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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(112,752 posts)
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:18 PM Tuesday

Convicted ex-Trump adviser fumes after he's shamed on a plane

Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro has been out of prison for more than one month now, but he’s having a hard time readjusting to public life. Navarro hosted fellow ex-con Steve Bannon’s “Real America’s Voice” show on Monday, and took the opportunity to relay a whiny story about a “middle-aged, chubby housewife” who was mean to him while they were getting off of a plane.

"We're blocked from getting out because there's people ahead of us,” Navarro recounted. “So when she thinks that there's enough people between us that she can somehow get away out the door, she screams at me, 'Go back to prison.'"

"What's my point?” he continued. “If a middle-aged, middle-class housewife thinks that she has the right or the license to speak that way to other people in public, and wants to take my freedom away from me—anybody in this country now thinks they can say anything the hell they want to anybody, anywhere."

It wouldn’t be a true MAGA sob story without ginning up a persecution complex, so Navarro proceeded to claim that Manhattan juries are made up of "scumbag Democrats" and complain that he and fellow convicts Trump and Bannon have been victimized and are now targets for violence.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/16/2270713/-Convicted-ex-Trump-adviser-fumes-after-he-s-shamed-on-a-plane

MAGAs are an oppressed minority?

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Convicted ex-Trump adviser fumes after he's shamed on a plane (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
Snowflake. MontanaMama Tuesday #1
Isn't that precious? BOSSHOG Tuesday #2
your lips to some gun nut's ears 4catsmom Tuesday #21
Wow. This statement of his says a lot about his understanding of free speech.. Think. Again. Tuesday #3
My thoughts exactly. EarnestPutz Tuesday #8
His only understanding of "free speech" is for himself. He used it to call the jury and loads of Democrats "scum" muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #10
If an excon mercuryblues Tuesday #13
Bingo! Clouds Passing Tuesday #27
Ain't Equality and Freedom of Speech Wonderful! MineralMan Tuesday #14
Exactly, and this is not just his view. The right wing thinks they have a right unblock Tuesday #15
Free speech for me, not for thee. 2naSalit Tuesday #20
How does he know she was middle class and a housewife ? JI7 Tuesday #4
Perhaps she was a middle age.. BattleRow Tuesday #39
"Anybody in this country now thinks they can say anything the hell they want to anybody, anywhere." surfered Tuesday #5
I hate PeterStinkyPeter's guts !!!!!!! He sucks. Trueblue1968 Tuesday #6
Gee a guy can't try and overthrow a free and fair election anymore... Hassin Bin Sober Tuesday #7
Yeah, what good is a "Green Bay sweep" if people are mean to you afterwards? EarnestPutz Tuesday #9
lolololol Solly Mack Tuesday #11
You're a con now, Peter. Stop being so delicate. nt The Unmitigated Gall Tuesday #12
The misogyny is deep cyclonefence Tuesday #16
I don't believe the story... WHO would recognize him??? WarGamer Tuesday #17
Abso fing lutely johnnyfins Tuesday #24
"...thinks that she has the right or the license to speak that way..." Wednesdays Tuesday #18
Hey, Pete! Remember what Vito Corleone said to Johnny Fontane? Kid Berwyn Tuesday #19
Goes back to one of my earliest lessons in life, KPN Tuesday #22
Gee, Pete, didn't you work for that guy who led audiences in chants of "Lock Her Up"? Midnight Writer Tuesday #23
What to say? Nasruddin Tuesday #25
"Reflects poorly on our side.". No. She speaks for herself. yellowcanine Tuesday #30
Into each life some rain must fall. twodogsbarking Tuesday #26
may monsoon season et tu Tuesday #32
Free speech convicted felon. Chew on that Evolve Dammit Tuesday #28
"middle aged chubby housewife". Bet she has cats also! yellowcanine Tuesday #29
The hypocrisy!! Owens Tuesday #31
Persecution complex, much? calimary Tuesday #33
Does he want her to go to prison for telling him to go to prison? IronLionZion Tuesday #34
She thinks you deserved more time, Peter. bucolic_frolic Tuesday #35
Blah, blah. Other people have real life problems and just want you and others like you to just go away. Please. efhmc Tuesday #36
Message auto-removed Name removed Tuesday #37
It's a damn shame they have to endure such abuse. They should return to prison for some relief. jaxexpat Tuesday #38
It is becoming increasingly apparent that BattleRow Tuesday #40
What sniveling little rat punk this guy is NBachers Tuesday #41

Think. Again.

