Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.🧵 (38/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Examples of #GOP extremism.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112043283156434619
🧵 (39/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Few things were more idiotic than when #Republicans started asking people if they are "better off now than they were four years ago" (when we had an uncontrolled #pandemic and economic collapse.)
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112062060007351445
Few things were more idiotic than when #Republicans started asking people if they are "better off now than they were four years ago" (when we had an uncontrolled #pandemic and economic collapse.)
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112062060007351445
🧵 (40/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) #Republicans tried to convince voters "#Biden is unfit for office", only to have it backfire massively.
https://mstdn.social/@MessagingMatters/112084257323504289
(video) #Republicans tried to convince voters "#Biden is unfit for office", only to have it backfire massively.
https://mstdn.social/@MessagingMatters/112084257323504289
MessagingMatters (@[email protected])
#Democrats flip the script on #Republican's sham hearing with a supercut of receipts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q70Hqn4_QY0
🧵 (41/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
#DonTheCon's legacy of corruption (from CREW.)
https://mastodon.world/@ForeverExpat/112104285258141129
#DonTheCon's legacy of corruption (from CREW.)
https://mastodon.world/@ForeverExpat/112104285258141129
ForeverExpat (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] Point to one clown, Menendez, and paint all Ds as corrupt vs the staggering Trump grift & influence machine. - Explicitly pumped his properties and brand throughout his presidency. Hosting events, promising access. 1/3 time as prez at his own resorts. https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/president-trump-legacy-corruption-3700-conflicts-interest/ - Add in his family, cabinet, and business partners. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/opinion/trump-administration-corruption-conflicts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare - Add in his exec order to fire whistleblowers & fired inspectors general https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/10/31/donald-trumps-record-on-corruption-and-conflicts-of-interest But Ds are the same?
🧵 (42/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
HOW is this race even *close*???
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112241644565745855
HOW is this race even *close*???
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112241644565745855
🧵(43/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Seth Meyers spends ten minutes identifying #Biden's opponent. 👍
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112055601159210444
(video) Seth Meyers spends ten minutes identifying #Biden's opponent. 👍
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112055601159210444
🧵(44/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) "Morning Joe" takes a look at the #hypocrisy of #Republicans who once criticized/condemned/warned us about #TheOrangeMenace only to then go crawling back. #Pathetic
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112292297128026381
(video) "Morning Joe" takes a look at the #hypocrisy of #Republicans who once criticized/condemned/warned us about #TheOrangeMenace only to then go crawling back. #Pathetic
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112292297128026381
🧵(45/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) T**** is Senile.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112343258794058686
(video) T**** is Senile.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112343258794058686
🧵(46/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
As #OrangeHitler panics, his #Fascist rhetoric only grows:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112348888810149104
As #OrangeHitler panics, his #Fascist rhetoric only grows:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112348888810149104
🧵(47/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Don't like the war in #Gaza? KNOW that #Netanyahu and #OrangeHitler are good buddies, and T**** famously said of the #Israel/Gaza conflict: "Let it play out."
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112411366607410061
Don't like the war in #Gaza? KNOW that #Netanyahu and #OrangeHitler are good buddies, and T**** famously said of the #Israel/Gaza conflict: "Let it play out."
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112411366607410061
🧵(48/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
When the #ConvictedFelon ran against #Hillary in 2016 and they accused her of "mishandling #classified info", T**** declared "No one is above the law!" (video. Heads up #DNC.)
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112422805319548317
When the #ConvictedFelon ran against #Hillary in 2016 and they accused her of "mishandling #classified info", T**** declared "No one is above the law!" (video. Heads up #DNC.)
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112422805319548317
🧵(49/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) During the 2020 #Debates, #DonnieDumbass predicted that "if #Biden is elected, the economy will crash", followed by the new announcing another Record High for the #DOW.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112462116312705386
(video) During the 2020 #Debates, #DonnieDumbass predicted that "if #Biden is elected, the economy will crash", followed by the new announcing another Record High for the #DOW.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112462116312705386
🧵(50/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Talk Radio's @thom.hartmann is also wondering (as am I) how someone as painfully stupid as #TheMangoMoron could possibly be so close to winning the election?
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112491329667433156
Talk Radio's @thom.hartmann is also wondering (as am I) how someone as painfully stupid as #TheMangoMoron could possibly be so close to winning the election?
