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riversedge

(69,722 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:43 AM Mar 2020

Trump sends cease, desist letter on ad featuring one giant sound bite of his mad coronavirus musings

Source: daily kos





Wednesday March 25, 2020 · 9:03 PM CDT




Donald Trump is angry. The Democratic Super PAC Priorities USA assembled an ad that features the sound bites of Trump and Trump only, and guess what? Turns out he’s an unhinged maniacal liar who’s gotten everything about the coronavirus wrong. That may not be news to you, but it is apparently news to Trump. And his dangerously factless musings on the coronavirus over the past several weeks have not worn well.

So on Wednesday, a Trump campaign attorney released a cease and desist letter demanding that TV stations across the nation pull the ad immediately. “On behalf of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., President Trump’s principal campaign committee, this letter notifies you that your station is airing a patently false, misleading, and deceptive advertisement,” wrote Alex Cannon, special counsel to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. “Because [the] ad’s central point is deliberately false and misleading, your station has an obligation to cease and desist from airing it immediately to comply with FCC licensing requirements, to serve the public interest, and to avoid costly and time-consuming litigation.” .........
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Trump sends cease, desist letter on ad featuring one giant sound bite of his mad coronavirus musings (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2020 OP
So, this is Trump's legal argument PJMcK Mar 2020 #1
Trump's argument is that everything Trump says is a lie, so the ad is lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #13
These aren't HIS words these are OUR words underpants Mar 2020 #21
He is like every other bully I have seen. overleft Mar 2020 #48
Who can argue Trump's own words aren't false and misleading? Major Nikon Mar 2020 #62
Legal argument enid602 Mar 2020 #70
Wrong Target Roy Rolling Mar 2020 #2
or better - send it to the Idiot himself - to cease & desist in his lying onetexan Mar 2020 #42
They would ... Chili Pepper Mar 2020 #79
Or what Trump?? Going to sue,GO FOR IT Bengus81 Mar 2020 #3
I agree sammythecat Mar 2020 #66
That ad is simply excellent. Mike 03 Mar 2020 #4
It should get free airtime now, the media loved giving Trump free airtime ck4829 Mar 2020 #7
At one point in history DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #83
With the help of "Fat Tony" Scalia & Robert Bork. NM Grins Mar 2020 #88
It is True Blue American Mar 2020 #33
Classic "Streisand Effect" nt Pluvious Mar 2020 #52
Or the "Nunes Effect" as it is known now ck4829 Mar 2020 #95
Didn't he learn anything about the time when Devin Nunes sued his cow? ck4829 Mar 2020 #5
The people need to send a cease and desist order to the networks for airing the daily trump rallies UpInArms Mar 2020 #6
I believe NBC & CBS nykym Mar 2020 #30
Indeed ck4829 Mar 2020 #96
Speaking of the MF's lawyers... MontanaMama Mar 2020 #8
Yep, and Where's Rudy, did tRump have him snuffed? groundloop Mar 2020 #11
He could be on a secret mission in China, searching for the names of people NCjack Mar 2020 #28
Or dirt on the Bidens keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #38
Rudy probably brought it to China They_Live Mar 2020 #73
Our mob boss president* is using the same tactics that helped him become 'successful' in business groundloop Mar 2020 #9
who is airing false information? AllaN01Bear Mar 2020 #10
They have a case. The ad only quotes Trump who is "patently false, misleading, and deceptive." marble falls Mar 2020 #12
I Didn't Know Trump University Had A Law School! nt smb Mar 2020 #56
Trump University didn't even have a University! marble falls Mar 2020 #59
Much like his other threats, this one has no merit. You cant sue for airing real statements. oldsoftie Mar 2020 #14
Trump in his own words is NOT Libel..... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2020 #15
It's very unfair to use truth as a metric against a guy... dchill Mar 2020 #16
Heh ck4829 Mar 2020 #97
The ad ... marble falls Mar 2020 #17
Those are part of the public record. He is SO out of his league. underpants Mar 2020 #19
If he wants those ads expanded to provide "context" - he'd look even worse. marble falls Mar 2020 #23
Context? Why? Doesn't he have "the best words"? underpants Mar 2020 #24
Its just that our eye's aren't worthy enough to see them. marble falls Mar 2020 #26
