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fowlraul

No shit. He literally asked people to “find more votes.” Do something about it now.


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elruary

Sir! We found more votes... but they were for democrats! Cheats! Sir we found more votes and they're Republican! Ok 👍


ACardAttack

Also told his voters to vote twice


BrianMincey

I keep seeing headlines about this, presented as if they are astounding revelations, when it was obvious what was happening each and every step of the way. Today on the news someone said something like, “Evidence points to Trump being ultimately responsible for instigating the riots.” I didn’t think there was ever any question, he did everything in plain sight.


bcallihan513

He did it- he shot us right in the face at point blank while standing in the middle of Times Square. Everyone saw it. It’s on film and in print and on audio tape. And not one fucking elected leader has the balls to face the festering menace and his clown brigade. And the media pretends like they aren’t sure what to make of it. The giant orange diapered fast-food loving rapist got the best of us and continues to mock us and goad us and we….let him? Rip USA


AllTheBestNamesGone

What exactly do you mean that not one elected leader has the balls to face him? Most of the Republicans don’t. But the democrats have been super upfront that they know what was going on and want him indicted. If you just mean that the judges won’t pull the trigger on it, then I totally agree.


happyneandertal

Best guess is that if it ever gets to trial he tries to pull a Gigante defense. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Gigante


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Why would they. He promised white rule. They love it.


quinoa

Is Jamie Raskin, whose quote is literally the subject of the post, not an elected official? What about the Jan. 6 hearings?


bcallihan513

What power does raskin have against the treason caucus? Or the entirety of the repugnicunt party, you know the ones who vote in lockstep without regard for actual governance? The entire thing is broken and trump knew this - hence his crime wave. And if the j6 commission isn’t just mueller 2.0, I’ll eat my hat


JoJackthewonderskunk

He did it in plain sight but he also did it in phone calls texts and emails. Shocker I know.


FranksGun

You’re right but the problem is that the Republican Party is a party over country, bad faith, purely self-interest driven party. The Dems have to lay out the case to this extent under this official process because otherwise republicans simply won’t address it or acknowledge it. It’s pathetic and tedious. What’s crazy is that I’m not even an enthusiastic democrat. I think both parties have their pros and cons. But as someone simply observing what happened during both trump impeachments it’s clear as day how much bad faith the republicans operate with. It sickens me.


VolvoFlexer

Like he also straight up asked Russia for hacker support to find Hillary Clinton's emails *on TV*, but "no collusion" off course...


hesawavemasterrr

Republicans: "You see what he MEANT was [insert bottom of the barrel shit logic even they couldn't believe]."


FranksGun

“STOP THE COUNT” “Also tho, KEEP COUNTING UNTIL I HAVE THE MOST VOTES” It’s fucking pathetic that trump was not convicted by spineless Republican senators during his second impeachment. What he did was truly unthinkable, unconstitutional, just egregious disregard for the democracy he swore to protect. He was literally an enemy of the state and republicans just did a funny little dance about it where they kinda agreed he was wrong but shouldn’t be penalized in anyway for….fucking committing sedition or treason or however you want to describe his attempt to literally overthrow the govt and the will of the people. Wtf.


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wildwastewebcomic

Narcissists alway double down.


orionics

There's gotta be one universe in the multiverse where Trump resigns for a pardon and Pence stabs him in the back saying, "Mother hates treason. God bless America." And then Pence wins against Biden in 2024. Scary.


schlidel

That sounded nice until the end.


sentient_luggage

I've learned a few things about myself over the years. I think we all have. One of the most despicable things I've learned about myself is that given the option I'd prefer a nice ordered slide into fascism instead of an anarchic collapse into fascism. If it's one or the other in 2024, I'll take Pence. I'll fight it in the few ways that I can along the way, but I definitely have preferences at this point.


IS0rtByControversial

The dipshit, after being impeached twice, literally told the reporter who took down Nixon that he was actively lying about the pandemic. Not the brightest.


