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Trump vs Biden 2020, Day 64 of the Pennsylvania count (pt 5) Read OP

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    #9092
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    Overheal wrote: »
    It would place a President above the law to the point where they could - taken to the legal extreme, commit 1st degree murder, or several murders or other serious crimes.

    Provided it was under Federal Jurisdiction, so within DC or under RICO or some such Federal statute


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    #9093
    namloc1980
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    Cody montana wrote: »
    President Trump is said to have discussed with advisers whether to grant pre-emptive pardons to his three oldest children and Jared Kushner.

    It’s a crime family.

    The base and right wingers will lap this up. It'll be spun as necessary to avoid a witch hunt by the evil Dems.


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    #9094
    everlast75
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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    The base and right wingers will lap this up. It'll be spun as necessary to avoid a witch hunt by the evil Dems.

    Yep!

    But hopefully the lesson will have been learned to not give 2 sh1ts what "his base" think.

    There's no reasoning with these people.

    It's important that those who have committed crimes be held to account in an impartial way so that this will not happen again.


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    #9095
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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    The base and right wingers will lap this up. It'll be spun as necessary to avoid a witch hunt by the evil Dems.

    "so Mr Trump, you admitted you and your family are criminals by issuing pardons?"

    "Evil dems, blah, blah, witchhunt, blah blah, fake news, blah blah"

    "so you don't trust that a jury of US citizens would find you not guilty when presented with any evidence?"


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    #9096
    duploelabs
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    "so Mr Trump, you admitted you and your family are criminals by issuing pardons?"

    "Evil dems, blah, blah, witchhunt, blah blah, fake news, blah blah"

    "so you don't trust that a jury of US citizens would find you not guilty when presented with any evidence?"

    He didn't trust the called witnesses in his impeachment trial to toe the line


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    #9097
    prinzeugen
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    everlast75 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1333909947042701316?s=19

    Please vote below;

    Is it

    A) Bannon

    B) Briody

    C) Rudy

    D) Someone else

    Ghislaine Maxwell has been mentioned more than anyone else on twitter.


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    #9098
    Eoin
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    everlast75 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1333909947042701316?s=19

    Please vote below;

    Is it

    A) Bannon

    B) Briody

    C) Rudy

    D) Someone else


    A sharp-eyed user on twitter spotted that the redacted report showed a trailing apostrophe after the person's name, which implies their name ends with an "s".

    Rick Gates maybe?


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    #9099
    Cody montana
    Registered Users Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    The base and right wingers will lap this up. It'll be spun as necessary to avoid a witch hunt by the evil Dems.

    Can you imagine the rage if Obama had tried a stunt like this?


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    #9100
    Yeah_Right
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    Eoin wrote: »
    A sharp-eyed user on twitter spotted that the redacted report showed a trailing apostrophe after the person's name, which implies their name ends with an "s".

    Rick Gates maybe?

    You are assuming they use proper grammar. It's the Trump organisation.


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    #9101
    VinLieger
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    Cody montana wrote: »
    Can you imagine the rage if Obama had tried a stunt like this?


    Give it 2 days and they will be claiming he did try something like this.


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    #9102
    Quin_Dub
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    Eoin wrote: »
    A sharp-eyed user on twitter spotted that the redacted report showed a trailing apostrophe after the person's name, which implies their name ends with an "s".

    Rick Gates maybe?

    No - Gates leverage wouldn't be money , it would be information.

    This is a wealthy donor type that is looking for a get out of jail free card before Trump leaves.

    Probably nothing to do with the Trump admin directly.

    I'd be looking for a wealthy Trump donor that is under investigation for dodgy business dealings somewhere.


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    #9103
    Guy:Incognito
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    How can any trump supporters condone any pardoning of anyone while also claiming "law and order"?

    Law and order would be people actually answering for their crimes.

    Yet they will bend over backwards to justify trump pardoning people.


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    #9104
    PropJoe10
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    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    How can any trump supporters condone any pardoning of anyone while also claiming "law and order"?

    Law and order would be people actually answering for their crimes.

    Yet they will bend over backwards to justify trump pardoning people.


    They don't care. They literally would follow Trump into the fiery pits of hell. And I really cannot offer any clear reason as to why.

    Why someone would hail someone that's as corrupt and childish as Trump as the second coming of the Lord is just beyond my capability to understand.


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    #9105
    The Nal
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    This is so good. This is the lunatic who was laughing sarcastically like Satan about Biden winning,



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    #9106
    VinLieger
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    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    How can any trump supporters condone any pardoning of anyone while also claiming "law and order"?

    Law and order would be people actually answering for their crimes.

    Yet they will bend over backwards to justify trump pardoning people.


    Cognitive dissonance as always is the answer


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    #9107
    everlast75
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    VinLieger wrote: »
    Cognitive dissonance as always is the answer

    In 2015/2016 Trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue, and people would still vote for him.

    That applies the same now as it did then.

    He grossly mishandled the pandemic, tanked the deficit, alienated the U.S. from its allies, gave 2 fingers to environmental concerns, was AWOL when any disasters struck, inflamed racisim, was objectively the worst president in living history and yet 70 million still voted for him.