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112491329667433156
🧵(51/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
#ICYMI, fmr T**** Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham gave a short 2 minute speech endorsing Kamala #Harris for president and giving a few behind-the-scene details about what #TheOrangeMenace is really like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90O4Bx2HwSk&list=RDNS90O4Bx2HwSk
#ICYMI, fmr T**** Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham gave a short 2 minute speech endorsing Kamala #Harris for president and giving a few behind-the-scene details about what #TheOrangeMenace is really like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90O4Bx2HwSk&list=RDNS90O4Bx2HwSk
Former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham full speech 2024 DNC day two (Aug. 20, 2024)
🧵(52/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(list) "Everyone else is lying to you. The only person you can trust is me." #ItsACult
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112535822338410227
(list) "Everyone else is lying to you. The only person you can trust is me." #ItsACult
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112535822338410227
🧵(53/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) "T**** is much better at losing fortunes than telling them." - Kimmel
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112544576703638603
(video) "T**** is much better at losing fortunes than telling them." - Kimmel
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112544576703638603
🧵(54/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Democrats have (in recent history) been held to a MUCH higher standard than Republicans (I argue this is b/c people expect more from us as the Adults in the Room.) #IOKIYAR
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112548258881226716
(video) Democrats have (in recent history) been held to a MUCH higher standard than Republicans (I argue this is b/c people expect more from us as the Adults in the Room.) #IOKIYAR
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112548258881226716
🧵(55/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Video made by the War Dept after WWII warning people: "Don't be a sucker" and believe what #Fascists promise you.
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/112515674847657495
Video made by the War Dept after WWII warning people: "Don't be a sucker" and believe what #Fascists promise you.
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/112515674847657495
🧵(56/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Fox newscasters clearly devastated by good news on the economy under #Biden.
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/112597870546894491
(video) Fox newscasters clearly devastated by good news on the economy under #Biden.
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/112597870546894491
🧵(57/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) #RFKJr compared #Gaza to Nazi Germany.
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/112615016598642168
(video) #RFKJr compared #Gaza to Nazi Germany.
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/112615016598642168
🧵(58/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Why doesn't The Media obsess over #DementiaDon's mental state the way they did #Biden's (despite all his bizarre comments & behavior?)
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112632035146281219
(video) Why doesn't The Media obsess over #DementiaDon's mental state the way they did #Biden's (despite all his bizarre comments & behavior?)
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112632035146281219
🧵(59/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
"All they are offering is violence." - #Maddow
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112637562167944330
"All they are offering is violence." - #Maddow
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112637562167944330
🧵(60/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
The T**** Admin's war on Dr. #Fauci is but one example of the #GOP's War on Expertise.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112637646666195898
The T**** Admin's war on Dr. #Fauci is but one example of the #GOP's War on Expertise.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112637646666195898
🧵(61/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Another brutal #FactCheck of #DementiaDon by Seth Meyers.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112637502318393825
(video) Another brutal #FactCheck of #DementiaDon by Seth Meyers.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112637502318393825
🧵(62/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
#Republicans show you exactly who they are every time they have unchecked power.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112655252856206964
#Republicans show you exactly who they are every time they have unchecked power.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112655252856206964
🧵(63/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Dispelling the myth that T**** was good for the economy.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112666379842661650
Dispelling the myth that T**** was good for the economy.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112666379842661650
🧵(64/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) John Oliver's exposure of #Project2025 went viral.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112668728588782850
(video) John Oliver's exposure of #Project2025 went viral.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112668728588782850
🧵(65/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) "Q: Why does Big Business support #BankruptTrump?
A: They don't.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112677156299277534
🧵(66/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
The ban on #Abortion has resulted in a RISE in #InfantMortality. 🤔
https://sciences.social/@alfiekohn/112678320487369061
The ban on #Abortion has resulted in a RISE in #InfantMortality. 🤔
https://sciences.social/@alfiekohn/112678320487369061
Alfie Kohn (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Can we stop calling these people "pro-life" now?
🧵(67/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Even when there was still some question as to what a #Potus can/cannot legally do, the #ConvictedFelon STILL committed dozens of crimes.
NOW imagine what he might do knowing His court gave him full immunity to do absolutely anything? 😱
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112716916051994317
🧵(68/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
5th of July next year under #TraitorTrump.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112728682059526623
5th of July next year under #TraitorTrump.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112728682059526623
🧵(69/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
My quick thoughts on #SCotUS giving someone like T**** unchecked power.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112723042102132600
My quick thoughts on #SCotUS giving someone like T**** unchecked power.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112723042102132600
🧵(70/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Viral video; Rachel #Maddow reminding us of who this #ConvictedFelon is.
