It’s less than a week out of the elections, which seems like a great time to get people talking about something that has not gotten much attention lately — Trump’s upcoming Nov. 28 hearing on fraud and racketeering charges for ripping off hundreds of vulnerable people; particularly seniors, low-income, and under-educated people; i.e. many of the same demographics who are once again putting their faith in Donald Trump.
As you know, through Trump University, Trump has defrauded hundreds of gullible people with inflated, patently false promises and intentionally deceptive practices, which pretty much sums up his entire career and presidential campaign.
Herein, find a host of relevant article links to post, share, hashtag, etc. on your favorite social media sites. To help it spread, make sure to hashtag #TrumpUniversity.
Some tips: in addition to being posted individually, these make great retorts to any tweets or other posts that cast aspersion on HRC’s ethics. Also, I find it most useful to use links from the most middle-brow, or even right-tilting and right-wing sources, to counter the links being dismissed purely as media-biased. Personally, I enjoy posting these without comment as replies to almost anything Trump posts on Twitter. Finally, in the event that you draw annoying counter-trolls from the Trump camp, feel free to borrow my one-size-fits-all reply comment: “Keep livin’ your best life!” It drives them nuts!
I wonder how many posts it takes to make a hashtag trend? Let’s find out! Now here’s them links:
Video from Fox News: Trump University is the subject of multiple fraud lawsuits
From Time Magazine: Trump University was a scam, say former students
From Talking Points Memo: “Trump's 'Trump University' turned out to be a bit more sleazy and craven than I'd realized” — John Marshall
Fortune magazine: How bad are the charges against Trump University? Really Bad.
How many major-party Presidential front-runners have faced trial on “financial elder abuse” charges as they rolled toward the nomination?
To remind people about the likely high-level bribery to prevent litigation against Trump University in Florida and Texas:
From AP: Florida AG asked Trump for donation before nixing fraud case
From NPR: Texas Governor linked to Trump University fraud case
From Esquire, Trump as just another corporate scammer.
Of course, the fact that He, Trump was behind this scam is prima facie evidence of some thoroughgoing shenanigans, but that's not what I mean. He, Trump is an apex bunco artist, but he also is a high-profile American corporate businessman of the late 20th century.
Good All-purpose link from USA Today: How 75 pending lawsuits could distract a Donald Trump presidency.
Just two weeks before Election Day, at least 75 of the 4,000-plus lawsuits involving Trump and his businesses remain open, according to an ongoing, nationwide analysis of state and federal court records by USA TODAY.
And, to wrap up, a Trump University being called out in an info-graphic on how to avoid scam schools.
Feel free to share any other relevant links in the comments. And don’t forget to hashtag #trumpuniversity