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FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 12:29 PM Mar 2017

GOP rep caught on hot mic trying to frame crowd as un-American



Michigan Republican caught plotting with aide to smear constituents as ‘un-American’ for booing him


https://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/michigan-republican-caught-plotting-with-aide-to-smear-constituents-as-un-american-for-booing-him/

Michigan Rep. David Trott (R), who represents the state’s 11th district, was met with nearly 1,000 constituents ready to confront him at a Town Hall meeting on March 18. Hundreds more remained outside.

Following the rowdy event where the congressman was booed, challenged, and protested for his stance against the Affordable Care Act, Trott and his aide were caught on a hot mic discussing angry constituents as “un-American,” according to a video by Indivisible Michigan. Trott’s aide planned to portray the Town Hall attendees in that light.
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GOP rep caught on hot mic trying to frame crowd as un-American (Original Post) FrodosNewPet Mar 2017 OP
David Trott cashes out of the family business to try to hide from his role of parasitic leech on ... FrodosNewPet Mar 2017 #1
If it hadn't been for the hot mic janterry Mar 2017 #2

FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)
1. David Trott cashes out of the family business to try to hide from his role of parasitic leech on ...
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 06:47 AM
Mar 2017
David Trott cashes out of the family business to try to hide from his role of parasitic leech on the jugular vein of society

http://www.eclectablog.com/2014/08/david-trott-cashes-out-of-the-family-business-to-try-to-hide-from-his-role-of-parasitic-leech-on-the-jugular-vein-of-society.html

August 14, 2014


There is no question that Republican 11th District Congressional candidate David Trott has gotten enormously wealthy at the misfortune of others. He has literally made millions upon millions of dollars from foreclosing on homes. Not only that, back in 2007, right as the subprime mortgage meltdown was beginning in earnest, Trott publicly endorsed them as “a perfectly appropriate product” that “a lot of borrowers are real successful in”. It’s not surprising that he would give them his seal of approval. Those same subprime mortgages, sold to people who had no business getting a mortgage, were largely responsible for the devastating economic calamity that enriched Trott and his business partners at Trott & Trott.

Dave Trott is attempting to shed the “foreclosure attorney” label slapped on him by opponents one week after winning a Republican congressional primary and smooth the way for potential victory in a GOP-leaning district.

Trott’s campaign confirmed Wednesday he is selling his stake in the law firm his father started, Trott & Trott PC, which processes home foreclosures for banks and lending institutions.

The Birmingham businessman sold his interest in the Farmington Hills-based law firm to fellow partners Jeffrey Raff, Marcy Ford and Jeff Weisserman.

 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
2. If it hadn't been for the hot mic
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 07:14 AM
Mar 2017

he would have gotten away with what he wanted, from none other than the truth-diggers at Fox News:

WATCH: GOP Rep Booed at Town Hall for Voicing Support for Military -
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/19/republican-congressman-booed-town-hall-military-support-michigan-dave-trott

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