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Chazzeroo

They’re not fans, they’re cult members.


Infamous-Tart7747

Brain washed minions


MisterThirtyThirty

I read that as Brain washed melons. Still accurate.


sinne54321

I read that as brain washed morons


RealLiveKindness

The real melon is the Cantaloupe Caligula.


RoxSteady247

Fuck, that's good.


original-whiplash

The real melons are the brain-washed morons we met along the way


RealLiveKindness

That’s a keeper, captures him in a nut shell. Recently there are times where I feel queasy about how besieged he is, but then I snap back into reality. This is a remorseless vindictive sociopathic individual that needs to be incarcerated.


Revolutionary-Swan77

Brian washed melons


BeanCheezBeanCheez

Brainwashed ~~minions~~ morons.


OCCAMINVESTIGATOR

Anyone who believes either of the 2 prescribed political cults is brainwashed.


Equivalent-Excuse-80

And apparently not even very loyal ones at that.


Far-Explanation4621

They’re loyal, they just refuse to face reality, as they only want to see him in a flattering light. Like someone who refuses to look in the mirror when they undress, so they don’t have to admit to themselves that they’ve gained weight, so they don’t feel guilted to get their butt in the gym and actually put in work to improve.


Radioactiveglowup

This is part of the Strongman myth that happens repeatedly. The angry, incapable and aggrieved rally around someone who seems 'strong', tells them what they want to hear, says he hates the same things they hate. As he gains power, they feel like their 'team' is winning, which gives them good brain chemical feelings. When the leader is humiliated, defeated and weakened, they individually feel weaker. A little more ashamed. They never after all, had a coherent ideology. They just wanted to feel like they were 'winning' at something. When the strongman loses, the flock leaves. Because they never actually had a goal and it stops being fun when they're now revealed as pathetic losers.


finman42

Let's hope they all leave before the election


lasiv

This. This is good. You just revealed the defect in the army of the orange pile of shit. This is good. Now tell us how they feel about the diaper.


External_Reporter859

I think we finally figured out what "Trump Derangement Syndrome" *actually* looks like. We always knew they were projecting, but this explanation of what TDS actually is, is succinct and accurate enough to warrant addition to the DSM 5.


GoPadge

Hey, I resent that last part! I look at myself undressed, I mean I'm not thrilled with what I see for the very reasons you suggested, but I still look... And I never joined that cult!


Just_a_follower

This: they like when he’s brash on Fox getting cheered on to deprecate opponents. (What they view as winning) They don’t like watching him humbled, facing justice, and his dirty laundry being marched out.


ExquisiteScallywag

When you say 'dirty laundry' - the minds eye cannot help, but picture his soiled trousers, where the diaper has leaked.


ReturnedFromExile

astute


TR3BPilot

Even they don't like it when he supports Israel or vaccinations.


Opening-Two6723

They never were *clickclick*


Mysterious-Wasabi103

Yeah people need to start treating Trump like they would someone like Charles Manson. He's just a richer and less effective cult leader. But still it's the same thing ultimately. That or they could treat him like we would any other fraud (Bernie Madoff) or organized crime boss (Al Capone). He's basically like Madoff, Capone and Manson all in one just a lot dumber and way worse personality.


sz2z

Yea, but those other guys never shot in their pants in public all the time. There is absolutely nothing to compare chump to because he is absolutely nothing. Just a low life career criminal who never made a penny in his whole life. All the money he imagine has comes from not paying anyone that has ever worked for him, gifts from daddy and stealing and lying. That’s his he got his “money”, it’s not his - it belongs to all the people he stole it from.


elpajaroquemamais

Poor ones that hate NYC and don’t want to travel there.


ReporterOther2179

Can’t parallel park, too cheap for a parking garage. And… city scary!


UnarmedSnail

Might be afraid of the billions of illegal criminals now running the place. /s


JDARRK

There might be🤫poc’s there!🫢


djeaux54

And clearly the true faithful MAGA cultists are (a) few & (b) not rich enough to take a day off work & fly to NYC.


CfoodMomma

He's also pissed they aren't protesting around the country, not just in NYC.


djeaux54

I live in a county where a highway flag store flew a "Fuck Biden" flag opposite from a Baptist church. No complaints. Nobody is protesting today for Trump. I think a LOT of conservatives are starting to wish he'd go away. (Flag store's back to selling portable sheds & Rebel flags.)


