By Randy Krehbiel
Four Republican candidates (click here) in the 1st Congressional District covered the usual issues — taxes, abortion, guns, immigration — during a Tuesday night forum at Tulsa Tech’s Lemley Campus, but the biggest commotion came near the end, when Danny Stockstill rose to moderator Russell Mills’ invitation to
criticize President Donald Trump.
In truth, Stockstill did not chide Trump so much as he did fellow Republicans who won’t hold the president accountable for his actions, especially toward women.
“We like President Trump because he says what he says and he means what he says,” Stockstill said in response to Mills’ question. “So why are we so afraid to say, ‘There’s no way I want my son to act like (Trump)’?
“If my daughter ever dates a man who treated her like he treats women, I’m going to use my Second Amendment,” Stockstill said. “If I ever find out my son has treated women the way he has, I don’t care how old (my son) is, I’m going to come down on him.
“If we can’t stand up and say out loud, ‘I disagree with President Trump in the way he treats people,’ shame on us.”.
“Shame on you!” shouted a woman near the stage.
Stockstill’s remarks were otherwise met with a scattering of applause, grumbling and silence.
Stockstill was responding to a question Mills had asked of four gubernatorial candidates one night earlier and repeated Tuesday: What did they think of U.S. Sen. James Lankford’s remark that he does not consider Trump a role model for children?...
Trump seems to have this 'thing' with sex offenders, right? He had that staff member that beat two of his former wives (click here) and was dating the communication director. Then the attempted murder guy (click here) was picked up at the White House. I think a lot of this speaks to the 'Don's network' of close advisers. They are on the opposite side of the Law Enforcers Trump states he loves so much.
"Trump Dating" looks like a Caucasian only site as well.
By Avi Selk
Trump.Dating (click here) is an odd site, and not just because it featured a convicted sex offender’s smiling face on its homepage. More on that shortly.
It’s strange in nearly every way a dating site could be strange. Its all-caps slogan — “MAKE DATING GREAT AGAIN! FIND YOUR PRO-TRUMP MATCH TODAY” — may be the least weird thing about it.
The site’s premise, at least, makes some sense: “like-minded people have a far better chance at success in a relationship,” as a news release announcing the site’s launch put it this month. “Users can rest assured every person they are talking to is behind the president, with red, white, and blue blood that flows for America each and every day.”
Nothing wrong with that. Who wants to have a border wall argument over wine? But Trump.Dating’s peculiarities begin to surface with the first mouse click and never quite stop.
...The common denominator among the site’s users is supposed to be that they, unlike most opinion poll respondents, support President Trump. But try to register, and the first thing you’re asked is whether you’re a “Straight Man” or “Straight Woman.” Gay people (let alone bisexual, transgender or queer) simply don’t exist in the menus....
Everyone deserves a second chance, but, the tone of the country is not especially accepting of sexual assault or harassment. It is a tough time for former sex offenders.
Sex offenders do set themselves at odds with society. There is the registry and fear by most parents that child molesters and pedophiles are simply a danger that should not be tolerated, hence, the registry. So, the idea a former sex offender could successfully attract people to a dating site is really out on the extremes as to what is possible.
"Trump Dating" (click here)
February 20, 2018By Sofia Lotto Persio
...The photo (click here) serving as a backdrop to the registration menu portrayed a couple, the man wearing a red “Trump” cap backward and the woman a pink hat reading “Make America Great Again.”
Local North Carolina news website Triad City Beat identified the couple as Barrett Riddleberger, also known as Brett, and Jodi Riddleberger, Greensboro residents who were involved in setting up a Tea Party–inspired Conservatives for Guilford County political action committee (C4GC)....
...Barrett's criminal record then resurfaced a few years later, when the Riddleberger couple was among the plaintiffs in a defamation lawsuit against Greensboro blogger Jeff Martin, who wrote a satirical blog post saying that C4GC's most prominent members included the owners of a strip club and a child sex offender. According to a Greensboro News & Record report of the lawsuit, Barrett had filmed himself having sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was a 25-year-old man....
Then there is the issue of what Trump says and what Trump does. He wrapped himself in the LGBT flag during his campaign, but, once in office turned his back on them.
Now, the LGBTQ community can't even ask a Christian to back a wedding cake. This is America?
Then there is the issue of what Trump says and what Trump does. He wrapped himself in the LGBT flag during his campaign, but, once in office turned his back on them.Now, the LGBTQ community can't even ask a Christian to back a wedding cake. This is America?
