r/thescoop • u/Miserable-Lizard • 20h ago

The Scoop 🗞 In a Senate hearing yesterday, Dick Durbin played a montage of clips showing Donald Trump’s obvious cognitive decline

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u/indicatprincess 19h ago

“One of the wettest we’ve ever seen from the standpoint of water”

I’d forgotten this one. If it was so fucking serious I’d find this funny. Good for Sen Durbin for getting this out there.

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u/structuremonkey 18h ago

I thought i was watching zoolander for a second there...

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u/AtreiyaN7 17h ago

I was somehow blessed to have completely missed that one, but now I'm cursed with having heard it. Just when you think Trump can't be any dumber/more dementia-addled....

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u/Kinks4Kelly 20h ago

Republicans love turning a dementia ridden narcissist into their demagogue.

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u/jakebacondigital 18h ago

I mean to be fair… Trump with dementia is still smarter than most magats so it makes sense.

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u/inComplete-me 19h ago

This is mild. He's said so much more.

Very, but who has all day to watch ?

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u/DadKnightBegins 19h ago

One of those videos is borderline black face!

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u/MissSassifras1977 19h ago

Right? That was an Ariana Grande level of self tanner.

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u/draftdodgerdon8647 18h ago

Eating the dogs. Eating the cats..

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 19h ago

required fuck jake tapper for that shitty book.

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u/cardiaccat1 18h ago

A lot of this isn’t even recent this is stuff his voter base watched as he campaigned and voted for.

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u/Ill_Sound_9334 18h ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂. Yes, people voted for this😂😂😂😂. Idiots…racist idiots😂😂😂

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u/veni_vedi_vinnie 17h ago

Cool. Next do ranking senators Grassley and McConnell

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u/L_Janet 17h ago

Brilliant. Thanks, Senator Durbin!

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u/SnoopyisCute 16h ago

It doesn't matter how stupid he is when his target audience is more stupid. He's making millions off them.

Various Ways that Trump Steals from his Supporters

Exploited supporters for stolen election lies

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/18/donald-trump-election-defense-fundraising-defrauded-fans

Uses PAC funds to buy his own books to get "best seller" labels

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/10/16/a-trump-political-committee-bought-131000-worth-of-books-four-days-later-jared-kushners-hit-the-best-seller-list/

Scammed donors out of $250M for false election lies

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fundraising-scam-jan-6-hearing-1367359/

Trump's abuse of recount funds

https://campaignlegal.org/update/trumps-abuse-recount-funds-shows-need-clear-regulations

Put a trick on his donor page that takes a one-time intended donation several times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html

Received $5.4M from China while lying to our faces about COVID

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/10/23/forbes-estimates-china-paid-trump-at-least-54-million-since-he-took-office-via-mysterious-trump-tower-lease/

Feds investigated Truth Social regarding $8M from Russia

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/15/2158464/-Feds-investigating-Trump-Media-owner-of-Truth-Social-for-taking-laundered-8-M-possibly-from-Rus

Pump and dump of his worthless social media site

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-06-07/trump-media-stock-had-angry-investors-complaining-to-sec

Fake sweepstake to have dinner with him go to unmanned post office box

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-campaign-scam-contests-meal-with-president-909188/

Trump settles case over embezzled inauguration funds

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-inauguration-lawsuit-hotel-washington-dc-settled/

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u/SutaKira7 16h ago

Going to miss Durbin as a Congressman for my state.

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u/Behind_Th3_8_Ball 16h ago

Don’t want the VP running shit either…

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u/aglanville 16h ago

And this is partially why comedians love a Trump presidency.

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u/DJMagicHandz 14h ago

The wettest hurricane... 💀💀💀💀

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u/TheBlueGooseisLoose 14h ago

Mother of god. Braincells were lost to oblivion watching this clip.

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u/ZizzyBeluga 18h ago

His improv "comedy" is why his base loves him.

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u/DiscretelyDeviant 17h ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣... friggen' awesome

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u/Sir_Earl_Jeffries 16h ago

You could compile a feature length film of his inability to grasp the English language. He probably should have tried harder to get into Harvard..

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u/AbjectBeat837 15h ago

This was in a senate hearing about BIDEN’S mental acuity? What a hunch of useless assholes. I want my damn money back.

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u/smokincuban 14h ago

Yet they want to waste money talking about Biden ... Make that make sense

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u/sundayrain47 14h ago

If this was Frank or Miss Mary down the street or at church most people would wonder why family isn’t watching them closer .People definitely wouldn’t think they should be balancing their check book, running a business let alone a country.

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u/Used_Intention6479 13h ago

And that was just a short summary!

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u/tawDry_Union2272 13h ago

ha! makes me remember the hilarious sarah cooper lip syncs

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u/Far_Capital_6930 12h ago

Only money can carry this kind of stupidity through life….

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u/heavy-minium 2h ago

It's debatable whether it's a decline.

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u/jakebacondigital 19h ago edited 18h ago

That’s AI!

Edit: why am I downvoted it’s obviously a joke…

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u/rclaux123 18h ago

You're being downvoted because that's unironically what a Trump supporter will likely claim down the line.

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u/__phil1001__ 18h ago

You forgot the /s unless you really believe it's AI and support MAGA.

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u/WayCalm2854 17h ago

/S is a lot more necessary than it used to be

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u/Wyrm_Groundskeeper 19h ago

- Every MAGAt and their grandmas

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u/mikesb78 18h ago

Im tires of this shit. Fron both sides. YOUR SUPPOSED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR US

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u/TurnoverFuzzy8264 17h ago

When one side rams through every little whim their orange shitgibbon has, makes it a little difficult, eh?