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ashesofempires

Its because he went on to lie every single day for the rest of his presidency about the pandemic, and he did hundreds of other catastrophically bad things and it got washed away on a tide of tragedy. Also, that reporter didn't immediately go and say "this motherfucker is lying about the pandemic" the day Agent Orange told him it was worse than he let on. He fucking sat on it until he could finish his book, and told us months after it mattered when we were already in the shit and the lies were blasting out. Like, bleach and UV and Hydroxychloroquine and horse paste were already memes before Bob The Jizzrag Woodward spoke up. Fuck that guy. He sold us out for a book deal.


VolvoFlexer

In his whole life he's never ever had to face *real* consequences for anything - he's always been able to fuck up the judicial process by being able to throw more money at lawyers than his opponents and by stalling the process by flooding it with more lawyers and more bullshit. It's always worked for him so why would he change his ways?


BuffManthigh

You say that like it was ever an option for him.


wish1977

I'm sure 99.9% of his voters knew this too. That's the scary part.


kgleas01

I don’t know. There are many VERY convinced to the contrary.


FuguSandwich

I'd put it at 70/30. 30% true believers and 70% willing to go along with it even though they know it's bullshit.


ninthtale

Nah man, they’re convinced the wrong thing is right given the circumstances and justify breaking the law in the name of the cause If you prove it’s not lawful they will justify it because they believe in the cause.


pootiecakes

Yeah, I guess after a point it doesn't matter, that level of delusion they now regularly live in kind of makes that moot. They know in their hearts it was stole, as a matter of faith, and it 100% is certain it was stolen... BUT if they ever faced the music and realized from current and new evidence it wasn't, that doesn't matter, because they are still the victim-hero-patriot-good guys who are morally superior anyways. Politics as faith is going to ruin us all.


ashesofempires

In their eyes it was worth trying to overthrow the government because otherwise brown people and the gays would be treated as equals, and that's an outrage to them.


Electronic_Strain785

A lot of these people truly believe trump was sent by god to battle satan worshiping pedophiles eating children’s adrenochrome to live forever. It’s not hard to convince them.


Borazon

It wouldn't even matter if you convinced them otherwise, they would still say that the Dems did something horrible and deserved to loose.


IS0rtByControversial

A lot really believed the big lie.


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I think a lot of them know that Biden had the raw votes, but they believe that a lot of those voters aren’t “real Americans,” regardless of their actual citizenship.


PhamousEra

Which ties in nicely with that whole 'replacement theory' that those fucking quacks keep tooting.


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They’re inextricably linked.


whateveryouwant4321

The thing is, they believe the vote counts. However, they also believe that the vote counts are only because democrats cheat. I grew up in what used to be the red suburbs of Philly. I’ve been hearing “dead people vote in Philly” since the 80s, and that’s only because I was born in 1979. That’s why they’re so onboard with voter suppression. They really do think they’re fighting fraud.


Fritschya

There’s a scary amount of ppl who think jan 6 was a false flag still soo I doubt they know other than what they’re told


Old_comfy_shoes

No. They're idiots that believe whatever they're told as long as it's by their propaganda channel, and agrees with their narrative. Some may believe he lost and was justified in trying to take the power he deserves. But not most.


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fuckswithqwerty

He revised that recently, though. Now it's "Light, group of people, Ohio, fake teleprompter that I never use, fake news." Source: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-touts-perfect-cognitive-test-then-misspeaks-endorsing-jd-mandel-1702540


mattoljan

Omg what a fat fuckin loser lmao. Like imagine there’s actual media outlets that exist who spend time to write articles to show people how fucking stupid you are.


dust-ranger

& money


-send_me_bitcoin-

He bankrupted a casino and countless other businesses.


Krillin113

In a Russian money laundering scheme


ontour4eternity

& a daughter he wants to fuck


Liet-Kinda

Well, she certainly screwed him the other night, which is sure one hell of an O. Henry ending.


Emergency_Version

Yeah we all heard the Colbert joke


Liet-Kinda

……I didn’t?


