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 hes an unhinged maniacal liar whos 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 Trumps 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] ads 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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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump calls journalists 'loco,' which is Spanish for crazy, during a press conference to discuss a revised U.S. trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. and Canadian officials announced late Sunday night that a new deal, named the 'U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement,' or USMCA, had been reached to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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PJMcK
(21,921 posts)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.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)false and misleading.
underpants
(182,278 posts)It's part of the public record. Comes with the job.
overleft
(353 posts)They don't like it when their own words get used to tell the truth about them.
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)Its a brilliant legal strategy if you think about it.
enid602
(8,524 posts)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.
Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)His lawyers need to send a cease-and-desist letter to the Coronavirus.
onetexan
(12,994 posts)Chili Pepper
(99 posts)
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)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)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.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)I hope it's being aired all over the country.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)So something about Trump should also get free airtime.
DENVERPOPS
(8,679 posts)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?
Grins
(7,134 posts)True Blue American
(17,972 posts)Especially after the cease and desist threat. I have seen it at least 6 times this morning and have not really been watching.
Pluvious
(4,278 posts)ck4829
(34,977 posts)ck4829
(34,977 posts)UpInArms
(51,252 posts)That are filled with lies and misinformation.
nykym
(3,063 posts)said they would run the pressers until the first lie then cut away.
So it should last no more than 30 seconds.
MontanaMama
(23,239 posts)Anybody seen Rudy lately?
groundloop
(11,488 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)he can frame for unleashing Corona Virus.
keithbvadu2
(36,367 posts)They_Live
(3,222 posts)from Russia. Oh...and where's Steve Bannon?
groundloop
(11,488 posts)Lie, cheat, steal, intimidate..... that's all he knows.
AllaN01Bear
(17,383 posts)marble falls
(56,358 posts)If anybody hasn't seen that ad, you bet they will now. Did Donny hire Devon Nunes' lawyer?
smb
(3,452 posts)marble falls
(56,358 posts)oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)period
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,485 posts)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)...who has based his entire career on lies.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)underpants
(182,278 posts)marble falls
(56,358 posts)underpants
(182,278 posts)marble falls
(56,358 posts)True Blue American
(17,972 posts)Mind? Or, something like that!
marble falls
(56,358 posts)underpants
(182,278 posts)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)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)The Refugees from Katrina. The one her Son mishandled. They had come into Texas.
DENVERPOPS
(8,679 posts)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
bucolic_frolic
(42,675 posts)Good luck with that
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)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)Are they going to complain to the FCC?
DENVERPOPS
(8,679 posts)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)Excellent ad. He will be crying like a baby!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Replete with lies and guaranteed to cost thousands if not millions of lives?
Lulu KC
(2,547 posts)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)This Russian snowflake needs to go!
Javaman
(62,439 posts)even though there is irrefutable proof.
NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)the ad is perfect. Must See video!!!
NCjack
(10,279 posts)IronLionZion
(45,259 posts)we must all do our part for America.
bluestarone
(16,721 posts)Just keeping HIS FUCKING LYING ASS MOUTH SHUT!
Aviation Pro
(12,053 posts)You worthless fuckturd.
TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)JudyM
(29,122 posts)tclambert
(11,080 posts)Yay?
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Jarqui
(10,110 posts)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)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.
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)steventh
(2,143 posts)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)...playing the ad, acting puzzled, and then playing it again on the pretext of trying to figure out what part was false or inaccurate.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)it was a delightful trolling of DT!
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,281 posts)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.
burrowowl
(17,606 posts)Initech
(99,914 posts)ck4829
(34,977 posts)aggiesal
(8,864 posts)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 hes admitting that everything hes said about coronavirus was against the public interest.
How stupid can he be?
JenniferJuniper
(4,496 posts)today. Poor Humpty Trumpty!
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,593 posts)imblue
(23 posts)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)"Just to make sure they understood the president's concerns". LOL
paleotn
(17,781 posts)Go fuck yourself.
capechacon
(91 posts)and he is him. (with apologies to Walt Kelly and Pogo)
Raven123
(4,715 posts)jmowreader
(50,451 posts)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 weve got an even better campaign ad to use against him.
If he says he didnt...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.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,383 posts)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)He has the justice department to screw the constitution and all of our agencies. He is dangerous in the extreme.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Because this is all him.
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)bighart
(1,565 posts)LizBeth
(9,946 posts)ck4829
(34,977 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)...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)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.
BComplex
(7,982 posts)Of course, he never read the constitution.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)It isnt 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 dont 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 weve had some below par ones.
You are the best reason yet to deep six the Electoral College.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)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)downplaying the virus as well? Would like to send it to my mom who denied they did any such thing.