As Barbara Bush said," Why should I bother my beautiful True Blue American Mar 2020 #35
Forgot that. She was always pretty careful about what she said. Not that time. marble falls Mar 2020 #39
Mmmm underpants Mar 2020 #54
Even worse was DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #80
She was talking about not seeing True Blue American Mar 2020 #72
And just look at the DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #65
False, misleading, and deceptive in his own words? bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #18
The campaign committee is demanding. That's novel, LOL. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #20
Right. A Campaign Committe demanding and threatening FCC licensure actions Captain Zero Mar 2020 #46
Right DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #85
I always thought that his own words would hurt him the most! BlueJac Mar 2020 #22
How about a cease and desist order on future Trump COVID-19 press conferences Mr. Ected Mar 2020 #25
My favorite thing of the morning Lulu KC Mar 2020 #27
Snowflake! The truth hurts. There's no legal basis for his case. It's his words. ffr Mar 2020 #29
Yep ck4829 Mar 2020 #98
in his pea-sized narcissistic brain cell, he honestly believes he didn't say any of that... Javaman Mar 2020 #31
Bullies need to whacked back, hard, using their techniques. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #32
I want him to sue. That would make a great addition to the ad. nt NCjack Mar 2020 #34
Keep sharing it. Keep pissing him off until he resigns IronLionZion Mar 2020 #36
HE (tRUMP) has FULL control of this and any FUTURE ad by bluestarone Mar 2020 #37
Good luck with that shit. Aviation Pro Mar 2020 #40
Financial Times: Coronavirus tracked TomVilmer Mar 2020 #41
Looks like we might have the steepest slope. JudyM Mar 2020 #50
Yep. We're Number ONE! tclambert Mar 2020 #91
Does Facebook say it's OK? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #43
News coverage of the legal action is free advertising Jarqui Mar 2020 #44
He's incredibly stupid Steve.in.AZ Mar 2020 #45
they are using his on words against him..but he's a public figure..so it a moot point Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #47
Haha Scarborough had the ad played not only once but 3 times back to back this morning. steventh Mar 2020 #49
I Love The Routine He Did... smb Mar 2020 #60
I was just going to post about that Nonhlanhla Mar 2020 #63
Thank you Mr. President, they now know which ad to run! Brainfodder Mar 2020 #51
Sounds like a cue for action for us! Fritz Walter Mar 2020 #53
Kick burrowowl Mar 2020 #55
He can dish it out, but he sure can't take it! Initech Mar 2020 #57
No, no he can not ck4829 Mar 2020 #99
Give me a break. This statement ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #58
Appreciate the LOL JenniferJuniper Mar 2020 #61
Spread far and wide...nt N_E_1 for Tennis Mar 2020 #64
So once again imblue Mar 2020 #67
They played the ad 3 times in a row on Morning Choade flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #68
Sorry, Donnie, no one's afraid of your lawyers anymore. paleotn Mar 2020 #69
Trump has met the enemy.... capechacon Mar 2020 #71
Bring on the lawsuit. I would love to hear them argue it in front of a judge Raven123 Mar 2020 #74
I say, LET the bastard sue jmowreader Mar 2020 #75
Indeed ck4829 Mar 2020 #100
NO. The TRUTH burns, doesn't it? SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #76
I think it is a mistake to laugh off his threat. Thunderbeast Mar 2020 #77
I totally agree, Thunderbeast. BComplex Mar 2020 #90
So Trump is telling his Big Fat Mouth to "cease and desist"? McCamy Taylor Mar 2020 #78
He should be happy, after all, we are simply repeating his own words! SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #81
Post that on your facebook feed! bighart Mar 2020 #82
I posted it on my FB yesterday. LizBeth Mar 2020 #84
Post it everywhere ck4829 Mar 2020 #94
The only POSSIBLE - and extremely flimsy - argument in favour of this C&D letter is... BobTheSubgenius Mar 2020 #86
For a minute there, I thought the claim was referring to Fox News. Lonestarblue Mar 2020 #87
I guess he never heard about free speech! BComplex Mar 2020 #89
He Doesn't Have Any Kind Of Case colsohlibgal Mar 2020 #92
+1 ck4829 Mar 2020 #93
Good advertising Rorey Mar 2020 #101
Does anyone know of a compilation of Fox Hosts TuxedoKat Mar 2020 #102

PJMcK

(21,921 posts)
1. So, this is Trump's legal argument
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:45 AM
Mar 2020

The words that Trump spoke in public cannot be rebroadcast if he says something different at a later date.

