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Jimbo101

(776 posts)
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 03:20 PM Jul 2017

Jim Bakker Proposes A Class Action Lawsuit Against Those Literally Stripping The Power From Trump

Besides selling "Apocalypse Chow" - Bakker has another project.

Right Wing Watch

In a conversation with pro-Trump “prophet” Frank Amedia this week, televangelist Jim Bakker proposed that “all the church people” band together to launch a “class action suit against them, whoever they are” who are “literally stripping the power from the president of the United States.”

“We were headed to having a president, a leader, who had no power,” Bakker marveled. “They were literally stripping the power from the president of the United States. If we would have had an army attack us, they want to take his power away.”

He then proposed a “class action suit against them, whoever they are, whoever’s taking the power from America because they’re destroying the United States of America.”

“They’ve unelected a president,” Bakker said. “It’s wrong! It should be a great crime.”

Later in the program, Amedia shared prophecies that he has been receiving through his POTUS Shield project, including that God has planned three “shifts” in the Supreme Court during the Trump administration, including the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch, an upcoming retirement, and lastly Justice Sonia Sotomayor allowing God to “transform and move in her life.”

He added that while the Supreme Court is on recess it’s important to pray that the justices “have encounters and visitations from God.”

“I believe God will move right into their bedrooms, right into their children, the children will speak, their aides will speak and things will happen in their lives,” he said.

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Jim Bakker Proposes A Class Action Lawsuit Against Those Literally Stripping The Power From Trump (Original Post) Jimbo101 Jul 2017 OP
Felon jim bakker... spanone Jul 2017 #1
He should pray to his god to stay his stupidity. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #2
People opposed to autocracy should countersue ck4829 Jul 2017 #3
He must be taking some really powerful hallucinogens if he believes a word he is saying. Eugene Jul 2017 #4
"A class action lawsuit against them, whoever they are" SharonClark Jul 2017 #5
I guess he was in a coma between 2009 and 2016 Crunchy Frog Jul 2017 #6
Word is that he just got out of prison meow2u3 Jul 2017 #7
He's been out since 1994. LeftInTX Jul 2017 #15
Runnin' to the courthouse, eh Jimmy? gratuitous Jul 2017 #8
Crazed. Turbineguy Jul 2017 #9
That won't work. cloudbase Jul 2017 #12
Thought he was dead. nt doc03 Jul 2017 #10
No, just his soul... HopeAgain Jul 2017 #11
said thing better than i could dembotoz Jul 2017 #13
He needs to pay his debt to the IRS before he does anything else. hamsterjill Jul 2017 #14
I don't know about the ones willing to send a "love offering" to his ministry---- Grammy23 Jul 2017 #16
That's his latest scam? Dehydrated provisions? hamsterjill Jul 2017 #17
this pastor will do anything to help out a crooked used-car salesman SethH Jul 2017 #18
Is this the guy who taught Law at Trump University? struggle4progress Jul 2017 #19
"Whoever they are" NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #20
If this scumbag is in heaven, I want to go to hell. roamer65 Jul 2017 #21

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
2. He should pray to his god to stay his stupidity.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 03:25 PM
Jul 2017

That way his god can move right into his bedroom, right into his brain, his mind will work, his tongue will stop moving, and the stupid things in his life he feels the need to share won't happen.

Eugene

(61,872 posts)
4. He must be taking some really powerful hallucinogens if he believes a word he is saying.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 03:27 PM
Jul 2017

He's not just showing a basic ignorance of the law, he has a fundamental break from reality.

How much money does want for this scam^h^h^h^hproject?

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
5. "A class action lawsuit against them, whoever they are"
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 03:30 PM
Jul 2017

and I bet the grafter is raising money from the morons right now.

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)
6. I guess he was in a coma between 2009 and 2016
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 03:30 PM
Jul 2017

or he would have started talking lawsuits years ago.

Did he not notice that a president wasn't even able to get a hearing for his SC nominee?

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
7. Word is that he just got out of prison
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 03:31 PM
Jul 2017

only to continue his criminal enterprise of using religion to con people.

LeftInTX

(25,258 posts)
15. He's been out since 1994.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 04:28 PM
Jul 2017

Maybe he laid low because he was on parole.

He seems to have been in the news lately. My hunch is he's no longer on parole.

Grifters gotta grift...

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. Runnin' to the courthouse, eh Jimmy?
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 03:35 PM
Jul 2017

I thought he-man Christians settled things without going to court? But now you want a class action of unspecified plaintiffs to sue unspecified defendants for a great crime? Sounds like you don't quite understand the court system, Jim. I seem to recall something pretty severe said in the Bible about people who bear false witness, and some hard things said about people who use their position to deceive others, and some really hard things about "leaders" who deceive God's little ones.

Better check yourself before you wreck yourself, Jimbo.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
14. He needs to pay his debt to the IRS before he does anything else.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 04:16 PM
Jul 2017

Once a con man, always a con man.

Serious question: Who are the dumbasses left who would actually give this man money? I mean, seriously.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
16. I don't know about the ones willing to send a "love offering" to his ministry----
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 05:30 PM
Jul 2017

But apparently fear is selling nicely in his latest scam....er....operation. His "stock up on dehydrated beef stroganoff" division seems to be thriving hawking buckets of prepper foods. I never stuck around long enough to determine exactly what version of fear he was peddling but the contents of the bucket are said to be good for 25 years. Oh, yummy!

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
17. That's his latest scam? Dehydrated provisions?
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 05:37 PM
Jul 2017

Oh, man - that's gotta be good for a laugh or two!!!

I realize that there are people who actually fall for this kind of baloney, and it's really sad that there are people out there so lonely, so depressed, so afraid, so stupid, as to actually send money to these scam artists.

That said, it simply amazes me that ANYONE would part with hard earned money for a guy who has been put in prison for being a fraud.

SethH

(170 posts)
18. this pastor will do anything to help out a crooked used-car salesman
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 05:44 PM
Jul 2017

http://www.vindy.com/news/2001/oct/11/lawyer-phony-lie-tests-helped/

Earlier in the day, Robert E. Harvey Jr. and Frank Amedia told the jury how they took part in a scheme to fix an odometer rollback case in 1994 for $200,000.

Harvey and Phillip Courtney once owned Courtney-Harvey Ford Mercury in Canfield. They lost the dealership after being convicted in the odometer rollback scheme.

Harvey's close friend, Amedia, served as chief executive officer of Forte Industries, a window manufacturing company on Albert Street in Youngstown. He retired to Miami in May 2000. Earlier in the day, Robert E. Harvey Jr. and Frank Amedia told the jury how they took part in a scheme to fix an odometer rollback case in 1994 for $200,000. Harvey and Phillip Courtney once owned Courtney-Harvey Ford Mercury in Canfield. They lost the dealership after being convicted in the odometer rollback scheme. Harvey's close friend, Amedia, served as chief executive officer of Forte Industries, a window manufacturing company on Albert Street in Youngstown. He retired to Miami in May 2000.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
20. "Whoever they are"
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:31 PM
Jul 2017

When filing a lawsuit, class action or not, you really do need to have persons or entities you're suing. Not to mention you need a more defined group of suers than "church people." Bakker once again proves he's a moron.

Lawyers on DU correct me if I'm wrong, but that seems to be just common sense.

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