Sad!Ĭongressman John Lewis should finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S. All talk, talk, talk – no action or results. driven by nearly one thousand tweets sent by Trump between the November elections and early May. Trump, who lambasted Lewis on Twitter this. Pika, John Anthony Maltese, Andrew Rudalevige. John Lewis’s criticism of President-elect Donald Trump deeply disappointing - and that Mr. President Trump tweeted only once Saturday, posting a simple message that praised the late Rep. Mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. Vice President-elect Mike Pence said he found Rep. Trump’s attack on Lewis had an unintended consequence: It saw the Georgia congressman’s book sales skyrocket.įor more from The Trumpster, here he is reading tweets about Meryl Streep.Ī Very Special Message in Honor of Martin Luther King Day #Compassion #Tolerance #Empathy #Respect Kjw9PxruiA / WGOnigEtu8Ĭongressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to…… Here’s the audio of Hamill reading the tweets: Trump responded in a series of tweets, writing, “Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to……mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. Trump called Carroll’s allegations against him “a fake story” and referred to Carroll as “a wack job.” Carroll asked a judge if she could attempt to seek additional punitive damages after Trump doubled down on a statement the jury found to be defamatory.Twitter Falters, Meta Unravels Threads and Trump's Truth Social Hints at Financial Pivot TangentĬarroll amended her initial 2019 defamation lawsuit earlier this year to include comments Trump made during a CNN town hall. “Now that the court has denied Trump's motion for a new trial or to decrease the amount of the verdict, E Jean Carroll looks forward to receiving the $5 million in damages that the jury awarded her in Carroll II,” Robbie Kaplan, attorney for Carroll, said in a statement. Trump also previously said the award Carroll was given for defamation was based on “pure speculation.” Crucial Quote In June, the former president requested a new trial, claiming that $2 million he was ordered to pay to Carroll in compensatory damages for sexual abuse-part of the $5 million-was “grossly excessive” because the jury ruled the incident between the two was sexual abuse, not rape. He was also ordered to pay an additional $3 million for defaming Carroll in his social media remarks. The jury sided with Carroll and said the assault amounted to sexual abuse-but was not rape-and Trump was ordered to pay $2 million. John Lewis is probably not the person you want to accuse of all talk, no action if you’re the big-talking, Twitter-triggered president-elect of the United States. Trump did not appear in court during the trial, but the jury was shown his deposition. In May, during graphic testimony, Carroll described being pushed into a dressing room where Trump “inserted his penis” into her. She later accused Trump of defaming her by disparagingly describing her as a “nut job” and claiming on his Truth Social platform that the incident was made up. Carroll, a former magazine columnist, accused Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
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