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/112729441091385083
Viral video; Rachel #Maddow reminding us of who this #ConvictedFelon is.
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/112729441091385083
Democracy Matters :verified: (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 video #NeverAgainTrump #VoteBlueNoMatterWho
🧵(71/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Fox on #Hillary vs T****. #GOPHypocrisy #IOKIYAR
https://mstdn.party/@GoWeaponsHot/112730547754190228
Fox on #Hillary vs T****. #GOPHypocrisy #IOKIYAR
https://mstdn.party/@GoWeaponsHot/112730547754190228
Go Weapons Hot (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 video It's interesting to compare what #MAGA media said back then with what they say now. #Trump #Biden #Election2024
🧵(72/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) #PizzaTheHut calls #Harris "fat" & "pathetic".
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112730993876410577
(video) #PizzaTheHut calls #Harris "fat" & "pathetic".
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112730993876410577
🧵(73/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Ronald #Reagan bitch-slaps #MangoMussolini (if not the entire #GOP) from beyond the grave.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112733600117746013
(video) Ronald #Reagan bitch-slaps #MangoMussolini (if not the entire #GOP) from beyond the grave.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112733600117746013
🧵(74/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
#RFKJr... who is debating endorsing T****... confesses to sexually assaulting the babysitter in 1998.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112733906514278706
#RFKJr... who is debating endorsing T****... confesses to sexually assaulting the babysitter in 1998.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112733906514278706
🧵(75/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
#MeidasTouch points out the Media's astounding Double Standard when it comes to #Biden vs #DementiaDon.
https://www.threads.net/@meidastouch/post/C9EYWkYN6SJ
#MeidasTouch points out the Media's astounding Double Standard when it comes to #Biden vs #DementiaDon.
https://www.threads.net/@meidastouch/post/C9EYWkYN6SJ
🧵(76/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
The person #Republicans picked to be their nominee continues to astound me:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112746525488021602
The person #Republicans picked to be their nominee continues to astound me:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112746525488021602
🧵(77/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
I'M AMAZED this comment made by #OrangeHitler during his infamous "perfect phone call" with GASoS Brad #Raffensperger seeking "11,780 votes" hasn't gone viral.
WHY DID #OrangeHitler compliment Raffensperger's lawyer, "Ryan Germany", on his last name???
I have yet to hear ANYONE provide an innocent explanation for this. 🤨 #TrumpIsANazi
🧵(78/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Five truly awful things you may have overlooked re: #SCotUS' "T**** vs the U.S." ruling:
https://www.rawstory.com/here-are-5-truly-awful-things-you-may-have-overlooked-about-trump-v-united-states/
Five truly awful things you may have overlooked re: #SCotUS' "T**** vs the U.S." ruling:
https://www.rawstory.com/here-are-5-truly-awful-things-you-may-have-overlooked-about-trump-v-united-states/
Here are 5 truly awful things you may have overlooked about 'Trump v. United States'
As nearly everyone living above ground now knows, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted Donald Trump and future Presidents broad immunity for official acts they commit while in office. The Court’s 6-3 majority opinion in United States v. Trump, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, confers “absolute i...
🧵(79/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
"Special Prosecutors" are "Unconstitutional"?
Since when?
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112807415181005445
🧵(80/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(list) The people who have no business even THINKING about voting for #TheOrangeMenace:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112825585247973594
(list) The people who have no business even THINKING about voting for #TheOrangeMenace:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112825585247973594
🧵(81/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Not only will T**** abandon #Ukraine, but #Taiwan too.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112824262513808445
Not only will T**** abandon #Ukraine, but #Taiwan too.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112824262513808445
🧵(82/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
A REFRESHER on what the T**** years were REALLY like:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112830178121459899
A REFRESHER on what the T**** years were REALLY like:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112830178121459899
🧵(83/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(disturbing video) T**** telling #Evangelicals "they won't have to vote again" after he's elected. 🤔
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112865903580846843
(disturbing video) T**** telling #Evangelicals "they won't have to vote again" after he's elected. 🤔
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112865903580846843
🧵(84/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(video) Maddow asks the obvious question:
"What does T**** mean when he keeps telling people he 'doesn't need their vote'?" 🤔
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112875431763535500
🧵(85/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Fact Checking Lindsey Graham's ridiculous lies that "#Russia didn't invade #Ukraine and #Fentanyl wasn't coming into the U.S. under T****."
Dude. Ever hear of "Google"? 🤦♂️
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112903977319769489
🧵(86/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
More on the myth of how great #TheOrangeBibleSalesman was for business.