Makes sense.

If you're an idiot.

overleft

(353 posts)
48. He is like every other bully I have seen.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:39 AM
Mar 2020

They don't like it when their own words get used to tell the truth about them.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
62. Who can argue Trump's own words aren't false and misleading?
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:08 PM
Mar 2020

It’s a brilliant legal strategy if you think about it.

enid602

(8,524 posts)
70. Legal argument
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:33 PM
Mar 2020

That's like in 2008, when facing foreclosure from Deutshce Bank, Trump Organization sued them, alleging that the bank was responsible for the the recession that was keeping them from paying the bank loan.

Chili Pepper

(99 posts)
79. They would ...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 01:09 PM
Mar 2020

… except that the Coronavirus wouldn't be intimidated by a lawsuit.

Trump's not used to dealing with a foe that can't be bullied.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
3. Or what Trump?? Going to sue,GO FOR IT
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:51 AM
Mar 2020

Those are all his words,not one word is fake news. FUCK EM,let em take Dems to court and get even MORE exposure to his words. DO NOT back down.

sammythecat

(3,568 posts)
66. I agree
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:21 PM
Mar 2020

Our back is already against the wall. There is no option to retreat, only to fight tooth and nail, or lay down.

Half the people in this country are apparently dumb, insane, or both. We can't get rid of them but we can, and must, get rid of trump.

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
7. It should get free airtime now, the media loved giving Trump free airtime
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:52 AM
Mar 2020

So something about Trump should also get free airtime.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
83. At one point in history
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 01:28 PM
Mar 2020

there was something called the "fairness doctrine" where the media had to give equal time to both parties.

I think that that went away in the Reagan Years?

True Blue American

(17,972 posts)
33. It is
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:29 AM
Mar 2020

Especially after the cease and desist threat. I have seen it at least 6 times this morning and have not really been watching.

UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
6. The people need to send a cease and desist order to the networks for airing the daily trump rallies
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:52 AM
Mar 2020

That are filled with lies and misinformation.

nykym

(3,063 posts)
30. I believe NBC & CBS
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:26 AM
Mar 2020

said they would run the pressers until the first lie then cut away.
So it should last no more than 30 seconds.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
28. He could be on a secret mission in China, searching for the names of people
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:22 AM
Mar 2020

he can frame for unleashing Corona Virus.

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
9. Our mob boss president* is using the same tactics that helped him become 'successful' in business
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:56 AM
Mar 2020

Lie, cheat, steal, intimidate..... that's all he knows.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
12. They have a case. The ad only quotes Trump who is "patently false, misleading, and deceptive."
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:58 AM
Mar 2020

If anybody hasn't seen that ad, you bet they will now. Did Donny hire Devon Nunes' lawyer?

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,485 posts)
15. Trump in his own words is NOT Libel.....
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:03 AM
Mar 2020

The First Amendment to free speech.

Trumplethinskin is having a mad? Fuck you, Donnie. You are not entitled to re-election.

dchill

(38,321 posts)
16. It's very unfair to use truth as a metric against a guy...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:08 AM
Mar 2020

...who has based his entire career on lies.

underpants

(182,278 posts)
54. Mmmm
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:55 AM
Mar 2020

Remember after Katrina she was at a shelter talking to a kid and she said, "Well then, this is really working out for you isn't it?

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
80. Even worse was
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 01:13 PM
Mar 2020

when she was asked about all the people crowded in that stadium building in unmerciful conditions.

She said "Well, look at how well this has worked out for them compared to their normal living situation, they should be very pleased"
or something to that effect.......

True Blue American

(17,972 posts)
72. She was talking about not seeing
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:43 PM
Mar 2020

The Refugees from Katrina. The one her Son mishandled. They had come into Texas.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
65. And just look at the
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:18 PM
Mar 2020

litter she and HW spawned.....I remember when I saw that C-word saying that on national TV and my jaw hit the floor. I thought, that matriarchal TWAT's statement should be deserving of the guiltoine? just like the "let them eat cake" but even more horrific.

