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[–] youngGoku 39 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Qanon:

they are corrupt and don't want Trump to expose them.

[–] newthrowaway20 15 points 3 months ago

I love this reasoning because it's like telling on themselves.

[–] someguy3 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They've always been part of the deep state.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

"Trump just kept them around to keep everyone else safe from their corruption!"

"Yeah, but only for like a few weeks or months."

"That's when it mattered!"

[–] vegeta -1 points 3 months ago

Kakarotto!!!

[–] taanegl 9 points 3 months ago

Bootlickers lick boot, shill their shills and go UwU for daddy Trump. News at '11.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

USA will be a fascist state within my lifetime.

[–] Heir_Of_Isildur -4 points 3 months ago

Always has been

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


NEW YORK (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a “threat to democracy.” Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him “unfit to be president.” And former Vice President Mike Pence has declined to endorse him, citing “profound differences.”

As Donald Trump seeks the presidency for a third time, he is being vigorously opposed by a vocal contingent of former officials who are stridently warning against his return to power and offering dire predictions for the country and the rule of law if his campaign succeeds.

Still, the Biden campaign has trumpeted the criticism of former Trump officials in statements and social media posts, hoping to convince at least some Republican voters — including those who backed other candidates during the GOP primary — that they cannot support his candidacy.

“Those who worked with Donald Trump at the most senior levels of his administration believe he is too dangerous, too selfish and too extreme to ever lead our country again — we agree,” said Biden campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa.

Kelly, in a lengthy October statement to CNN, described Trump as “a person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators” and “has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.”

Olivia Troye, a former Pence adviser who left the White House in 2020, and former press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who resigned Jan. 6, are both outspoken critics who said they didn’t vote for Trump in 2020.


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[–] distantsounds 3 points 3 months ago

Those sweet, sweet pardons