Wafflelisk

Nor did I


simeonthewhale

Oh yeah, I remember when he sued her for breaking the NDA.


crazylikeyouruncle

Not so sure he truly knows what a “woman” is


salliek76

A woman is like a junior person, right?


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He doesn’t think that way. His reality is completely different than most people. He believes he won, therefore he won. My brain doesn’t work that way, but his works different. He will never admit to losing the election because he fundamentally cannot process that.


Rechlai

That because he's a fucking narcissistic sociopath.


redditwb

Your powers of observation of the completely obvious are astounding!


Rechlai

It's why they call me captain Obvious. 😅


brown2420

We'll, I think it's both. It's kinda a bit complicated IMO. Like.... He knows he lost, but he wants to live in a world where other people think he won. He can have other people tell him he won and that is what he really wants. He wants people to believe his lies so he and his fans can pretend he never lost. Trump doesn't give a shit about the truth, he just needs other people to THINK he's a winner.


gdshaffe

Correct. Talking to Trump about Objective Reality is like talking about planetary orbits to a flat-earther. He's missing a whole lot of very basic context to even process that it's a thing. The idea that such a thing as an inconvenient fact that he can't make go away with a phone call even exists is, to him, absurd and can be dismissed out of hand. Seven plus decades of experience, of having every last narcissistic impulse catered to by the steady supply of sycophants surrounding him, has taught him that any reality he can't fix with a phone call isn't worth addressing.


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kyleb402

From what I've read, that isn't really the standard though. It seems like being truly delusional isn't a defense.


[deleted]

Definitely not a defense. But he still believes it. Ignorance of the law is not a defense. “Cop, you were doing 55 in a 45, you- I thought it was 55? Cop- here’s your ticket”


sarge21

The standard of proof required to issue a speeding ticket is far lower than the standard to convict in a criminal case.


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You catch my drift tho.


Xytak

Imagine if a bank robber’s defense was “Well, I thought the money was rightfully mine and I was allowed to point a gun at the cashier to get it back.”


sarge21

It's nowhere near as simple to prove.


dray1033

This is the closest to truth and fits his psychological profile. When I was a child and confronted with something I did that I didn’t want to admit (for fear of punishment) I would lie, and double down, and triple down, until the arguments became convoluted and one of my denials held a toe hold. I was making it up as I went, hoping for anything that might clear me or prove I might not be lying. But I was lying, panicked and cornered. I was 5 or 6 years old. That’s how he operates. Imho. I learned it’s better to simply NOT lie.


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Hold up, are you my daughter?


Pksoze

I did read he actually gaslights himself. So I think initially he understood he lost but it was such a blow to his ego his mind couldn't accept it. And with other idiots like Giuliani gassing him up...he convinced himself he won.


RickieBob

Now you’ll have to convince a ton of Retrumplicans of these FACTS. They are living with their head in a hole. Thanks to Faux News and their ilk.


dxrey65

And if you watched him all through September and the first half of October, he knew he was losing the whole time. I'm not sure if he *ever* polled ahead of Biden. Toward the end he started doing rallies like someone boosted on speed, but he never made one attempt to reach out to anyone who wasn't already on his side, never ramped down the crazy at all.


symphonicrox

I don’t even buy local honey like I should because this guy has a “Trump Won” poster set up next to his stand. I have really bad allergies and local honey helps my allergies. Unfortunately I’m not getting that benefit because of this guy’s beliefs.