That one comment, is the epitome of the Republican Party since 1980, and has taken on the even more un-fathomable ugliness of every single Republican across the nation with every day since. It has now reached a crescendo.

What an incredibly despicable group of people who aren't the least bit fit for being in society. The entire group of Republicans are proving that they are indeed a giant threat to all humanity, not just us in the United States, but around the entire globe.

They know, that Democrats are not prone to violence. If the tables were turned, and democrats even said crap one thousandth this despicable their fucked up, mentally deranged, dim-witted, followers would have wiped our asses off the face of the earth in short order.........Seriously

There is something horrifically pathological about the Republicans ignorance. Just look at one of their gun nuts followers, going to a family owned pizza place with an assault weapon because some right wing lunatic told the public that Hillary was running a child sex ring out of the basement of that business. How fucking insane is that??????????

WE ARE SO FUCKED

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
20. The campaign committee is demanding. That's novel, LOL.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:12 AM
Mar 2020

Could that be the same campaign committee that spread hundreds of lies and deceptions on the air during his 2015/2016 campaign?

So, a rational person would conclude......

Our Democratic Party needs to set up a PAC just to send out cease and desist demand letters every time Trump's campaign airs an ad in 2020 containing a lie or deception.

That would be quite a busy operation!

KY.........

Captain Zero

(6,714 posts)
46. Right. A Campaign Committe demanding and threatening FCC licensure actions
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:13 AM
Mar 2020

Are they going to complain to the FCC?

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
85. Right
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 01:37 PM
Mar 2020

Last I looked, the FEC, SEC, DOJ, ICE, RNC, NRA, SCJ, etc etc were all wholly owned subsidiaries of the Republican Party.

Here is my set of initials

WASF

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)
22. I always thought that his own words would hurt him the most!
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:14 AM
Mar 2020

Excellent ad. He will be crying like a baby!

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
25. How about a cease and desist order on future Trump COVID-19 press conferences
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:18 AM
Mar 2020

Replete with lies and guaranteed to cost thousands if not millions of lives?

Lulu KC

(2,547 posts)
27. My favorite thing of the morning
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:19 AM
Mar 2020

This is just cracking me up, in between periods of screaming into the void.
Poor Trumpy. Seriously, why doesn't he just quit???? For most of us, if you make someone miserable enough in a job, the person quits. He must need the money he thinks he's receiving so secretly in broad daylight. No other explanation available.

ffr

(22,649 posts)
29. Snowflake! The truth hurts. There's no legal basis for his case. It's his words.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:25 AM
Mar 2020

This Russian snowflake needs to go!

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
31. in his pea-sized narcissistic brain cell, he honestly believes he didn't say any of that...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:27 AM
Mar 2020

even though there is irrefutable proof.

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
44. News coverage of the legal action is free advertising
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:58 AM
Mar 2020

The news media will dig into it and there is no way Trump will come off looking good when the US is poised to pass Italy & China today with the most infections while being way behind in per capita testing.

In the next 2-3 weeks, the numbers will speak for themselves and eradicate debate on Trump's poor performance.

Steve.in.AZ

(13 posts)
45. He's incredibly stupid
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:12 AM
Mar 2020

if he thinks this bluster is going to help him. He never learns. He seems baffled when anyone stands up to him or ignores him.

Stupid.

steventh

(2,143 posts)
49. Haha Scarborough had the ad played not only once but 3 times back to back this morning.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:40 AM
Mar 2020

As if to see if ad was accurate. Good to see Scarborough using his show for good. The only inaccuracy he found was the number of cases in the ad was too low because the ad was made 2 days ago. Bwahaha.

smb

(3,452 posts)
60. I Love The Routine He Did...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:00 PM
Mar 2020

...playing the ad, acting puzzled, and then playing it again on the pretext of trying to figure out what part was false or inaccurate.

Fritz Walter

(4,281 posts)
53. Sounds like a cue for action for us!
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:55 AM
Mar 2020

The ad needs to go viral. And with so many of us practicing social distancing from home, we can do our part.



Copy the ad's link on YouTube and give it the widest dissemination: social media, email, text message, whatever. Let's make the hit-counter spin fast enough to push it to the top of YouTube's featured videos menu.

aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
58. Give me a break. This statement ...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:59 AM
Mar 2020
... comply with FCC licensing requirements, to serve the public interest, and to avoid costly and time-consuming litigation.”