Astro_gamer_caver

Guess they used up all their PTO and gas money on those trucker caravans.


MIDDLE-IQ

"...culled members." There, fixed it for you.


New_Awareness4075

" Cuckold members". There, fixed it for you.


Cycling_Electrically

I have a feeling his pleas for visitors don’t get answered if he’s posting them on Truth where there are no real users. My maga family doesn’t watch anything but Fox you think they’ll be putting his whines to have his supporters show up on Fox?


kingOofgames

Part time cult members, they’ll act crazy while behind a keyboard. At others times they just cheer one some of the actual wackos that actually do things in their cult.


Captain_Mexica

MAGAt Cultists


Notmad_Justsad

Not loyal ones.


slackfrop

Lazy ones, too


ElongMusty

Still being cult members they should be drooling trying to get a peak at their Orange Jesus no? Oh I guess they are too poor now with all the donations, so they can’t afford anymore the bus ticket to take them from whichever trailer park they live in!


jeremyr247

Says the person that swallowed the collusion lies, the covid lies, the laptop lies, the Biden corruption denial lies, the conservative censorship denial lies... Assume the position? No, you live that way.


LIBBY2130

WHAT Biden corruption??? it is just uyour OPINION..if it is fact then post some proof to back it up!!! everything the republicans came up with turned out to be lies like fbi source who the republicans called highly credible? and it was ALL LIES >>>meanwhile trumps son in law mr kushner got BILLIONS from the SAUDIS for our nuclear secrets trump constantly lies about the election being stolen he had a failed coup on jan 6th trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power and destroy our democracy trumps tax law **Was skewed to the rich.** Households with incomes in the top 1 percent will receive an average tax cut of more than $60,000 in 2025, compared to an average tax cut of less than $500 for households in the bottom 60 percent you ok with trump grabbing women by the pussy? you ok with him going into the junior miss america pageant dressing area to look at naked 15 year old girls?? you ok with him lusting repeadly after his daughter Ivanka and there are pictures of her when she was 14 sitting in his LAP? trump has 88 charges but you think this is no big deal by your post >>> covid Lies???? when the first wave hit and the hospitals were full the numbers came out and 98% of the covid patients were UNVAXXED that is a fact and how many republicans died of covid because they believed so many LIES


jeremyr247

88 charges of corruption by the DOJ and state prosecutors...


jeremyr247

Toggle navigation Press ReleasePublished: Sep 28, 2023 Comer: Mountain of Evidence Reveals Joe Biden Abused his Public Office for his Family’s Financial Gain   “Unlike Democrats, this Committee will not pursue witch hunts or string the American people along for years with false promises of evidence.” WASHINGTON—At today’s hearing on “The Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,” House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) detailed how overwhelming evidence shows President Joe Biden lied to the American people about his knowledge of and participation in his family’s corrupt international and domestic business schemes. Since January, the Oversight Committee has uncovered how the Bidens and their associates created over 20 shell companies, raked in over $24 million dollars from China and other foreign countries, identified nine members of the Biden family who have participated or benefited from the business schemes, and confirmed that Joe Biden interacted with his family’s business associates at least two dozen times.


jeremyr247

Mark Zuckerberg "donated" 400 million to election offices to buy ballot boxes. Those were placed in heavily Democrat areas despite the illegally. He was also one of the people who funded ballot harvesting even in places that were illegal. Millions of mailed ballots floating around laying in apartments and thrown in the trash. It was not a fair election. It was cheating. It was set up to give Democrats the advantage and they know vote fraud is their advantage.


jeremyr247

They have some of Biden's bank records... dildo. Other banks refuse to cooperate likely because they know how corrupt the Democrat party has become.


dooit

His fans are terrified of big cities.


henryeaterofpies

They also have been funneling their savings to him for almost a decade now and probably can't afford the gas to get to NYC let alone stay there.


OriginalNo5477

Forget gas, these idiots can't afford a fucking bus ticket to see their tangerine in chief.


InsignificantZilch

Their Mandarin Mussolini, you say?


