They know this is bad bad bad bad bad.

[Qutzupalotl]

Link to tweet

[Skittles]

1. I agree with this assessement

Trump seemed to be PLEADING his case (the usually lying).

[oasis]

2. Trump will become more and more unglued as this story gains

momentum. He'll be blabbering and blubbering like never before. Squirm baby, squirm.

[Cha]

6. lol.. the Puppet will be thinking about this getting Out when

he's supposed to be concentrating on Mas Propaganda!

Jeffrey Goldberg!

[Blue Owl]

3. Bye Don!

[Cha]

4. Warning.. Heavy Dry Sarcasm..

Link to tweet

[dawg day]

5. Trump followers are nuts, including the professional ones.

Ben Domenech is the SON-IN-LAW of John McCain. His wife is (understandably) quite devoted to the memory of her father Sen McCain.

So what do you think? Link to tweet
" target="_blank">Is choosing Trump over your own wife grounds for divorce?

[Cha]

9. I think Ben Domenech is an Idiot..

Link to tweet

[Greybnk48]

7. This will be a stake through Trump's black, fucking heart.

I have never once predicted that something in particular would bring him down. He's gotten away with so much. When he sailed past the Access Hollywood "grab 'em by the pussy" tape, I know we were in deep trouble; that this was a cult.

This is a whole new ballgame and this will be the end of Trump.

[regnaD kciN]

8. If the "Russian bounty on U.S. troops" story didn't bring him down, why will this...?

Trumpers are emotionally invested in their leader. They really believe that, if he isn't kept in power, abortion and same-sex marriage will become permanent and irreversible, Christianity will be outlawed, guns will be confiscated, and a whole army of "woke" minority and antifa types will move in and establish a dictatorship where they, as "normal" white Americans, will be turned into second-class citizens.

Do you really think they'll allow that cavalcade of horrors, just because their President was a little "indiscreet" about soldiers who have been dead for over a century?

[Thekaspervote]

12. No, but the military vote usually leans gop. With strong voices like the maj gen that spoke out

I think they can be swayed

[Greybnk48]

14. I know right wingers who accepted the "both sides do it" bs and that the US

has put bounties on foreign soldiers. This is different. This is mocking our brave soldiers who died for us by calling them suckers for fighting for their country in the first place.

This is a death blow for Trump.

[RhodeIslandOne]

16. He's already lost a lot of ground in military polls

Military Times conducted a poll that shows Biden leading amongst service members. That is absolutely unheard of. In 2016 Trump won those polls easily.

[Duppers]

17. My very thought too.

Btw, can someone please post/repost the pic of the little boy told that his dead father had a bounty on his head (something to that effect)?

It was so moving that I want to print it out & post it around my rightwing neighborhood right before the election. Lots of retired military here.

Thanks.

[Duppers]

26. Image: "Sorry son but Putin paid a bounty..."

Sorry son but Putin paid a bounty for your Dad's life and Trump doesn't care.

[Cha]

10. Nice imagery.. I hope so.

[Thekaspervote]

11. Oh gosh I do so hope you are right

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. It will be "yet another" stake through his heart.

There are so many, starting with the 2016 campaign, never stopping. His heart looks like a porcupine.

Yet he walks on. Sort of.

GOTV is the only effective stake.

[Cosmocat]

23. Yep

It might draw a little blood but it isnt a mortal blow.

Only hope is voting like our lives depend on it.

[betsuni]

13. I wish it were on tape, like the scene in the Batman movie where The Penguin's

speech is interrupted by recordings of him calling Gotham's citizens pinheads and that he's played the city like a harp from Hell and everybody gets mad and chases him.

[flibbitygiblets]

15. Thank you for that image

I shall cherish it!

[mnmoderatedem]

21. there's already stuff like that

Access Hollywood, his comments on McCain being captured, etc. His lemmings will never hold him accountable for anything, period.

[betsuni]

22. Well, in the movie people weren't brainwashed by right-wing talk radio/Fox News.

So people were sane and still had common sense. As far as I remember. The U.S. is now like a bad unbelievable movie.

[Hekate]

19. If anyone did as you fantasize, they would find themselves in a world of hurt w the SS...

...and very likely a stay in federal prison for making those threats.

So, very bad idea. Though perhaps you could test this idea yourself and report back to us after you get your one phone call.

[riversedge]

24. I noticed the WH very QUICK response and I thought--whow--Trumps comments

really might help do him in this time.

[dewsgirl]

25. They know this is really, really bad.

[MatthewG.]

27. It won't matter.

Trump’s supporters aren’t moved by Trump saying stupid or obnoxious things. If it’s not caught on camera they won’t believe it. If it is caught on camera they’ll say “everyone knows Trump’s a loudmouth.... but, but .... Biden supports burning cities down!”

Rinse and repeat.

[chriscan64]

28. I was curious about how NBC's Today would cover it.

They led with the denial and kept the denial in the graphic for the whole story. Expect the "fake news" approach and all that it entails. I fear that this will be just another speed bump like the Russian bounty story. Any voter who is prone to be moved by the story and believe the sourcing and documentation has probably already moved against Trump for other transgressions.

That said, I hope this story has a long shelf life. It would be nice if the sources stood up and put their names to it, about one every other day or so to keep it going.