Trump calls out Youngkin amid 2024 chatter

The Hill ^ | 11/11/22 9:30 AM ET | BY CHLOE FOLMAR -

[RandFan]

Former President Trump on Friday took aim at Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) amid rumors that the businessman could run for president in 2024.

“I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him – or he couldn’t have come close to winning,” wrote Trump on his Truth Social account.

Trump has been hinting at announcing another bid for the White House as early as next week.

Trump also made a comment about Youngkin’s name sounding “Chinese” as he attributed the governor’s 2021 election win to his support.

“Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me,” said the former president.

The post by Trump comes a day after Youngkin’s Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) said that she “couldn’t” support Trump if he made a third bid for the Oval Office in 2024.

“I could not support him. I just couldn’t,” said Sears, adding that voters are saying “enough is enough” in relation to Trump through their midterm votes.

[Redmen4ever]

Humpty Trumpty didn’t build a great wall
Nevertheless he had a great fall
All the MAGA women
And all the MAGA men
Couldn’t put Trumpty together again

[CatHerd]

Trump could stand to read this Proverb: A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth calls for blows. A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

But a leopard can’t change his spots, so little good it worked or do, I suppose.

[lee martell]

I’ve been introducing myself to short novels by
two French ‘Absurdist’ authors; La Vie Devant ( The Life Before Us) and Albert Camus; The Stranger. Both very good books. I’m starting small; books 320 pages or less.

2 well told, fictional narritives, bordering on existentialism, but with easy to visualize and digest storylines. Not lost in the ether as with Jean Paul Sarte.

[mountainfolk]

I am wondering if Trump is inviting voters to have a look at who is supporting our favored candidates. Like attaching China to Youngkin. He is in a position to know the politics of those who are investing and supporting DeSantis and Youngkin. I do not hear a thing about what the election totals for the GOP would be had Trump not turned out so many voters at his multiple rallies. He was tireless and worked till the very last minute to turn out the vote. Trump views elections as being for the benefit of this Republic, not self serving candidates from either or both parties. Trump did not lose this election and all of the publicity for a red wave not only motivated the GOP, it also motivated the commie democrats and their fellow travelers.

[dfwgator]

As I said Trump does cause division, he reveals it where you didn’t think it existed.

[EliRoom8]

Proverbs 12:23
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Proverbs 14:24
he crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Proverbs 26:4-14
4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 As an archer who wounds all, So is he who hires a fool Or he who hires those who pass by.
11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, So is a fool who repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

[EliRoom8]

I often start the day with Proverbs and find plenty there which I can use. But often I think about how much DJT with his pride and rashness could apply as well.

[EliRoom8]

Worth repeating:

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

[blueunicorn6]

Did you write those?

[blueunicorn6]

Look at your Verse 12.

[GOPJ]

6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Biden's handlers come to mind.

[CatHerd]

As a college freshman, a computer glitch enrolled me in Existentialism, totally unbeknownst to me. Having no clue I’d been enrolled in the class (which I had not registered for), of course I never attended the class and was shocked when I got an F among all my A’s. Even though the professor and the registrar took my side, the dean forced me to take the class anyway to get rid of the F, despite it being a senior level class for philosophy majors (and I was not a philosophy major and only a freshman). Sarte’s Being and Nothingness nearly put me comatose (but was so fat and heavy it made a great door stop). The acid-dropping professor who jumped from desk to chair like a monkey was entertaining, though. The Tin Drum movie was creepy. Camus was okay (we had to read La Nausée — not his best). Dostoyevsky was great, Kafka good.

But it was the Kierkegaard that nearly did me in. I had German class right after Existentialism, so my German prof decided to make me read Kierkegaard in German and translate it into English. His sentences were so long I had to turn pages to find the verb at the end (which made me decide German was a very stupid language for the literate and ought too be outlawed written form). Why it had to be a German edition of Kierkegaard, who wrote in Danish, rather than translating from Kant or Wittgenstein or Grass or Kafka, all of whom we had to read and who wrote in German, I don’t know — maybe because of those impossibly long sentences.

So Existentialism mostly left a bad taste in my mouth at the tender age of seventeen, as you can imagine. Thanks for recommending La vie devant soi and L’Étranger. Maybe I should give Campus another try, and check out Gary (whom I’ve never read).

[EliRoom8]

I posted those verses in direct response to your simple request, not because I had achieved some lofty wise status. In fact I haven't. I start the day in this Book of Proverbs hoping to grow in prudence, reverence, and love for Christ.

I do not wish to pick a fight, and silliness has only become a topic because you have decided to post unfunny, nonsensical commercial blurbs throughout a rather serious discussion.

But I also very much respect and appreciate your prodding of me to check verse 12. I will revisit that in devotions tomorrow morning. God bless!

[CatHerd]

A great way to start the day! I read Psalms regularly in the mornings but not always Proverbs. Maybe I should take up always reading some Proverbs, as I can certainly use their wisdom and admonishment myself!

[lee martell]

I think if you conduct a deep and thorough investigation of any politician, eventually, you will come up on some unsavory characters and organizations.

[lee martell]

Your bittersweet experience with Existentialism soounds like something Kafka would have written.
The Dean would probably have said: “See? Now you have lived the genre for yourself. That was our planned goal all along. No need to thank me!”

[EliRoom8]

Don't make my mistake of just jumping in like I have done in the past. That gives a meagre blessing. But ask the Lord for the Spirit's guidance and enlightenment.
If we encounter an enigmatic line from the Psalms we've got the very available and outstanding online commentary from Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David.

With regard to Proverbs I have begun to use a downloaded Kindle commentary by Charles Bridges. Both Spurgeon and Bridges are writers from the 19th Century so they're a bit more reverent in style and thought.

Also I glean far more when I have the Scriptures read to me.
(David Suchet has excellent pacing; for audio and text together Alexander Scourby. And both are available on YouTube).

Thanks for your kind response and may God deeply bless your studies.

[CatHerd]

ROFL! And the Dean would have been right! It was truly absurd. Only Kafka would have written it far better, of course. I do remember falling asleep while trying to slog through Being and Nothingness and awakening short of breath thanks to that weighty tome on my chest and thinking “Kafka had the cockroach down pat, but I think I now know it feels to be a silverfish squished in a big old book!”

[CatHerd]

Thank you kindly for your generous recommendations. Much appreciated. The commentary looks really good. I like to read in the mornings, but think I’ll take your suggestion for listening in the evenings.

Isn’t David Suchet the actor who played Hercule Poirot? He was marvelous in that role, and does have a nice voice that I would like to listen to.

[EliRoom8]

Suchet is very, very good. I like your recipe for mornings and evenings. Spurgeon remarked that an hour in the morning is worth two in the afternoon because we’re so easily fatigued later in the day.