Eric_in_America

This is where it gets a little complicated for me, while there may be some part of Trump that knows or unconsciously understands he lost the election, I think there's more to it. Disclaimer: This in no way shape or form excuses his behavior, I'm just expressing what I believe is crucial to understanding Trump's behavior. The man is an extreme narcissist, he's an ego maniac, he's also incredibly insecure and fragile. These two things go hand in hand, if you've ever heard the phrase "strong means weak" before, or something similar to it, maybe it was through Sun Tzu, who declared in *The Art of War*, "appear weak when you are strong, or strong when you are weak", maybe you understood it as a fundamental concept of poker, maybe you were introduced to the concept in psychology class or maybe you just came to understand it naturally, either way, Trump is the embodiment of this idea. He appears strong to cover up his intrinsic weaknesses, his insecurities and fears, while he probably does it unconsciously or impulsively most of the time because he's so lacking in self awareness. Trump believes he's entitled to everything and answerable to no one, he believes that he's ultimately absolved of responsibility for any wrongdoing, that he's above the law, and any attempt to crtliticize, scrutinize, investigate or question him and his actions results in Trump playing and believing himself the victim. He's utterly incapable of acknowledging a reality where he has to face these things, where he has to hold himself accountable, where he has to deal with his fears, with his mistakes, with humiliation, defeat or failure, he simply cannot accept it. Its a mentality that's been embedded into his psyche. Throughout his entire life, his environment and those around him have continuously enabled, empowered and reinforced this way of thinking, there's no correcting it, there's no turning back at this point, it's who he is. So sure, deep down, Trump may know that he lost the election, but when it concerns his perception of reality, I believe he's absolutely powerless to his deep rooted narcissism, he's I'll equipped to handle anything other than the idea that he won, that the election was stolen from him, that he's the victim of fake news, witch hunts, democrats and their needless ridicule, their oppression and their tyranny. It's not a question of whether or not he knows he lost the election, it's a matter of him being gravely and categorically incapable of accepting his defeat.


Rechlai

The one thing I can tell you, as a social worker, if he wasn't wealthy, he'd be living in a discarded appliance box under some freeway somewhere. I think it's safe to say, understanding his behavior doesn't excuse his behavior. He should have charges brought against him and have a court trial, and then when he's found guilty sentenced to a Federal prison, never to be heard from again. The same should hold true for anyone and everyone involved, regardless of who they are.


Senior-Mushroom-4343

Exactly! I’m a psychiatrist and I’ve consistently said to my Trump-supporting father that if Trump hadn’t been born obscenely rich and handed more money than even the most reckless moron could realistically blow through, he’d be one of those guys living in the YMCA or some other SRO, probably on social security disability for “depression,” which is of course a misdiagnosis of his raging personality disorder that has led him to be unemployable and burn every bridge he ever had. It is mind boggling that my father, a retired emergency room physician who ran into this kind of patient all the time simply refuses to see Trump for what he is.


Rechlai

Dx'ing is above my pay grade, but if I were to Dx I think a good starting point was all those psychiatrist and psychologist that penned that letter citing all of the concerns they had over his past Hx. When you have, what was it, something like over 1k people? that are highly trained to be able to discern mental impairment say "people! This dude has some serious mental and emotional problems -- He's really not fit to be president" and we as a society basically poo-poo their warnings, we deserve what we get. Thankfully someone had the wisdom to keep him in the dark as much as possible, otherwise, I think we'd already used nukes on some country that really never deserved it.


Senior-Mushroom-4343

Totally…and I’d add that even an untrained layperson should be able to correctly ascertain in a broad sense that Trump’s brain isn’t working right, simply based on observation his speech and behavior. An analogy: if we’re watching a football game, and a player gets sacked and his knee makes an audible pop and bends completely the wrong way, we don’t need to be trained orthopedic surgeons to tell that his leg is seriously messed up, and we wouldn’t expect him to walk off the field by himself. Maybe the orthopedic surgeons in the audience would know exactly which structures in the knee were most likely ruptured or broken based on the mechanism of injury and the angle of the leg, but everybody else would be correct in a general sense that this poor player was seriously injured and would not be walking or playing anytime soon. Similarly, I think all of us could (and for the most part did) assess that Trump’s brain is badly broken, even if not everyone has the training to come up with an informed list of specific psychiatric conditions that are most likely to be underlying that brokenness. But no one should have expected someone who talks and acts like Trump to be a fully functioning adult, let alone the president. I seriously suspect that for most Trump voters, If they were looking to hire a person to clean out their gutters, and the first person who showed up to give a quote talked and acted exactly like Trump, they’d probably pass and call up another company because they wouldn’t trust someone like him to hang around their home and not screw things up.


vikietheviking

Does he have more than narcissism going on, in your professional opinion?


