Victim in Chief

Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account on Thursday morning to attack the Lincoln Project and threaten them with a lawsuit after Fox News agreed to run one of their latest ads attacking the former president.

The ad [...] accuses Trump of manipulating his followers for financial gain with the narrator telling his fans he is "ripping them off" which apparently led to the former president to flip out.

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"The Perverts and Lowlifes of the Lincoln Project are back on, where else, Fox News. I thought they ran away to the asylum after their last catastrophic campaign, with charges made against them that were big time sleaze, and me getting many millions more votes in 2020 than I got in 2016," he wrote.

  Raw Story

As presidential as ever.

"The Paul Ryun run Fox only has high standards for 'Trump' ads, but not for anyone else. The Perverts should not be allowed to 'false advertise,' and Fox News should not allow it to happen."

"See you all in Court!!!" he concluded

Always with the empty threat of litigation.

Paul "Ryun".

Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson doesn't seem worried.

Pretty sure Fox isn't worried either.

The offending ad:

Do you think that after the Orange Asshole finally follows QEII to the underworld media outlets will keep tracking his despicable spawn?  Yeah, stupid question.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

And, speaking of ripping off his gullible travelers...Save America PAC is under scrutiny.

I hope it's true

It couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.

The Lincoln Project knows where all his buttons are

Never threaten to sue someone who wants to be sued

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Hope for the future

The fairytale

Ouch

Does New York have anti-SLAPP laws?

The Lincoln Project “will not be intimidated by empty bluster”, a lawyer for the group wrote late on Saturday, in response to a threat from an attorney for Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner over two billboards put up in Times Square.

“Sue if you must,” Matthew Sanderson said.

  The Guardian

Odds are it's just a typical Trump response to people who don't kowtow: we'll sue you.

On Friday, Marc Kasowitz, an attorney who has represented the president against allegations of fraud and sexual assault, wrote to the Lincoln Project, demanding the “false, malicious and defamatory” ads be removed, or “we will sue you for what will doubtless be enormous compensatory and punitive damages”.

The Lincoln Project responded that they would not remove the billboards, citing first amendment rights of free speech and the “reckless mismanagement of Covid-19” by the Trump White House.

In a legal response on Saturday night, attorney Matthew Sanderson told Kasowitz: “Please peddle your scare tactics elsewhere. The Lincoln Project will not be intimidated by such empty bluster … your clients are no longer Upper East Side socialites, able to sue at the slightest offense to their personal sensitivities.”

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Trump and Kushner have become public officials whom Americans “have the right to discuss and criticise freely”.

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“May I suggest,” he added, “that if Mr Kushner and Ms Trump are genuinely concerned about salvaging their reputations, they would do well to stop suppressing truthful criticism and instead turn their attention to the Covid-19 crisis that is still unfolding under their inept watch.

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Donald Trump “has honed litigation abuse, as a business person and president, to an art form,” [ University of Richmond law professor Carl] Tobias said. But “if they did sue, the litigation might take years to resolve, be expensive and lead to embarrassing revelations … suits like this by people who have thrust themselves into the public eye are notoriously difficult to win.

“In short, this appears to be the usual Trump family bluster.”

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The Lincoln Project is a group of former Republican consultants who have made it their mission to attack Donald Trump and support Joe Biden.

UPDATE 10/26: Anti-SLAPP in New York

Anti-SLAPP explainer

Own up

Yes, the narrator is Sam Elliott.  He's doing voice-overs for LP ads.

The guy who posted this tweet got roundly knocked in the comment section.

It looks appropriate, and something too many men were deprived of.

Trump shit getting you down?

Listen to this.  You'll feel better.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Brutal

LOL.  These guys are hilarious.  (Sound on.)

The Lincoln Project is going for the Latinx vote

This one will send him through the roof

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

No gore LP ad

And could somebody explain that first picture of Trump?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

The Lincoln Project has gone gore, folks

But they've pegged Lindsey.

Good one

Impotus Americanus

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

From Fallon via Lincoln Project

And all this time, I didn't think Republicans had a sense of humor.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

The Lincoln Project bump

This is a pretty good ad...

Dr. Gross (what a name) asked for campaign donations to keep it on the air.  The Lincoln Project posted in with Dr. Gross' Twitter followers at 7,000.  An hour later, he had 20,000.

Lincoln Project crankin' 'em out

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.