-gain/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d56875ed2bf9 All Trump did was show up and get himself interviewed on TV at the site. He didn't get his hands dirty. 5. Trump lied repeatedly about 9/11 claiming to have seen thousands of Muslims cheering in New Jersey when the Towers fell....something that never happened. “I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down, and I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-bizarre-quotes-911-attacks-tallest-building-higher-ratings-muslims-cheering-george-w-a8530571.html In an interview on ABC’s This Week days later, he told George Stephanopoulos, “It did happen. I saw it. It was on television, I saw it. George, it did happen. There were people who were cheering on the other side of New Jersey where you have large Arab populations. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down. I know it might be not politically correct for you to talk about it.” He reiterated the point on NBC’s Meet the Press: “I saw it. So many people saw it. And, so, why would I take it back? I’m not going to take it back.” http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/09/trump-hasnt-retracted-claim-about-muslims-cheering-9-11.html 6. Trump lied and said he watched people jump from the windows on 9/11 "I have a window in my apartment that specifically was aimed at the World Trade Center because of the beauty of the whole downtown Manhattan and I watched as people jumped. And I watched the second plane come in. Many people jumped and I witnessed it, I watched that." Trump Tower is four miles from the site of the World Trade Center. He could not possibly have seen people jump from the buildings during the attacks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/11/trumps-long-history-of-lying-about-9-11-and-exploiting-it-for-personal-gain/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d56875ed2bf9 7. Trump lied and said he lost hundreds of friends in the 9/11 attack. But he can't name a single one. You lost someone in that attack, you remember their names. “I lost hundreds of friends in 9/11.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wont-name-any-of-the-hundreds-of-friends-he-says-died-on-918 8. Trump did make money off 9/11 though he lied repeatedly about the reason why he was given that money. The billionaire, one of the richest men in America, applied for and got a small business grant of $150,000. (15 times more than he was willing to pledge [but not pay] to the victims' fund.) Trump lied and said the money was reimbursement for helping out after the attacks, it wasn't. The Republican said several times during the presidential campaign trail that he was awarded the sum for helping others after terrorists took down the Twin Towers in Manhattan. Mr Trump told TIME magazine in April that the money was “probably a reimbursement” for allowing people to stay in his skyscraper at 40 Wall Street for several months and to store items in the building. He did not specify who these people were. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/911-anniversary-donald-trump-lied-150000-small-businesses-skyscraper-clean-up-repair-costs-a7236766.html Though the billionaire presidential candidate has repeatedly suggested he got that money for helping others out after the attacks, documents obtained by the Daily News show that Trump's account was just a huge lie. Records from the Empire State Development Corp., which administered the recovery program, show that Trump's company asked for those funds for "rent loss," "cleanup" and "repair" — not to recuperate money lost in helping people. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-trump-didn-post-9-11-funds-helping-people-article-1.2786879 9. Finally, in 2016, 15 years after 9/11 happened and in the middle of his presidential campaign, Trump finally does something for 9/11 (that isn't being a lying, greedy, piece of ****). He has his Trump Foundation donate $100,000 to the 9/11 Museum Memorial --- days before the New York primary. But understand, that wasn't Trump's own money. He hadn't given a dime to his Foundation in years. So Trump donated $100,000 of other people's money to the 9/11 Museum to help his campaign. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-charity-donations/ To date, Trump hasn't given a penny of his own money for the 9/11 victims. Trump is a pathological liar and a sociopath. All of a sudden the Little Trumpsters and the random trolls that join this site are silent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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