Donald Trump files lawsuit against pollster behind 2024 Iowa poll
President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and longtime pollster J. Ann Selzer.
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This should and probably will get tossed out on a motion to dismiss. He would have to show (1) that it was false, and (2) damaging to his reputation, among other elements. He can’t show (2). He won. There’s no damages he could plead that would withstand an Iqbal challenge. It’s a totally ridiculous lawsuit.
But he’s not expecting to win. He’s expecting to make her hire lawyers to fight this, and thus create a chilling effect on other pollsters, journalists, what have you. He’s sending a message: say something I don’t like and I will make you spend money defending yourself.
This is how he does it. He doesn’t pull licenses, he doesn’t have the military come in and shut down a TV station or a newsroom. He can’t do that. He knows he can’t. He takes his dick-sucking buddy Elon’s money and sues, sues, sues. Same game plan Orban used in Hungary when consolidating power.
ABC bent the knee so now they’re going to try this against anyone else who says something he doesn’t like.
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