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Special counsel's target letter to Trump in 2020 election probe cites three federal statutes (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/politics

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[–] Zombiepirate 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

"Well I guess under a Biden administration, Biden America, you’d expect this," McCarthy told reporters. "If you’d noticed, recently, President Trump went up in the polls and was actually surpassing President Biden for re-election. So what do they do now? Weaponize government, go after their No. 1 opponent. It’s time and time again, I think the American public is tired of this, they want to have ... see equal justice and the idea that they utilize this to go after those who politically disagree with them is wrong."

Now let's look at what McCarthy said in January 2021:

“The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters,” McCarthy said on the House floor. “He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. These facts require immediate action by President Trump.”

McCarthy said that the outgoing president needs to “accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest and ensure President-Elect Joe Biden is able to successfully begin his term.”

McCarthy is feckless coward.

[–] Fredselfish 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Plus Trump flat out says he will use the Whitehouse to go after his enemies and Democrats. They fucking hypocrites on top of everything else.

Bunch of fucking fascists who think they should be the only ones allowed to weaponize the government.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Just to clarify, In regards to:

they should be the only ones allowed to weaponize the government.

No one should be allowed to weaponize government

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gaslight Obstruct Project

[–] Fredselfish 13 points 1 year ago

Yep the GOP way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly as daddy puta taught them over the years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Textbook "you go high, we go low":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAbab8aP4_A

Pre-empt the things that you want to do by projecting and claiming it's what your opponents will do.

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[–] Fredselfish 1 points 1 year ago

And the Democrats do the ratchet effect driving us futher and futher right.

https://imgur.com/gallery/mMmCcsL

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 11 points 1 year ago

Anyone dumb enough to believe this all happened as the result of an uptick in the polls probably already supports Trump, so I guess this won't change too many minds.