The eight largest drops in the DOW in history were under T****'s watch (three pre-#Covid).
https://mstdn.social/@Strandjunker/112910664147058289
Andrea Junker :verified: (@[email protected])
Top 8 largest Dow Jones drops in American history. 1. Trump, 3/9/20: -2,014 2. Trump, 3/11/20: -1,465 3. Trump, 2/27/20: -1,191 4. Trump, 2/5/18: -1,175 5. Trump, 2/8/18: -1,032 6. Trump, 2/24/20: -1,031 7. Trump, 2/25/20: -879 8. Trump, 10/10/18: -831 “Trump Cash” my ass.
🧵(87/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
#DonTheCon actually has NO principles he stands up for. His political positions are totally FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER (four examples.)
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112915233954760720
#DonTheCon actually has NO principles he stands up for. His political positions are totally FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER (four examples.)
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112915233954760720
🧵(88/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
T**** is now denying he ever promised to scrap any & all regulations affecting any corporation who donates a billion dollars to his campaign. 🤨
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112920457581076481
T**** is now denying he ever promised to scrap any & all regulations affecting any corporation who donates a billion dollars to his campaign. 🤨
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112920457581076481
🧵(89/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
(photo) LESS THAN THREE WEEKS after being "shot in the ear" (requiring he wear a pillow strapped to his head at the #Convention), #DonTheCon apparently enjoyed an amazing full recovery.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112892591914028970
(photo) LESS THAN THREE WEEKS after being "shot in the ear" (requiring he wear a pillow strapped to his head at the #Convention), #DonTheCon apparently enjoyed an amazing full recovery.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112892591914028970
🧵(90/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
T****'s supporters don't realize he IS the #DeepState he tells his supporters to fear.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112932183760120100
T****'s supporters don't realize he IS the #DeepState he tells his supporters to fear.
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112932183760120100
🧵(91/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
HOW OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY CAN ONE GET?
JD #Vance defends his running mate's denigration of "Medal of Honor" winners by calling the #SerialAdulterer the epitome of "loyalty". 🤦♂️
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/112988644330179124
🧵(92/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
A BRIEF LIST of failed promises by #DementiaDon:
o Never released his taxes.
o Healthcare For All that was better/cheaper than #Obamacare
o Build a Wall™ that Mexico pays for
o #LockHerUp
o Balance the #Budget
o Protect #ClassifiedDocs
o #DrainTheSwamp (his Admin WAS the swamp.)
o Declared he would protect LGBTQ rights
o Every week was "#InfrastructureWeek"
o Punish #China for "currency manipulation" (didn't just not do it, he declared they WEREN'T.)
🧵(93/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
No, #DonnieDumbass was NOT "better on the economy" than #Biden:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/113028395821792264
No, #DonnieDumbass was NOT "better on the economy" than #Biden:
https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/113028395821792264
🧵(94/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
The people who know him best aren't supporting him:
The people who know him best aren't supporting him:
🧵(95/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
As they see their lead slipping, they've turned the #Misogyny up to 11.
https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-disgusting-pig-trump-resorts-to-lewd-smears-as-campaign-panic-sets-in-218297413506
As they see their lead slipping, they've turned the #Misogyny up to 11.
https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-disgusting-pig-trump-resorts-to-lewd-smears-as-campaign-panic-sets-in-218297413506
DoJ: Trump Team Tried to Obstruct Justice (withheld classified docs) 220831
🧵(97/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Thank you, George Conway & "PsychoPAC":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o16GZJSoIkI
Thank you, George Conway & "PsychoPAC":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o16GZJSoIkI
Trump is Crazy. All his friends agree.
🧵(98/100) #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
#ICYMI Jimmy Kimmel noticed last night (Friday) that the #RWNJ media is back to asking their peanut-brained fans (with the memories of goldfish) if they "were better off FOUR years ago" (peak #Covid). #TooStupidForPolitics
#ICYMI Jimmy Kimmel noticed last night (Friday) that the #RWNJ media is back to asking their peanut-brained fans (with the memories of goldfish) if they "were better off FOUR years ago" (peak #Covid). #TooStupidForPolitics
He said it again yesterday:
"We have all the votes we need." #ReasonsNotToVoteForTrump
Louee@MugsysRapSheet So what? He says a lot of stupid things
@Janef
This is the third or fourth time he's openly told his supporters he doesn't need their vote, raising the question, "What is he planning?" 🤔
This is the third or fourth time he's openly told his supporters he doesn't need their vote, raising the question, "What is he planning?" 🤔