Trump decided to use the announcement of his Lawsuit for another grievance session...

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Shouldn't that get a trigger alert? NT

[OLDMDDEM]

4. Any time he talks

should trigger an alert. Better yet, he should be ignored.

[StarfishSaver]

2. I'm amazed there are still any Black people willing to stand behind this guy

But I guess there are always a few ...

[sop]

10. Who are they? Paid crisis actors for Trump's latest disaster?

[Botany]

3. Trump, "You know the health authority."

What the hell is "the health authority" No Donny I don't know it. The fucker is nutz.

[BlueJac]

5. Stay home you worthless turd.

Quit stirring shit! Traitor!

[Murphyb849]

6. What in the actual f##k was THAT

Yeah why listen to physicians you bazooka mouth hamster headed sociopath?
600000 wasn't big trouble? I watched patients die agonizing deaths without loved ones. They died alone. I got high viral load covid from caring for these poor people and am now home dealing with long haul covid. I am literally sick to my stomach and it's time to bring back biblical smiting. ⚡⚡⚡

[Botany]

15. Are you part of "the health authority?"

BTW what the hell is the health authority?

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Only a moron would believe this horseshit.

Most of us remember what you were not doing 16 months ago. You made the pandemic far worse with your brazen stupidity, Don.

[Caliman73]

13. Unfortunately, there are many out there.

There are people who only watch right wing media sources and who are only hearing how wonderful Trump was and how he was beset on all sides by enemies. We are dealing with people who tend toward conservatism/authoritarianism and they will gravitate toward information that fits their preconceived ideas about the world. Then they get caught up in the propaganda that right wing media feeds them.

Certainly, you can call them stupid, or morons. The process is emotional and psychological. This allows people in bad faith, to manipulate people who are of a certain disposition.

[Omnipresent]

8. There must be a few, high level contributors..

Trump can still grift from, before his return to a whitehouse in August.

[Blue Owl]

9. Wwwaaaaaaaahhhh! Wwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

[Wounded Bear]

11. Why would he do otherwise?

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. No attempt to explain in what way he "overrode" them, or why he thinks that was good

Just "you know the health authorities...". Well, yeah, we do, and they don't suggest injecting bleach.

[lindysalsagal]

14. Was melanoma there? I can't look.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Why Trump's 'class-action lawsuit' is so hard to take seriously

I agree with Steve Benen/ This is a fundraising stunt

Link to tweet

Complicating matters just a bit more, there have been related cases along these lines, and they've all failed: private social-media companies are not arms of the government, judges have ruled, and they have the authority to regulate content. Similarly, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects companies from such lawsuits, still exists, Trump's incessant whining about the provision notwithstanding.

So why bother? Why go through the motions with a misguided public-relations stunt, rooted entirely in dubious claims and conspiracy theories that don't make any sense?

There's no great mystery here: "Before Mr. Trump was done speaking, both the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee had sent text messages about the lawsuit and asked for contributions. Mr. Trump's political action committee sent its own solicitation shortly after the event ended. 'Donate NOW,' it said."

I don't doubt that many will fall for this. Republican voters who've been conditioned to believe that Twitter and Facebook are big meanies toward conservatives will likely grab their credit cards to show their support for Trump and this pointless exercise.

But that doesn't mean this lawsuit has merit; it means the opposite