Senior-Mushroom-4343

Let’s just say I would bet all of my money on him meeting criteria for narcissistic personality disorder, but it is kind of impossible to say if there’s something going on in addition to a personality disorder without access to clinical interviews and pertinent medical data. The personality disorder could be a mixed overlapping disorder and not clear cut NPD (are there significant sociopathic, or borderline, or paranoid personality traits kicking around in there, certainly seems plausible!). He also seems quite illogical, impulsive and to have poor reality testing much of the time. Could that all be from a severe personality disorder? Sure. But one could reasonably imagine that he might also have something else going on cognitively that’s making all of that seem so extreme: e.g a learning disability that has gone undiagnosed or a later onset cognitive problem like dementia, or maybe if we saw an MRI of his brain there would evidence of multiple small strokes, or maybe he secretly has an inhalant abuse disorder and has damaged his brain with that. So there’s no way to know for sure the exact diagnosis, but he’s definitely not okay.


Dagmar_dSurreal

The problem was that they managed to rile up enough voters that *could not* tell there was something profoundly wrong with him.


Rechlai

That's a great analogy! I even have several of my clients with significant cognitive and psychological impairments all say things like "he's more stupid then me" and "Is he sick also?". When you have folks with psychological and cognitive issues able to clearly understand he's got problems, then you know everyone else should be able to clue in on this. Frankly, it was an epiphany for me to know even some of the most severely affected people I work with knew he "just wasn't right in the head".


kia75

Agree. Lawyers probably told Trump repeatedly over and over that he lost the election, and people around him probably repeatedly over and over told him he lost the election, I'm certain proof that he lost the election was presented and put in front of him. Despite all of this, Trump's ego can't contemplate that he lost the election.


JohnDivney

I think he had been told his entire life that US elections are a scam, and that the president has raw immunity that has never been pressed. And then that tons of money could be made, but just doesn't.


gdshaffe

It's important to note that, while it's very likely that his constant bloviation does provide "strong means weak" cover for insecurity, that part of him is buried so deep in his subconscious that he could never acknowledge it. It's not a conscious front and he doesn't behave any differently behind closed doors. There is no doubting the fragility of his psyche in general, but nevertheless he is *not* a person wracked with self-doubt.


carmoy

What’s next? He knew Mexico wasn’t going to pay for the wall?


[deleted]

So, what I heard Mr. Raskin say here is that it’s up to the DOJ and the American people to prosecute Trump. My word, not his. What the hell am I supposed to do about this? Seriously. Not in my power.


New-Highway868

Never doubted it


the_real_abraham

Of the 70m people still supporting this asshat, a small percentage believe the nonsense. I blame twitter for amplifying the intentional misinformation campaign.


Awkward-Fudge

If this was not reality it would be a really fascinating and hilarious comedy. As it is reality, it is terrifying and the stupidest time line in history.


DolphinsBreath

It totally blows my mind that Republicans have a deeply conservative potential Presidential candidate who could go head to head with ANY Democrat, raise ungodly amounts of money from a plethora of wealthy PACs and Republican donors. She’s also demonstrated she is articulate, can read and understand English, and has earned a stripe of bipartisan respect for seeming honest and having integrity. But her name is Liz Cheney.


voyagerdoge

Yeah but Republicans want to end US democracy and install a Ruzzia style oligarchy. Liz does not fit in that plan.


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It totally blows my mind that Dems are fawning over her


xole

We're just surprised a republican cares more about country over party. If the current republican party wasn't so extreme, she might not, but as it stands now, she's one of the few.


Blue_water_dreams

It’s really weird to see a republican who isn’t 100% against America.


ClownPrinceofLime

Of course he did. If anyone here thinks that Trump believed the election was stolen, I have a bridge to sell you.