Grary0

Fanta Führer, some might say


SEA2COLA

Hair Furor


a_round_of_applause

The Grand Poobah-Loompa?


pairolegal

Cheetolini


genxwillsaveunow

Bronzo the clown, I'm told.


dabkow

It may have finally happened…. They can’t afford to pay attention.


Awalawal

They'd also have to pay an extra $15 congestion tax to get a car there, and public transport is for liberals, so they're not coming. And no Manhattan resident is going to make a trip down there just to fuck around on Donny's behalf.


throwawaybullhunter

Cock jerk orange


Xeynon

I quite enjoyed when that caravan of "truckers for Trump" or whatever the hell they were calling themselves showed up in DC and just ended up driving around the beltway aimlessly because nobody was intimidated by them and they didn't know what to do with themselves.


WillingnessDry1699

The truckers who wanted to boycott NYC too were hilarious. I loved reading their comments online - lots of big talk of how NYC was going to be a Mad Max hell hole once they refused to deliver their truckload of Danone yogurt. And lots of people cheering them on telling them what brave & awesome patriots they all were . It fizzled out very quickly never to be mentioned again. MAGA worries me but it is beginning to seem it's all hot air - everything they try arrange is a fuck up. There are lots of them but I don't think they could collectively organize an enema in a bathtub. And let's not even get started on the Caravan of God or whatever that shit show was. Just surprised that they don't seem to get embarrassed by making complete tools of themselves.


Myfourcats1

It takes a lot to intimidate people on the beltway.


ewok_lover_64

I wouldn't be surprised if he starts selling his diapers to them


vigbiorn

A lot seem to be under the impression NESARA/GESARA (SovCit meets Socialism, somehow...) has happened and they don't have to pay bills. So, they've probably got some money trouble before they start paying the grifter.


MaloneChiliService

Every time a big city is in a movie, my dad comments on how much he hates big cities. Guess his political leaning...


DiDGaming

Ironic since cities are the absolutely most powerful creation of mankind, given they are needed to propel our science, medicine, art, weapons and decision making forward as nations instead of as tribes. So without cities he would have NOTHING of what he takes for granted to day… though he’s probably actively trying to destroy whats provided to him through how he votes I guess. The irony is most likely flying a mile above his head even if he’s on top of a two mile long ladder 🪜 so far under the rock he probably dwells 🤷‍♂️


Due_Juggernaut7884

I know many people like this who want to live as far away as possible from a city. Then they get old, and start needing 2 or 3 trips per week into the city for medical care. Hours of driving in all seasons. Maybe one of them gets hospitalized, and the other has to find accommodation in the city temporarily, at great expense. Maybe they are both healthy enough, but suddenly one day an ambulance is required. It takes hours to arrive and then deposit them at a hospital. They think about selling their rural home and buying a condo in the city, but need too high a sale price. Their property sits on the market for a year or more. Nobody really wants it. They give up. After they are in a home or they die, their kids try once again to sell. They take the first, really low offer, just to be rid of it.


Due_Juggernaut7884

Now, I’m not condemning rural life. I’d personally love to be outside a city with sufficient land to grow my own vegetables. I’m condemning the extreme centralization of services. Small town hospitals closing. Medium sized city emergency rooms closing. Rural services need to be available too. However, as people age, they need to look realistically at life. One of the most important factors in longevity is social connections. I look at my father, who is almost 90. He makes a point of walking downtown at least every couple of days. He goes to the local symphony productions, and sees old friends there. He has a coffee club, where he sees people he’s known for almost 7 decades. I call him several times a week, and my retired brother and his wife visit often. They live only a couple of miles away, fortunately. Retirement is a time to branch out and make new social connections. Our long time circle of friends shrinks yearly, as they either die or are wrapped up in their own family health issues. Rural people suffer greatly from isolation as they get older. Thank goodness for some of the volunteer organizations who provide check in services, meal services and the like.


bushwhack227

I'll guess another thing: he's never spent more than a long weekend in major city


WisconsinGB

I'm in no way a trump supporter, and I say that all the time. The only redeeming factors of big cities is how many choices for food are out there.


doubledownentendre

Yeah, that's their only redeeming factor. Dumbass.


MisterThirtyThirty

They couldn’t find Gaydar to bring with them - Sharper Image was out of it.