Fox News should be stripped of their FCC license violating the requirement to serve the public interest by repeating Pendejo45 lies for 2 months!

This ad only highlights what Pendejo45 said. By stating that it violates to serve the public interests FCC requirement means he’s admitting that everything he’s said about coronavirus was against the public interest.

How stupid can he be?

imblue

(23 posts)
67. So once again
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:28 PM
Mar 2020

he is claiming he did not say what he said despite the irrefutable proof he said it. If you say you did not say something does that mean you did not say it? Where are you when we need you Rene Descartes?

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
68. They played the ad 3 times in a row on Morning Choade
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:29 PM
Mar 2020

"Just to make sure they understood the president's concerns". LOL

jmowreader

(50,451 posts)
75. I say, LET the bastard sue
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:53 PM
Mar 2020

The defense will then be entitled to conduct discovery, which involves subpoenaing him, putting him under oath and asking him if he really did say all these things we have multiple proofs he did say them.

If he says he did...case dismissed, and we’ve got an even better campaign ad to use against him.

If he says he didn’t...case still dismissed (because it is easily proved that he said them, the law basically says having mean things said about you is part of the price of being a public figure, and if a president really could sue someone for defamation that big building on Fifth Avenue would now be named “Obama Tower”) and we have an ironclad way to get rid of him because the Fucking Republicans have decided lying under oath is an impeachable offense.

Thunderbeast

(3,383 posts)
77. I think it is a mistake to laugh off his threat.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:56 PM
Mar 2020

The core message here is that he wants to make the idea of a weaponized FCC something that becomes debatable...not absurd.

We have come to accept as fact that the DOJ is no longer independent. We have come to accept that the executuve is not bound courts and Congress.

How long until the press and free speech are victims of this wannabe dictator?

It starts with granting equal gravitas to lies cloaked in a framework of "fair and balanced". Another cornerstone of liberty is about to be put on the table for debate. He controls so many levers of power right now, that the unthinkable may become just another political football. If the 2018 midterms had not wrestled the House back, his authoritarian agenda would have progressed further.

BComplex

(7,982 posts)
90. I totally agree, Thunderbeast.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 06:17 PM
Mar 2020

He has the justice department to screw the constitution and all of our agencies. He is dangerous in the extreme.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
86. The only POSSIBLE - and extremely flimsy - argument in favour of this C&D letter is...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 01:41 PM
Mar 2020

...the text added at the end is editorializing, and not objective fact. (Even though it is.) Beyond that, he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Even giving that one second an undeserved examination, it is glaringly self-evident that EVERY country "needs a leader it can trust."

Trying to turn this into a legal argument is ridiculous, and counter-productive to his ends. All he's doing is bringing attention to his lies, and, in effect, claiming they are, in fact false and actionable.

I smell Rudy's handiwork here.

Lonestarblue

(9,880 posts)
87. For a minute there, I thought the claim was referring to Fox News.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 02:03 PM
Mar 2020

It was the words “patently false, misleading, and deceptive.”

With this rationale, we need lawyers to send a cease-and-desist letter to Fox with the same justification as for this ad, “your station has an obligation to cease and desist from airing it [misleading information] immediately to comply with FCC licensing requirements, to serve the public interest.”

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
92. He Doesn't Have Any Kind Of Case
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:10 PM
Mar 2020

It isn’t like the Ad makes up things about Twitler they play just the inane things he said.

You called it a “Democrat” Hoax, said the cases would dwindle from 15 to 12 ....to 0. Said it would just go away. You said no one could ever imagine such a thing. All dead wrong or a lie.

So you dug your own grave Drumpf. You don’t have a fat leg to stand on.

You are dumb and you are a serial liar. You are by far the worst President ever.....and we’ve had some below par ones.

You are the best reason yet to deep six the Electoral College.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
101. Good advertising
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:54 AM
Mar 2020

The bigger deal he makes out of this ad, the more people will see it.

What a stable genius he is, cuz you know he's like really, really smart.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
102. Does anyone know of a compilation of Fox Hosts
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:32 AM
Mar 2020

downplaying the virus as well? Would like to send it to my mom who denied they did any such thing.

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