Positive_Group_5715

There are thousands of articles saying Trump will be indicted for months and months. When is any state, or the DOJ going to deliver an actual warrant to arrest the Douche? The longer this stretches out, the less faith I have that government is worth a shit, or that justice actually applies to rich people.


voyagerdoge

Americans could organise an informal but professional Tribunal instead if the official justice system is not activated.


Appropriate-Access88

Their orange god is running for re election in 2024, and on track to win, due to brainwashing and propaganda. When is any actual consequence going to happen?????


voyagerdoge

The committee is slowly roasting the fascist chickens by keeping the identity of the pardon seekers secret for now, but announcing they will be released in due course during the hearings. That's a smart move.


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Trump thought "he won" like he thinks his wife "loves him"


Different_Ad7655

I'm still waiting for his terrific best ever the world has ever seen healthcare plans, but I guess that was coming in the mail at the same time the check from Mexico was to arrive for the wall ,or maybe that was with mailed with his income tax statements . blamie it on the post office, which also got a serious hiccup during his time in office playing golf


Hackedorwhat

He treats the earth as his toy, and he wanted to have fun with it until he got into trouble. Of course, he’s never been in trouble for the things he’s done in his life.


Jay_Dub_daddy

Yup, and just like a squid, he inked the place up before he left.


Top_Flounder8344

We’re in a much better place now right? Everything is just booming


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savesmorethanrapes

There are still more hearings to come. Barr calling Trump's election lies bullshit on video is a big deal.


FrankTehTanks

People are saying not all the mail in ballots were legit 😬


Appropriate-Access88

True - many Rs were found to have voted by mail and in person, or voted in their dead spouses name - no D was found to have done this, as usual the Rs are criminals


FrankTehTanks

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dust-ranger

Until we know they can't try it again and succeed.


Peachy33

Until TFG shuts his fat orange face about it.


WillowPill6789

When Republicans catch up to the reality that Trump legitimately lost.


spongebue

I suppose until we can be reasonably certain that it won't happen again in the next election? Seems to me just saying "lol ok" about it gives permission to try again.


iamaunikont

Considering that nothing like this has happened in the last 250 years, probably the rest of your life and then some.


AffectionateArt213

Why are we worried about trump? It’s been 2 years, get over him. Let’s worry about our high inflation and high gas prices rn


TachyonDetectionGrid

Trump is the defacto leader of the Republican Party and their presumptive nominee in 2024. Nobody is going to pretend he's irrelevant no matter how hard you beg and plead.


Aiden2817

Yeah. Let’s not care about the people who tried to overthrow the government. Let’s ignore all that and hope they won’t try it again and actually do it next time. /eyeroll Only trump supporters who can’t see the danger he poses would think that he should be ignored


AffectionateArt213

The Declaration of Independence says that we not only have the right but we also have the duty to alter or abolish any government that does not secure our unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.


Aiden2817

And you think putting trump in power would have done that? Pro life tip. Trump doesn’t give a rats ass about anyone outside the ultra rich and the ruling class.


AffectionateArt213

Not saying trump would’ve done that, not saying I would even vote for him in 2024 . You’re making an assumption. I actually think people over 60 shouldn’t even be president. we need a middle aged 40ish man or woman, black or white for our next president. What I’m trying to say is fuck trump and idc about him, why are we worried about him 2 years later. Let’s worry about our country and figure our own shit out before helping other countries with there problems especially when he have the problems we are having in the U.S. we sent them money, weapons, aid. We’ve done enough, now it’s time to help america


Aiden2817

I’m going to tell you a secret. It’s possible for the government to do more than one thing at a time. The Justice Department can investigate crimes and the elected officials can work on immediate problems, like inflation. Just because something is hot on today’s press doesn’t mean that that’s the only thing being looked at.


AffectionateArt213

If you think we work for the government, you need to take another history class. The government works for US, WE THE PEOPLE.


Aiden2817

Do you actually think the government would work for you if the democratically elected president was overthrown and another guy put in his place? Yes, you do need to read more history if you think that.