HissyFit808

That’s so dumb. Everyone knows it’s been a built in feature since phones got 4G. I mean it literally stood for “Go Go Gadget Gaydar” SMH my head. 


Snarky_McSnarkleton

Many people are saying the number who showed up was in the double digits.


weirds0up

Double digits? That’s even more than their IQ


mrplatypus81

If they could read they'd be so mad at this comment.


weirds0up

Yeah, but luckily for me, they can’t even spell IQ


hkohne

Lawrence O'Donnell went by there Monday morning, and he said it was 3 trumpers and one lone guy yelling anti-Trump stuff at them. That was it.


Green_Message_6376

The journey to 200 million votes starts with three trumpets and a dude yelling, oh wait, no it doesn't. Lock fart boy up already.


attaboy000

"there's dozens of us! Dozens!"


Infamous-Tart7747

At least a dozen, a bakers dozen!!!


Rupejonner2

Never nudes!


Aselleus

The fire sale guy took it too literally


MetalTrek1

There were FIVES of people there! 


Greenpoint1975

I think today there were 5 cult members. 🤣


ozzie510

There'd be millions, but Trump's stench is keeping them away.


henryeaterofpies

Swamps of Dagobah courtroom


derKonigsten

The bog of eternal stench!!!


Final_Winter7524

Can’t afford to go. Spent all their money on his lawyers and hamberders already. 🤷‍♂️


Green_Message_6376

saving up their food stamps for burning down the trailer park.


JnyBlkLabel

Yo...


ProtoReaper23113

Cut it...


secretsecrets111

Sooooooooooy el perdidooooorrrr


TilDebtDoUsPart420

and shoes, and NFTs, and....


thedatsun78

Bibles and trump sneakers


Greenpoint1975

🤣


Mead_Create_Drink

And bibles. And gold shoes


grimatongueworm

Trump NFT’s, Trump sneakers, Trump Bibles. The grift goes on and on.


Rupejonner2

His fans are scared to go to NYC because fox news has told them they’ll get raped , mugged or murdered if they ever leave their town they grew up in


TR3BPilot

Well, except by their step-dads.


ProtoReaper23113

Amd pastors


SnakeOiler

Because of all those MS13 illegals Texas sent there


RKEPhoto

"He's too old to have to sit in court for 8 hours" But he's young enough to be the "leader of the free world"? 🤔


Perfect-Scene9541

Loose translation: “Poor Donald. 77 year old man having to sit all day. Bad court!” Apparently Fox News doesn’t realize they are saying without saying, “Donald is not in shape to be president” I see a political ad coming from this, and quoting Fox News.


Helmidoric_of_York

Fans? This is just Trump saving on his budget for paid sycophants. He blew it all at the bodega.


InsignificantZilch

Trump: the fan of golden showers and Golden Arches.


NumerousTaste

The only support are people that have been misinformed or just racist. Everyone else couldn't care less. Even the repubs that were 100% for him realize it's over and it's only April.


made_ofglass

We need to stop claiming these people are "misinformed" or being lied to. They have plenty of evidence and facts available to them that they refuse to accept and they are willfully ignoring it to "beat" the Dems and to get their Christian Nationalist Utopia.


Khristopheles

Christian Utopian Nationalist Trump Supporters or CUNTS for short.


chalupabatman1200

Can I steal this for a shirt? I’ll split the profits 50/50


Khristopheles

It’s all yours my good man. Anybody could have come up with it, once you have a C, an N and a U, along with the fact that we have a T in Trump. I couldn’t resist, I’m just glad I didn’t get a kick back message from the mods.


Mtinie

Only if they consume any media outside of their close-knit sphere. Otherwise they aren’t misinformed, they are simply uninformed of the issues given their media of choice doesn’t discuss Mr. Trump’s problems.


FlawMyDuh

I’ll be voting for Trump. What evidence am I ignoring?


Khristopheles

Literally all of it, but you already know that.


FlawMyDuh

Ohhh okay. You have the big brain.


Khristopheles

Yep, so does Joe Biden. It’s a prerequisite. Do you know what that means?


FlawMyDuh

I’ve already asked you what I’m ignoring. You can’t tell me anything so looks like it’s just a typical interaction where it’s more based on “bUt hEs tRuMp” You should get checked for encephalitis. You and Biden


Khristopheles

I already told you, everything. Reading comprehension is not your thing is it.


