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[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 55 points 4 months ago (6 children)

So should the guy with 34 felonys, but here we are.

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that goes back down to 0 if his lawyers get the judge to toss all the evidence from when he was president

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Stormy Brown pay off was during the campaign, tho.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When has the truth ever been an obstacle?

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The illegal payoff and his money ganes began outside his presidency. They are state convictions.

SCOTUS did not invalidate those.

I dunno where you're going with your aggrieved post-truth rhetoric, but the truth did and does matter.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am saying that if they put the orange turd back in the Oval Office, and let's say New York sentences him to prison, what will happen?

This person is a convicted rapist, fraudster and who knows what else, and he has not seen any consequence. Will he?

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

We'll have to find out. Legally, he gets equal treatment.

It's his first felony conviction but there are 34 of them.

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That fucker shouldn't drop out of the race, he should be disqualified for treason and thrown in jail for his multitude of crimes.

And while I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony, too

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Jail is too nice, unless you mean chained to a wall and fed gristle until he croaks

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

That guy should resign the same way the Nazi he idolizes did.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

He should, yes. But he won't, and we need someone who can beat him.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, but Biden is 2½ years older! /S

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Standing against a guy that's a raving lunatic doesn't make it OK to be senile. Hilary was a shit candidate and look what that got us.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Are we forgetting that he cheated to win? Like it's proven that the Russians used social media to convince people to vote for Trump. Whether or not Trump directly paid for it is speculation. But they can put Jaret Kushner and Donald Jr. In the same room with the same people several times.