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Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected unless he gets immunity
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Sure thing, just like he locked Clinton up. Why does anyone believe the stupid shit this idiot says?
It's different now though. He didn't have the power to lock her up. This time around, he'll have Project 2025 behind him to allow him to do things like that.
He also didn't have an actual legal case, despite a LOT of digging.
He still doesn't have an actual legal case against the Bindens either, despite a LOT of Russian support trying to falsify something.
He won't need any. Can just "trump" up some charges (pun not intended). He'll be a dictator, it won't matter. He could shoot them on 5th Ave. and no one would say a thing
Stop with the nonsense that Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump has already completely enshitified the country. It wouldn't work because (1) the judge would throw out the case, and (2) no grand jury would vote to proceed. That is why Bill Barr refused Treason Trump's order to prosecute Hillary Clinton.
Trump has already tried this and failed.
Bill Barr wasn't AG for another 2.5 years before trump let off Clinton.
Yeah, I kind of always assumed that there were some skeletons in Hillary's closet, but if Trump's AGs didn't even find anything that warranted an investigation...
He's the exact same impotent blowhard. Not even his cronies will change that. He'll lose interest the minute he's elected, just like with Clinton.
He might lose interest. His handlers might not. You need to read about Project 2025. It's what happens if Trump wins.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
I know about the boogeyman. Not even Americans are going to sit down and watch this happen.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Americans won't let that happen" and then it happens.
These idiots are not going to magically be in the majority over night. How many tough guys write manifestos like that every day? Sorry I'm not scared by some big words by Charlie Kirk.
We have let every step leading up to our current stage happen without meaningful challenge. Why would this momentum stop now?
What momentum? Maga? Didn't the fat guy lose the election?
Project 2025 is a plan already set in motion. It started when i was a child, and there really has been no real blow against its success.The setback of trump losing the election has not stopped the momentum. You can tell because the loss of rights is happening under the democrats watch. If you response is “well they really could not have stopped it” then the plan is working as intended
No, my response is, democrats act on a 20-year-plan by Charlie Kirk, really? Or is it possible the causation you see is merely a correlation? "The loss of rights" seems awfully vague to me. What policies did democrats specifically implement that go back to that manifesto?
Um project 2025 is a right wing plan to institute conservatives values that increase the influence of white christian values in politics, lowering taxes for wealthy donors, deregulating corporations, and equate money with political power as they lose the popular vote. Not sure why you are referencing the democrats.
Um, you brought up democrats when you said a democrat being president didn't stop its momentum and "the loss of rights is happening under democrats watch".
Well yes, there is a plan in place by republicans that has not been stopped. The fall out of which could not even have been stopped after Biden became president.
So, what you're saying is it'll happen regardless of trump winning or losing? Because all I said is that trump is a blowhard that quickly loses interest, a point that still stands and has nothing to do with project25.
The point is that the whole “Americans aren’t just going to let this happen” thing is not accurate. We are letting it happen because their plan is not reliant on the out come off any one election. And are still shifting right
The entire world is shifting right, it's what happens in less economically stable times. Granted, Americans may actually sit by, watching their country slip into even more authoritarianism but I think you're putting way too much weight on this stupid manifesto.
I mean it spells out what they are doing, how they are doing it, and the consequences of their success. And so far its wildly successful. Its not some secret, its a total admission of their goals. Is no reason to not take them at their word in this regard.
I can write a manifesto that says "when I'm king I will make the sun rise in the morning and make it go down in the evening". That doesn't mean I'm responsible for that.
You successfully dragged me into an argument over something that was never my point and I will respectfully end it now.
That's not what happened. He directly ordered Bill Barr to prosecute Clinton and Bill Barr refused knowing there was no grounds. Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump doesn't have the power to do this. He literally tried already tried and failed.
Here's an article where Conway says trump won't prosecute Clinton from November 2016, few days after the election: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38069585.amp
Bill Barr entered office as trump's AG in February 2019: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barr
The guy literally tried to overturn an election he lost. It wouldn't surprise me if it's just bluster, but at the same time it also wouldn't surprise me that he is trying to become a tyrant.
Absolutely. As long as he keeps throwing these batshit fascist ideas out there, eventually one or more will gain traction and actually happen.
Being a tyrant takes energy he just doesn't have. He's a tired old man desperately trying to get elected to get out of his legal troubles.
The guy built his entire platform off fooling idiots.
Why would he change now?
If his base was capable of critical thinking they wouldn't be his base. This is exactly the kind of shit they line up for at rallies to hear.
There were still sane people in his administration to keep him in lineish, if he gets in again they will all be loyal to Trump, not the USA
It's scare tactics by democrats.
Accurately reporting what trump said is a scare tactic by democrats, now? You don't think it might have anything whatsoever to do with what trump said?
Found the the republican. At least I didn't say found the Nazi, like you do apparently in you comments.
It's funny cuz Nazis were right wing.
How on earth do you claim it's a scare tactic bu Democrats, when we're talking about what trump literally said he is going to do?
Lmao AlL hAiL tReMp!!one!!
Fucking Republicans.
You're an anti-american traitor
Lol, fuck America.