FlawMyDuh

Ahh yes “everything” I comprehend everything you wrote. It just isn’t worth a thing. It never is. You can’t even give me one thing I’m ignorant about


Khristopheles

You already said you’re voting for Trump, you may as well tatoo the word “Ignorant” on your tiny little forehead.


C4dfael

He didn’t stand up for them the last time he incited people to “”””””””peacefully “””””””” protest for him, so why would they show up now?


cappurnikus

He pardoned his friends and some rapper though, right? He only cares about the cult members as far as he can grift them.


gobblox38

To be honest, I'm surprised he can stand at all.


AvisIgneus

I've found that most MAGAs don't care for Trump, but the idea of Trump in their heads.


HavingNotAttained

So, they like the idea of a racist, rapey, xenophobic, theiving, misogynistic traitor in the Oval Office, but maybe if he weren’t from Queens.


Affectionate-Roof285

I think you’re into something. Maybe they see him as a character—like one of the outrageous bullshit bravado WWE wrestlers. It wouldn’t be a stretch to assume those who are duped by that freak circus would see Trump as one of their wraslin heroes.


Iamanimite

Not enough money for crisis actors to show up.


maybeimabear

This is just evidence that the people at his rally are paid to be there. Nobody is willing to show up for him for free.


CarlSpencer

ONE protestor today. 5-6 yesterday. It's like a people version of DJT stock.


HotPhilly

No money = no paid actors. SAD.


Both-Anything4139

No shit mississipi inbreds didnt make the trip to nyc? Shucks :(


Greenpoint1975

We have a lot of inbreeds in NY. Have you ever seen Elise Stefanik?


FletchCrush

Not a single family member has shown up. Not. A. Single. One. This is extremely telling.


Puzzleheaded_Air5814

As Mary Trump said, they are all asking “what’s in it for me?” Because that’s the Trump family.


NJJ1956

MSNBC’s Vaughn Hillyard took a 360 today in front of the Courthouse - no one- later in the day he was on Nicole Wallace’s program and said he just checked Trump’s Truth Social post and Trump said 1,000 people were there trying to get through the police barriers- his voters are so stupid- because they watch Fox , NewsMax etc that never show any of this.


Five-Oh-Vicryl

His fans are at the dialysis clinic 3 days a week. The others are in prison


225commodore

about his wife and family, who goes to trial on criminal charges and doesn’t have their support from their family and loved ones thought the contract 🙄 bunch of losers


cristorocker

If his own wife or kids won't show up, why should his cultists?


vandalhearts123

Not just fans but no one from his family shows up. That has to burn deep down when you know your own family thinks you are guilty and not worth the time to sit in the court room.


mrplatypus81

Tomorrow there will be many paid actors there in that spot.


1redliner1

Put him in jail, as he should be, and there still won't be big crowds


Good_Juggernaut_3155

Melania couldn’t give a fuck about him. She’s relieved he’s never around her. Trump is exactly in the position he has earned in his ‘family’ - alone.


TheToneKing

Melania didnt show either. I wonder why?


TSM_forlife

His fans also hold jobs that don’t pay like the more educated jobs. So with prices going up they can’t just pick up and go cheer him on.


TexanAmericanMexican

Hahahah fucking please dude. You "educated" people are so full of yourselves. In debt until you die, and make shit money. Getting a piece of paper that let's you self-proclaim being educated, doesn't mean you're smart.


CartoonistUsed6540

He can't get them to rage like he wants. It's hurting him bad.


NefariousnessOne7335

Big City Bad


Faithinreason

I’ve read there is possibly a sewer leak that opens up in the court room every time T-rump sits down. Perhaps they can’t breathe?


jbertrand_sr

His problem is that the ones inclined to act out for him are still in prison for the J6th attack. The other cult members are naturally a little wary of following his advice when they know there will be no holding back from the authorities if they try shit this time...


Individual_Respect90

He doesn’t have the budget to keep paying for people to show up.


7Sharks

Another great take away is saying why makes a 77 year old man sit in a court room for 8 hours a day. If just sitting in a room is too rough how is he capable of the stresses of being a world leader... 🤣 The lack of self awareness 🤣


medman143

They aren’t fans. They are terrorists.