    What I don't get is how his supporters don't recognise he despises them. He left them freezing in the cold, he jeopardised their health by holding rallies while lying to those attending about the dangers of COVID, told them that he wouldn't visit them only for the election, and yet they cheered him on.

    Cult like indeed.


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    #9108
    eagle eye
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    Guy:Incognito wrote:
    How can any trump supporters condone any pardoning of anyone while also claiming "law and order"?


    You just hopped up on a slippery slope there.
    There have been many mystifying pardons given out by many Presidents.


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    #9109
    duploelabs
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    You just hopped up on a slippery slope there.
    There have been many mystifying pardons given out by many Presidents.

    Like?


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    #9110
    timsey tiger
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    VinLieger wrote: »
    Give it 2 days and they will be claiming he did try something like this.
    eagle eye wrote: »
    You just hopped up on a slippery slope there.
    There have been many mystifying pardons given out by many Presidents.

    :pac: Looks like you were way too conservative with your estimate.


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    #9111
    ohnonotgmail
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    You just hopped up on a slippery slope there.
    There have been many mystifying pardons given out by many Presidents.

    how many involved co-conspirators or people that had information detrimental to the president or people who bought their pardon?


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    #9112
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    #9113
    Yeah_Right
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    everlast75 wrote: »
    In 2015/2016 Trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue, and people would still vote for him.

    I wonder how many of his supporters know he stole this "idea" from the tv show The West Wing.


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    #9114
    VinLieger
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    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    I wonder how many of his supporters know he stole this "idea" from the tv show The West Wing.


    TBH we all know it was Jared who stole it and said it to Trump once thinking he sounded smart


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    #9115
    ohnonotgmail
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    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    I wonder how many of his supporters know he stole this "idea" from the tv show The West Wing.

    Unless it was mentioned on Americas Funniest Home Videos I doubt many of them knew.


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    #9116
    silverharp
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    VinLieger wrote: »
    Cognitive dissonance as always is the answer

    no its not , simply look at the all the false accusations thrown at him since in office. it would be a perfect FU to use the rules for his benefit, clearly the Dems cant be trusted to play this straight , they think they have just defeated orange hitler.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #9117
    duploelabs
    Registered Users Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    silverharp wrote: »
    no its not , simply look at the all the false accusations thrown at him since in office. it would be a perfect FU to use the rules for his benefit, clearly the Dems cant be trusted to play this straight , they think they have just defeated orange hitler.

    So when he's an unnamed co-conspirator in a legal case, that's a false accusation?
    When asked under oath, whether trump could be charged with obstruction of justice, one of the most senior people in the FBI answered yes, that's a false accusation?


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    #9118
    robinph
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    silverharp wrote: »
    no its not , simply look at the all the false accusations thrown at him since in office. it would be a perfect FU to use the rules for his benefit, clearly the Dems cant be trusted to play this straight , they think they have just defeated orange hitler.

    Trump saying fake news or alternative facts doesn't make it so.

    Any particular false accusation you're thinking of?


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    #9119
    Tony EH
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    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    They don't care. They literally would follow Trump into the fiery pits of hell. And I really cannot offer any clear reason as to why.

    Why someone would hail someone that's as corrupt and childish as Trump as the second coming of the Lord is just beyond my capability to understand.

    Because some people are afraid to simply admit that they were wrong. They invested so much in a new messiah and he turned out to be a lying conman, who's scrabbling around for his latest mark.

    They spent years shilling for a chancer and are holding out for some miracle gotcha moment, because being "right" is paramount to them. They put a lot of themselves into following someone, whom they never met and have only seen and heard in the media. But despite all the evidence that's before their eyes, they'll continue to actively ignore that, in favour of the next great thing to come out of their hero's mouth.

    Pure, childish, fanaticism, but on a political stage.

    It's like Michael Jackson fans refusing to admit that he was suspect around kids.


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    #9120
    Curious_Case
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    silverharp wrote: »
    no its not , simply look at the all the false accusations thrown at him since in office. it would be a perfect FU to use the rules for his benefit, clearly the Dems cant be trusted to play this straight , they think they have just defeated orange hitler.

    Well he's obviously no Hitler but he was arrogant and ignorant enough to think he could play the system.

    He is a quite vain shade of orange though.

    Basically, he adopted an internet conspiracy vocabulary that his simpletons can relate to.


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    #9121
    ChikiChiki
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    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    They don't care. They literally would follow Trump into the fiery pits of hell. And I really cannot offer any clear reason as to why.

    Why someone would hail someone that's as corrupt and childish as Trump as the second coming of the Lord is just beyond my capability to understand.

    I am not entirely sure they are at fault in a lot of cases.

    I would like to see the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram content being generated towards this particular audience. I bet you for the most part that is where a huge part of the issue with Trump supporters lie. Once them alogithirms start generating content that fits a particular narrative suited to a persons profile it is almost an unstoppable train.

    When Trump throws out an untrue tweet, the amount of engagement that generates is absolutely massive as people pile on and go down various rabbit holes afterwards.


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