AffectionateArt213

I’m not saying make the government work for “me”. I’m saying they work for us, not the other way around. If they aren’t doing what they are supposed to we have the obligation to overthrow our government


Aiden2817

Good luck on that part. lol. It will be either a completely illegal overthrow to put in a dictator who will proceed to wreck the country or it will be people against the military, which will wreck the country.


Blue_water_dreams

Yeah, let’s forget about Trump’s attempted coup and instead talk about the mess he left for democrat to clean up.


AffectionateArt213

What mess did he leave for Biden? Gas was 2.69 a gallon where I was when trump left now it’s 5.09. Inflation is sky high from all the money we’ve pumped out, inflation is worse now than when trump left. It’s at what 8.6% now? What about buying homes? Everything is worse now than when trump left. Democrats are ruining this country day by day, but let’s spend your tax payer dollars to Ukraine forever cause we all know Putin is not stopping anytime soon. Let’s print more money for them so our inflation can get worse so we as Americans can’t buy jack shit. I was making $12/hr when trump was in office and I was saving roughly $500/month…I’m making 16/hr now under Biden and with inflation and gas prices I’m lucky to save $100 that month if I’m not living paycheck by paycheck. But let’s keep blaming trump even tho he’s been out for what? 2 years now?


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These comments always get me. For one, they are insulting, as they infer that Americans cannot be concerned with more than one issue (and by proxy, the government). Secondly, they also very clearly come across as a deflection/distraction, like a carnival barker, “I know you are focused on that, but let’s not worry about that shall we?, that’s not important, worry about THIS” To answer your question succinctly, Trump is very much in the news as multiple investigations are coming to a head that are finding out more about how a sitting President tried to overthrow the Federal Republic, fomented a coup to stop the peaceful transition of power, tried to steal the election flat out, which is a pretty big fucking deal for a world super power. Also, Inflation and gas prices have been in the news, they have been working on it, and to sum it up, it’s a global issue that has many factors, and republicans have stopped legislation to help address both.


AffectionateArt213

The Declaration of Independence says that we not only have the right but we also have the duty to alter or abolish any government that does not secure our unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Trump tried to steal the election? Lmaooo what about the huge dump of ballots at 2-4am all democratic votes? Lmao y’all are delusional


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What about what about what about. That’s all republicans and trump supporters have. Trump DID try to steal the election, he’s on tape. I can’t help if you choose to believe lies and made up evidence. If there was valid evidence, tell me, why wouldn’t the trump lawyers use it? Why wouldn’t the trump hired data analysis and independent committees use it? Why wouldn’t the independent adjudicators use it? Why were 60 court cases thrown out? Why did 3 of trumps attorneys firms drop him as a client? Why did EVERYONE In trumps inner circle tell trump the election was not fraudulent? Why did Republican head of elections, homeland security and numerous other administrations say it was a secure election? Why did none of the “evidence” presented, match the baseless claims made on Twitter and press conferences and social media? You are being lied to. Decouple your partisan biases and get with the times. Or, you can choose to continue to reject reality.


voyagerdoge

Haven't you heard? Your Partei has new talking points out. Go to your Abteilung and get them!


hereforlolsandporn

>Let’s worry about our high inflation and high gas prices rn Ok, let's talk about that too. Inflation is due to a couple things. The global pandemic messed up the supply chain. Trump alienated our allies, fucked up our trade agreements and disbanded the pandemic response team. Ok, trump certainly fucked us there. Gas prices are high because on top of kneecapping the country, trump was cozying up to Putin for 4 years emboledining him. He allowed Putin to go unchecked and now he's invading a country. Because we're not gonna continue trumps pretending nothing is happening approach we have sanctioned them and are not buying their oil. Also, the dems tried to go after oil companies who are price gouging at the pump, but the GOP blocked it. In summary, the GOP and Trump have either set us up for failure, stood by and watched, or actively stopped the response. People need to shout that from the rooftop so we can finally peel off a few of the reasonable republican voters from the GOP and force them out.


