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Jilly_in_VA

(10,008 posts)
Fri Dec 30, 2022, 05:55 PM Dec 2022

Trump asked Kushner if it was possible to trademark the phrase 'Rigged Election': report

On Friday, CNN reported that former President Donald Trump had a top aide ask his son-in-law Jared Kushner whether it would be possible to trademark the phrase "Rigged Election," just days after the presidential election was called for Joe Biden in 2020.

The information was revealed in emails provided by Kushner, an adviser in Trump's White House, and released as part of the final batches of transcripts from the House January 6 Select Committee.

"On November 9, 2020, then-Trump aide Dan Scavino emailed Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, with the request from Trump," reported Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, and Kate Sullivan. "'Hey Jared! POTUS wants to trademark/own rights to below, I don’t know who to see – or ask…I don’t know who to take to,' the email from Scavino reads, according to a transcript of Kushner’s testimony to the committee, which was released by the panel on Friday. Two phrases were bolded in the email: 'Save America PAC!' and 'Rigged Election!'"

"Kushner forwarded the request and discussed it on an email chain that included Eric Trump, the President’s son; Alex Cannon, a Trump campaign lawyer; Sean Dollman, the chief financial officer of Trump’s 2020 campaign, and Justin Clark, a Trump campaign lawyer," said the report, noting that Kushner wrote "Guys - can we do ASAP please?"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-asked-kushner-if-it-was-possible-to-trademark-the-phrase-rigged-election-report/

This is beyond silly

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Trump asked Kushner if it was possible to trademark the phrase 'Rigged Election': report (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Dec 2022 OP
He doesn't know how to use the English language, woodsprite Dec 2022 #1
Incredible! I wonder, can "Trump the Loser" be copyrighted! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2022 #2
Marketing genius had to ask about trademark/copyright law? Seriously? bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #3
There are a few more phrases we could trademark..... TheRealNorth Dec 2022 #4
It's all about money. FeelingBlue Dec 2022 #5

bucolic_frolic

(43,338 posts)
3. Marketing genius had to ask about trademark/copyright law? Seriously?
Fri Dec 30, 2022, 06:32 PM
Dec 2022

He always seems to believe it's his brilliant buzz words that will cut through to the public and make him top dog again. Totally sees the world as a marketer. "Trump" means trump to him, that which invalidates all others and permits his triumph as Exalted Leader in All Things.

What a pompous and delusional AH!

TheRealNorth

(9,500 posts)
4. There are a few more phrases we could trademark.....
Fri Dec 30, 2022, 06:34 PM
Dec 2022

"Fake News"
"Witch Hunt"
"Failing New York Times"
Etc.

Not that we would ever revieve payment from TFG for using them, because he never pays anyone.

FeelingBlue

(683 posts)
5. It's all about money.
Fri Dec 30, 2022, 08:10 PM
Dec 2022

He’d sell bubblegum off the sidewalk or hair off the barber’s floor. Anything for a buck.

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