(15,606 posts)
3. Wow. This statement of his says a lot about his understanding of free speech..
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:22 PM
Tuesday
"What's my point?” he continued. “If a middle-aged, middle-class housewife thinks that she has the right or the license to speak that way to other people in public, and wants to take my freedom away from me—anybody in this country now thinks they can say anything the hell they want to anybody, anywhere." - Peter Navarro


Just wow.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,079 posts)
10. His only understanding of "free speech" is for himself. He used it to call the jury and loads of Democrats "scum"
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:38 PM
Tuesday

without a hint of self-awareness about his hypocrisy.

mercuryblues

(14,776 posts)
13. If an excon
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:44 PM
Tuesday

Thinks he has the rights or the license to make laws that take away a housewife's freedom to save her life when a pregnancy goes horribly wrong, they can push for all her other freedoms to be taken away.

That piece of shit needs to think about what he says.

unblock

(53,898 posts)
15. Exactly, and this is not just his view. The right wing thinks they have a right
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:56 PM
Tuesday

to have the world be as they wish it would be, and no one is allowed to disagree.

Obviously, anyone saying something negative to he thinks is a violation of his right to no consequences for his actions and a world of no worse than neutral feedback.

But it's more than that. They think immigrants are "illegal" if they are non-white. Notice they really aren't bothered by someone from Norway who overstays their visa or Canadians walking the border.

The voter fraud they keep talking about? It's non-white voters. They think they're not legitimate based on race and such. Which is why they don't care that there's no hard "evidence". The demographics is all the "evidence" they need.

Think of everything in their twisted world of privilege and hierarchy and their crap makes perfect sense.

It also explains why they're always so angry. The world refuses to conform to their view that they get all the fun and rights and the rest of us are relegated to second class or worse status.

2naSalit

(90,847 posts)
20. Free speech for me, not for thee.
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:32 PM
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That's how they see it. It's okay until it is directed at them. Can't take their own medicine.

Poor things. We really need to step up our attention to mental health in this country.


JI7

(90,089 posts)
4. How does he know she was middle class and a housewife ?
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:23 PM
Tuesday

or was he using it as an attack as if that makes someone less ?

surfered

(1,945 posts)
5. "Anybody in this country now thinks they can say anything the hell they want to anybody, anywhere."
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:27 PM
Tuesday

Gee Peter, I wonder who they got that idea from? Maybe someone you know....think about it.

cyclonefence

(4,666 posts)
16. The misogyny is deep
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:13 PM
Tuesday

Can you imagine what (if anything) he would have said had his scolder been a man? What class these guys have, on top of everything else they have to offer a woman.

johnnyfins

(1,100 posts)
24. Abso fing lutely
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:47 PM
Tuesday

Reminds me of an old Howard Stern interview, by Stuttering John. He cornered Charlton Heston and asked "Who are you?". Brilliant!!!! Old dead, cold hands was not amused. It went right through his ego...

Wednesdays

(19,299 posts)
18. "...thinks that she has the right or the license to speak that way..."
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:17 PM
Tuesday

Actually, she DOES have that right. It may be rude behavior, but you can't litigate rude behavior.

KPN

(15,968 posts)
22. Goes back to one of my earliest lessons in life,
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:44 PM
Tuesday

bullies are weak human beings — the weakest in fact. They dish out what they themselves cannot handle on a routine basis. … It strikes me as being the foundational basis for projection.

Midnight Writer

(22,678 posts)
23. Gee, Pete, didn't you work for that guy who led audiences in chants of "Lock Her Up"?
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:45 PM
Tuesday

Is it worse for a housewife to talk like that or for the President of the United States to talk like that?

At least this woman knows there is plenty of evidence of your criminality, while Your Favorite President wants to lock up everyone, from his political opponents to newspeople who ask him questions he doesn't like.

Nasruddin

(798 posts)
25. What to say?
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:49 PM
Tuesday

Well sorry, Mr Navarro people do indeed have the right to say what she said.

What she said was also low-class, done in a cowardly manner, and probably shows poor impulse control. Reflects poorly on our side.

yellowcanine

(36,127 posts)
30. "Reflects poorly on our side.". No. She speaks for herself.
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 04:06 PM
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And I would take Navarro's version of events with a hefty dose of salt.. How does he know she was a housewife, for example?

Owens

(276 posts)
31. The hypocrisy!!
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 04:22 PM
Tuesday

"If a middle-aged, middle-class housewife thinks that she has the right or the license to speak that way to other people in public, and wants to take my freedom away from me" Seriously, has he never heard Trump with the constant name-calling and threats to people who stand up to him? Has he read Project 2025?!

efhmc

(14,870 posts)
36. Blah, blah. Other people have real life problems and just want you and others like you to just go away. Please.
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 05:04 PM
Tuesday

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

jaxexpat

(7,423 posts)
38. It's a damn shame they have to endure such abuse. They should return to prison for some relief.
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 05:14 PM
Tuesday

Apparently the "rehabilitation" aspect of prison isn't working. I think it's because so much energy is spent on the "punishment" part. In fact, I'm thinking there are too few individuals employed by the prison system who could spell "rehabilitation" (even without the quotation marks).

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