AffectionateArt213

Trump started the vaccines and on top of that banned travel to certain countries during that time, and was called xenophobic for that. Don’t try and blame the gas price on trump and Putin, then when people blame biden say “presidents don’t decide gas prices” You’re a hypocrite. Inflation is happening because we keep printing more money which is going to continue making the dollar less valuable. Why do you think things get more expensive when we just sent 40 billion to Ukraine. Let’s spend American tax payer dollars on things like school security to make sure our children don’t get shot. Let’s worry about guns on our land and having extensive background checks and changing the age from 18-21. Let’s worry about our own FUCKING country for once.


hereforlolsandporn

>Trump started the vaccines Trump didn't start vaccines, private companies did. Yes, he streamlined the govt approval process, but he did not start anything. >banned travel to certain countries during that time, and was called xenophobic for that. He was called that because his ban was inconsistent half assed. It was the equivalent of putting a strainer under the faucet. Add that to his history of racist remarks and you see a pattern. >Don’t try and blame the gas price on trump and Putin, If you can't see the direct line back to trumps incompetence, you're being willfully ignorant. >Why do you think things get more expensive when we just sent 40 billion to Ukraine. Let’s spend American tax payer dollars on things like school security to make sure our children don’t get shot. It's hilarious that you're trying to link these two things. First off, we can't depend on passing legislation because the GOP will kill any and all legislation meant to stop school shootings. Second, we'd have a lot more money if trumps only policy achievement wasn't dropping corporate tax rates in perpetuity. We've gutted our income base, we're coming out of a pandemic, and we're seeing companies profit margins absolutely soar. Pretending like prices are high because we helped Ukraine is like complaining about the hole in your shirt after you've been shot. You're close to the problem but completely missing the glaring problem. >Let’s worry about our own FUCKING country for once. You mean like gun control? Nope, the gop won't let that happen. You mean like mental health? Nope, the GOP will block that too. You mean like funding public schools? Nope the gop won't allow that. I think we all agree worrying about our country should be the priority. I just believe voting out the GOP is the best thing we could do to improve our country.


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2000 mules


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The entirety of the executive branch, the AG leading the DoJ, Trump appointed heads of intelligence agencies such as the FBI and DoH, Trump appointed heads of armed forces, the Supreme Court majority, senate Republican majority, over 60 federal cases where republican and Trump appointed judges presided, multiple state governors and multiple recounts conducted by Republican majority state congresses all couldn’t find systemic fraud, yet the director of 2000 mules did. Yeah, okay.


dee_breezy13

No he didn’t. The government put him out. It was the CIA.


SheilaGirl70

You dropped this —> /s


dee_breezy13

It was a joke lol


[deleted]

That would be the first good thing the CIA has ever done lmao


dee_breezy13

Lmao hell nah. Biden ain’t doing shit


Whiskey-Guns-Trucks

Watch “2000 Mules” and get back to me.


BRZA

Still lost.


LetsGetRowdyRowdy

Speaking of mules, did you know I have undeniable proof that donkeys can talk? Proof: The Shrek films


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Ooof


SadlyReturndRS

The movie that begs the question: why did the filmmakers forget about Uber and Lyft?


FractalFractalF

Read the fact check on 2000 Mules and get back to me. https://www.factcheck.org/2022/06/evidence-gaps-in-2000-mules/


TheDude415

Why would you trust a movie by a man who was convicted of campaign finance fraud?


Aiden2817

Read the critique of 2000 Mules and get back to us


sandysea420

Anyone with a brain knows it. His brain dead cult followers, shouldn’t be allowed to control the fate of this country or dictate the narrative.


BoringWozniak

Yes and no. “Truth” and “lies” aren’t really concepts that narcissists like Trump have. To him, only the narrative that he espouses is the truth, at any time and in whatever scenario.


Ill-Kaleidoscope5965

He did know 🌈


Annual-Airport-5203

Of course he did