MAGA world consumed by infighting

[marmar]

(Salon) With Donald Trump's presidency now in the past, competing factions are emerging among TrumpWorld characters who are now in open conflict with each other. From MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's beef with Fox News to former Parler CEO John Matze's clashing with his former employer, longtime allies in the MAGA movement, are now turning against each other.

On Tuesday alone, several such feuds were on display. The day began with the news that formerly Trump-allied lawyer Sidney Powell, who once made grand, if entirely unsupported, claims about Dominion Voting Systems, alleging it had plotted to steal votes from Trump and deliver them to Joe Biden, had more or less backed down from her legal fight. Powell asked a judge to dismiss Dominion's $1.3 billion lawsuit against her and various other defendants, with her attorneys arguing in a letter to the judge that "no reasonable person" should have believed Powell's wild claims about the election.

"Reasonable people understand that the 'language of the political arena, like the language used in labor disputes ... is often vituperative, abusive and inexact,'" Powell's motion to dismiss read. "It is likewise a 'well-recognized principle that political statements are inherently prone to exaggeration and hyperbole.'"

Powell's legal strategy is strikingly similar to the legal argument previously deployed by Fox News host Tucker Carlson used in court, who suggested that what he says on the air shouldn't be taken seriously because he's expressing an opinion — on a channel that claims to deliver news. ...........(more)

https://www.salon.com/2021/03/24/maga-world-civil-war-not-quite--but-pro-trump-figures-are-squabbling/

[dawg day]

1. Not sure the judge will agree

That the language in LEGAL filings should be "vituperative, inexact, and abusive". Actually, it's supposed to be measured and exact.

Notice also the bothsidesism, not just "all political" but also labor disputes, which are completely irrelevant here.

[Dustlawyer]

2. She is a lawyer not a satirist. She made these statements in a legal arena.

She cannot claim that it is “entertainment “ like Fox News claims they are. This will end badly for her as she has pretty much just admitted liability in the civil case. She knew the statements were false when she uttered them.

[Treefrog]

3. Good news imo!