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No video released yet but the right wing blog-sphere is already claiming it's AI. Put on your seat-belts and keep your hands inside the car at all times.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'd like to see the video first. Claims of a video are pretty meaningless. It's a lot like saying you have a concept of a plan.

Nevertheless, I hope it's not fucking true, because if it is true, that means some poor woman was victimized, will probably never get to see any justice because the legal system refuses to hold Trump accountable for anything, and it won't move the needle an inch in terms of the blind deference Republicans give to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Child. Some poor child was sexually assaulted. We need to collectively stop with the mitigating language thing. We're not the fucking news media.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

And the woman in the video will be endlessly harassed by the far-right extremists regardless of who took and released the video.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I'm unfamiliar with this news site, but they must know they have to do better on sources, because this sounds like reporting on rumours.

"Several social media users, including commentators and reporters..." (emphasis mine).

Interesting that the right is already accusing them of potentially using deepfakes in the future. Maybe they know of something captured in video, or maybe random blanket statements of innocence are necessary with a knob end like Trump.

I also hope no one was victimized.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Remember; this is who tankies look up to the most.

The loaded-diaper, child-molesting, fake-tanned e-coli maganet

[–] [email protected] 277 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Maybe there's a video, maybe there's not.

But nobody is saying "No way! Trump would never do that!" or "This is a shocking scandal that nobody would have believed!"

[–] [email protected] 120 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

That's the sad reality of it. The sadder part is that, even if it's true, his cult still won't care.

And, of course, the minor being groped won't see any justice.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I think what's even sadder is that so-called moderates and centrists won't care. Trump didn't win in 2016 due to his cult. He won because everyday people recognized how fucked up he was and decided they didn't care.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (4 children)

And don't forget the "huhuhuhuh imma vote for him as a joke, bro" crowd.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I grabbed her titty. She asked me too. With a tear in her eye she said please please please Mr. Trump touch my titty. I obligated. I couldn't help it. I had to. She was so innocent. It was a perfect titty touch.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

This fascist POS was literally found to be a credible sexual abuser and it did nothing.

This too, if proven true, will also do nothing because Republicans endorse this type of behavior.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (21 children)

As someone who had to sit through a seemingly unending stream of videos of Biden sniffing hair etc, none of which were as damning as the people boosting them claimed, I really hope they either don't release this, or it actually is what it claims to be, not some similar crap.

"Donald Trump loses his balance and accidentally makes contact with a girl's butt" or similar ambiguous clip is probably not going to do anything except make me have to start ignoring videos of Biden sniffing hair again when magas start posting them in retaliation or whatever.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

The stupid incels will vote for this fucker even harder now.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago

If they want evidence of Trump abusing minors there is an Epstein case they might want to mention.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I can all but guarantee that this won’t sway a single one of his voters. In fact, watch that this doesn’t get him even more support. They love circling the wagons when their beloved king is in trouble.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago (8 children)

His sycophants forgive any crime he commits. They will blame the minor not him.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's... Interesting. This site is considered to have a significant right bias, but it's still reporting on these claims, and seems to give them credibility. OTOH, Times Now News has a very mixed record on facts, so this might be total bullshit.

We'll see what happens. If it's real, and it comes out with a week left before the election, that might be just enough to tip the scales. Maybe.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Doubtful, GOP was perfectly willing to vote for a pedophile before, this is literally nothing to them.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It never happened.

It's AI.

She lied about her age.

Everyone would have done the same.

Actually pedophilia is OK now.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Mrrrmmm, ACKchyually, she's over 15 so it's EPHEBOphilia. They're two very different things, thank you very much.

/s, kiddie diddling is kiddie diddling.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 days ago

You are about to see insanely desperate stuff from Democrats. Expect fake AI generated crap about Trump coming soon. Stay focused AND VOTE!

-Charlie Kirk

Hasn't even seen the video, but already dismissing it as AI. Anything that the right doesn't like is fake.

[–] [email protected] 98 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

If anyone produces multiple bowls of spaghetti from behind their backs we'll know it's AI... Otherwise it already sounds like plausible behavior for someone who bragged about "grabbing 'em by the pussy".

That's the thing to remind people about - he's already said he gropes women. He's already said he walks in on minors at teen beauty pageants.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For accuracy's sake, he said he walked in on the adult pageants. He was also accused of walking in on the teen pageants.

I'm 100% certain he did both though.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You're right about that minor detail, I must have misremembered - because it's actually multiple minors who have spoken up as victims of his predations:

On the heels of the damaging videotape on which Trump and former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush salivated over Days of Our Live actress Arianne Zucker, and joked about sexually assaulting women, came allegations that Trump entered the Miss Teen USA changing room where girls as young as 15 were in various states of undress.

Mariah Billado, Miss Teen Vermont 1997 told BuzzFeed, “I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here.'” Three other teenage contestants from the same year confirmed the story.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/a-timeline-of-donald-trumps-creepiness-while-he-owned-miss-universe-191860/

He's so prolific in being a known rapist and molester that Wikipedia has a page for the receipts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations

...and their issues with the page (from the tags at the top) are too often it uses Trump's own admissions as the source, and that it needs to be updated. Both of which indicate just how into doing this sort of stuff he is.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's not just what he has said, it's what he has done:

Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll

[–] [email protected] 69 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Why would they tease it and not release it? Where does this claim even come from? The article just says the sources are "Several social media users, including commentators and reporters". Then it seems like all the people tweeting about it are right wingers. I'm suspicious. Could be a distraction from the more credible stories about Trump loving Hitler and shitting on a slain soldier for having an expensive funeral for a Mexican.

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[–] HobbitFoot 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He's bragged about doing it before. I don't see how this would affect his popularity.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (11 children)

This is just conspiratorial garbage. That article is garbage. I would love for something like this to take him down, but if you think this has any credibility, please realize that your ability to critically analyze new information is ridiculously clouded by confirmation bias.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 days ago

They didn't care when Jeffrey Epstein hooked Don up with a 13-year-old at his private minor rape party. Why would they care about a boob grab?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Like this is going to be the thing that turns off the Maga'ts.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This could actually get him more votes. After all, the GOP is the Party of Pedophila.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (4 children)

They're the party of "PEDOPHILES SHOULD BE KILLED, DEAD PEDOPHILES CAN'T REOFFEND, I HUNT PEDOPHILES, AND IT'S TOTALLY NORMAL AND NOT PROJECTION THAT I'VE MADE THIS MY ENTIRE IDENTITY." Which is effectively the same thing but is slightly different.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

B O M B S H E L L

right up there with S L A M M E D

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He could eat then punt a baby on video and maga cultist wouldn't care.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

The fucked up racist MAGATs will still vote for the sick Russian run Orange Shit Stain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

More like claims of a video that would have anyone with a brain to decide that Kamala Harris is the better candidate to vote for by November 5th.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can hear the evangelical church thinking about the arguments.... groping is not rape! Yeah! Groping isn't rape!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

He's already been judged a rapist, if they supported him after E Jean Carroll this new allegation isn't going to change their minds

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"bombshell"

shut the fuck up already.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You really SLAMMED that news organization!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

OUTRAGE as journalism is Trashed for hyperbole.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 days ago (14 children)

timesnownews? lol cmon guys

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Any video of the Man who bragged about grabbing Women by the Pussy and who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein and who Perved on Underage Beauty Pageant participants is OBVIOUSLY AI! DRAG QUEENS!

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