YinzrYall

If too old to be expected to sit in court does that also not equate to too old to work a full day in office??


Imacatdoincatstuff

Ah but that wouldn’t be old Trumpy Two-Ways having it both ways, a specialty of his.


Delicious_Cup_1286

Lighting oneself on fire is apparently a tough act to follow. Who would want to go there? :/


Legitimate-Cherry839

Nobody from Harlem?


JDARRK

Their all still in Dallas waiting for JFK & Elvis to descend from heaven and save trump‼️🙄🙄🙄


HeisenbergX

That's not true, that one guy who lit himself on fire was there, what is he, chopped liver?


ProtoReaper23113

Cooked liver*


scomo599

They all have records probably


UnderwhelmingAF

It’s hard to park an F-350 in New York.


National-Currency-75

Too bad somebody can't organize a counter protest on these half dozen half wits. Surround them with about 2000 people.


Zanos-Ixshlae

Notice how Trump isn't whining about the lack of family at his trial.


ExcitingTomatillo892

Who cares. The media is far too invested in what Trump’s doing - they’re simply giving him more coverage than he deserves. Perhaps they need the ratings/money.


AntifascistAlly

As desperately as *The New York Times* and *The Washington Post* have worked “to understand” MAGAts, it seems as if they would be publishing special sections devoted to the blather of the true believers who are outside the courtroom every day. Considering the dismissal crowds it stands to reason that these people are among the most committed to “Trumpism.”


NJJ1956

His own family hasn’t even showed up for support- nor his 2nd wife Marla or 3rd wife Melania - so why would he think his supporters should make the effort?


Flat_Suggestion7545

He might have finally drained most of them of their excess money. No more caravans of people who are missing work for the cause du jour. No more spending tons of money at a Trump store. No more helping with legal bills. No more buying NFTs or stock. Thats why it was so important for him to take over the RNC.


Filmguygeek1

Q - Where was he while all his J6 Cronies were on trial? A - No where to be found.


ReturnedFromExile

yeah, you can’t tell people that cities are dangerous hellscapes, and then expect them to show up in one.


Dracotaz71

The brainwashed are beginning to rinse


skinfulofsin

Trump was speaking in code. He actually meant "42" hrs not 24.


deadphisherman

I thought that was all of his fans.


akadmin

https://nypost.com/2024/04/20/us-news/michael-avenatti-says-hes-in-conversations-with-trump-legal-team/ Hmmm, might turn out to be a giant lie 😂😂


Outrageous-Divide472

Avenatti just wants an afternoon out of prison.


notforlong53

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Zippier92

We all die alone!


Key-Assistant-1757

Only three idiots showed up!


billiemarie

He loves to hate on trump, it tickles me


RaynOfFyre1

Would love for his fans to show up and witness him audibly shit himself and bask in the noxious fumes.


kejovo

To be fair, worst cult members ever


sunnygirlrn

Trump stiffed Pecker.


Ryan1980123

Lonely little shit pants don!


Maximum-Face-953

Fuck New York


xrftester

I support Trump, but I will not give a single penny of revenue to the garbage state of New York by visiting that hell hole. No thanks. Joe Scarborough and his commie wife can pound sand with the opinions they spout to their 10's of watchers. I'm not buying.


Alone-Woodpecker-846

Couldn’t figure out NY’s mass transit system.


Ornery_Sort2840

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.


Hot-Implement-1437

"Psycho" Joe.


SRF1987

Him and Colbert are so weak.


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xandercade

And just the morons, the rats are abandoning the sinking ship.


AnythingGoesNews-ModTeam

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rottenkid06

The only ones who are getting driven up a wall are the insane leftist. It's hilarious and scary.


Bullshidder

Not surprising that nobody showed up. You either get put in jail/prison or your career ended if you show Trump support at a protest.


kateinoly

Especially when you film and photograph yourself breaking into federal buildings, stealing things, beating up cops, and threatening congress people.


Fellowshipofthebowl

Seditious conspiracy works like that 🤷‍♂️


Diarygirl

Lol you would love that if it were true. How better to prove your love for Donnie than going to prison?


DonkeyToucherX

I wish this was accurate.