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[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 117 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I hope he speaks so long that he dies of heat stroke.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ah yes, the reverse William Henry Harrison

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That would be alright with me too.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not with me. He must do time in prison. I don't care if it's house arrest. I want him to experience being locked up.

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just want him gone and quiet.

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[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

No! I want to see him in prison!

Plus if he dies now, his base will elevate his persona. Read about Venezuela. Or, hell, see what happened with Jesus!

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're going to do that regardless of how he dies. He could go peacefully in his sleep and they're going to martyr him anyway

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sure. But the rest of my wish still stands. I wish to see him in prison, even if it's house arrest.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

I say we put him in the stockades and throw tomatoes at him

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Get him a hector Salamanca setup, complete with a bell

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (9 children)

I'd be happier if he ran off to a non extradition country. They can still elect him from prison, he wouldn't be a martyr. I don't care as long as he is out of my hair.

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[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Oh what a dream.

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[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 97 points 5 months ago

I hope he plans to talk about how global warning is made up.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Id rather stand somewhere cold all day than somewhere hot. You can always add more layers for heat, but you can only take off so much to cool off before you get arrested lol

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 13 points 5 months ago

Tbf, it might be difficult to find layers when you're stranded.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago

There’s a point in heat where it becomes advantageous to wear light coloured clothes that cover your body.

Sweat doesn’t evaporate as fast so it works longer and keeping the sun off your skin.

Just gotta get used to being sweaty 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm the opposite, heat sucks but at least it isn't straight up painful like single digit/subzero temps can be. That being said, I remember being in Kuwait when it was around 130°F out and it was absolutely miserable. I was in the Army and had to stop through their on my way to R&R and the 3 days I was there waiting for my flight were horrible. All the transient areas were just tents, and the portable AC units they had hooked up to them couldn't keep up and the temps during the day never got below ~90°F.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I was gonna say "Clearly you've never been in the desert!" but then you mentioned playing in the sandbox and I get that.

That said, even in Texas, a good 90% of the summer is "Going outside will sting, staying outside will burn in a matter of moments" weather. I've had those 110°+ days and those "So far below zero the LCDs in your car freeze" days of Upstate NY during a lake effect blizzard and all I can say is, both suck.

That said, I prefer the cold. This is coming from a prior cold weather injury as well but I fall back on "No bad weather, just bad gear."

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago (4 children)

He’s more interested in people hearing him speak than the health and safety of his future constituents.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Were you alive during COVID? A lot of his supporters were... and are no longer around.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

I'm still here. - Herman Cain

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

That part, at least, is not news

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

“I don’t want anybody going on me. We need every voter. I don’t care about you. I just want your vote,”

This was one of the three Trump quotes they have in the article. He added he was just joking but pretty sure he was serious.

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

After that remark he said the media will say he is horrible, as if the media is the problem for telling everyone exactly what he said.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

He's had rallies where they are left in the cold with no transportation after.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's ok to hand out water here, but not when people are in lines for voting right? 🥴

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well I mean it totally depends on how racist the policy is. Supplying water here isn't racist at all, so the GOP has no problem with it.

[–] dvoraqs@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

When would supplying water be racist?

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

Someone should tell them that 'real men' aren't affected by a little heat.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

I'm sure MAGA water will be at $7 per bottle

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

"Read my lips: There is no Global Warming!"

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

With all that sun, maybe he'll get a real tan.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago

What could go wrong?

[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Someone gotta hack the prompters and put a bunch of 4 syllables words in his speech. I heard he struggles with those.

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

The lizards will all start basking in that... Think their skin-suits will melt before they realize they are on camera?

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 5 months ago

Do one in Phoenix next!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump ‘s campaign is hiring extra medics, loading up on fans and water bottles and allowing supporters to carry umbrellas to an outdoor rally Sunday in Las Vegas, where temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius).

Trump is returning to Nevada, one of the top battleground states in the November election, for his second rally since he was found guilty in a hush-money scandal.

The unprecedented conviction of a former president has juiced Trump’s fundraising and galvanized his supporters, but it remains to be seen whether it will sway swing voters.

Campaign organizers say they will have ample water bottles to hand out to attendees and that cooling tents will be place throughout the venue.

During a Trump rally in Arizona on Thursday, the Phoenix Police Department said 11 people were transported to hospitals, treated and released for heat exhaustion.

Trump’s Nevada rally, his third in the state this year, comes on the tail end of a Western swing that included several high-dollar fundraisers where he was expected to rake in millions of dollars.


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[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Randall false flagg, lol.

Sorry, I'm on a King kick, as of late.

[–] diykeyboards@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

M-O-O-N. That spells 'felon.'

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
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