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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,352 posts)
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:14 PM May 2020

Florida family grieves as Trump spreads debunked conspiracy theory to attack MSNBC host

A little after 8 a.m. on July 20, 2001, a couple arriving for an appointment opened an unlocked front door at an office in the Florida panhandle town of Fort Walton Beach and discovered a woman lying on the floor, dead. Her name was Lori Kaye Klausutis and she was just 28.

The police said they found no signs of foul play. The medical examiner concluded her lonely death was an accident. She had fainted, the result of a heart condition, and hit her head on a desk, he said.

Now, nearly 20 years later, Klausutis’s death has captured the attention of the country’s most prominent purveyor of conspiracy theories — the president of the United States — who has without evidence speculated that she might have been murdered and that the case should be reopened.

The reason for President Trump’s fixation: At the time of her death, Klausutis was working for a Republican congressman from Pensacola named Joe Scarborough — the same Scarborough who today, as host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, is a fierce critic of Trump and has in recent weeks decried the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as a failure.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-family-grieves-as-trump-spreads-debunked-conspiracy-theory-to-attack-msnbc-host/ar-BB14xeQR?li=BBnbfcL

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Florida family grieves as Trump spreads debunked conspiracy theory to attack MSNBC host (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
Perhaps Ted Cruz's Dad was a Co-conspirator Stallion May 2020 #1
Trump will stoop. Turbineguy May 2020 #2
That is a perfect description and something to keep in mind: No bottom, only new lows. dgauss May 2020 #16
Yeah I no longer ask how low the Orange Fuckopotomus will stoop 47of74 May 2020 #17
Thanks for posting...K and R Stuart G May 2020 #3
amazes me.... quickesst May 2020 #4
Facts are a waste of time, we are WAY past that. Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #12
Yep.... quickesst May 2020 #19
I was thinking of her family... stillcool May 2020 #5
It used to be a popular speculation on this site. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #6
That's right, here's one thread... ramblin_dave May 2020 #7
Yes. It was related in part to the media obsession Crunchy Frog May 2020 #8
that's how I remember it too Skittles May 2020 #9
I only wish they had used a better forensic coroner UpInArms May 2020 #10
First I had heard of it was right here Raine May 2020 #21
I've seen that same thing posted here a million times. BlueTsunami2018 May 2020 #11
EVERYTHING Doturd says is BULLSHIT, but... AZ8theist May 2020 #13
DT is an evil and cruel man DesertRat May 2020 #14
Markos Moulitsas from Daily Kos was blackballed from MSNBC Evergreen Emerald May 2020 #15
But his point was more about the media hypocrisy in going after Gary Condit JI7 May 2020 #20
Is this surprising? These same morons think the "Clinton Hit List" is genuine Tarc May 2020 #18
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
17. Yeah I no longer ask how low the Orange Fuckopotomus will stoop
Sun May 24, 2020, 09:32 PM
May 2020

Because whenever I think I have the answer he manages to go even lower.

quickesst

(6,283 posts)
4. amazes me....
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:27 PM
May 2020

..... but there are people who exist that actually believes the shit.

"Scarborough was not even in Florida on the day Ms Klausutis died. He was in Washington D.C., debating policy and casting votes. The House of Representatives did not adjourn until almost 10pm.“

More At:
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/donald-trump-suggests-msnbc-host-joe-scarborough-committed-murder-spreading-debunked-conspiracy-theory/news-story/175b9e87e91d2cbe35ffc5654fc8e106

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
5. I was thinking of her family...
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:30 PM
May 2020

must be so hard, after all these years, to have her dug up, and used for a tool. I can certainly understand them not being willing to comment. The last thing they need is death threats. What a country. What a President.

Crunchy Frog

(26,694 posts)
8. Yes. It was related in part to the media obsession
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:49 PM
May 2020

Over Democratic Rep Gary Condit, and the death of Chandra Levy.

Scarborough was a much bigger asshole in those days too.

Skittles

(153,243 posts)
9. that's how I remember it too
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:54 PM
May 2020

Condit's coverage was way overdone while there was barely a mention of Scarborough, even thought they were both innocent in what were very tragic deaths.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,505 posts)
11. I've seen that same thing posted here a million times.
Sun May 24, 2020, 08:12 PM
May 2020

People calling Scarborough a murderer was pretty commonplace. 🤷?♂️

AZ8theist

(5,521 posts)
13. EVERYTHING Doturd says is BULLSHIT, but...
Sun May 24, 2020, 08:59 PM
May 2020

I hate Morning Jerkoff almost as much.
He is almost as much to blame as Putin for the disaster we are now in.....
Having Doturd on EVERY FUCKING MORNING during the campaign. Fuck him.

Fuck you, Morning Jerkoff.

Evergreen Emerald

(13,071 posts)
15. Markos Moulitsas from Daily Kos was blackballed from MSNBC
Sun May 24, 2020, 09:09 PM
May 2020

Markos Moulitsas used to be a regular on MSNBC until he got into a twitter fight with Joe regarding the dead intern. He was blackballed

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/7/7/882214/-

Tarc

(10,478 posts)
18. Is this surprising? These same morons think the "Clinton Hit List" is genuine
Sun May 24, 2020, 09:52 PM
May 2020

Trump and his minions can't be analyzed and studied, there is no underlying motivator other than greed and hate.

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