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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

knowing full well Trump is not guilty of anything close to insurrection.

Yeah. all he did was plan with the Proud Boys to help rile people up and direct them towards the capital; privately reach out and pressure state election administrators to lie and overturn election results; had fake electors ready to fake the election results for the electoral college; claim that he was cheated and lied to everyone for weeks prior to Jan 6th, effectively building a political bonfire that he planned to light on Jan. 6th; give a speech where he helped to incite a mob and direct them towards the capital steps, with the Proud Boys helping to lead the charges and effectively direct the crowds anger; and even actually tried to march to the Capital himself to lead the charge. But other than that, he did absolutely nothing.

Party of law and order my ass. Enforcing the constitution (14th amendment) isn't corruption.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From the article:

But for a politician like Trump, an indictment can be an opportunity because it confirms the populist narrative: See, they view me as such a potent threat that they’re threatening to throw me in jail just to get me to stop fighting for you. But they can’t scare me. Together, we will achieve vengeance!

Ostensibly for BoaT, enforcing the Constitution is corruption because Trump did all of those things. No one ever says he didn't do those things; they just say those things don't constitute insurrection, and thus Trump is "innocent". Talk about staggering mental hoops...

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

No one ever says he didn’t do those things;

I wouldn't go that far. There is plenty of people (potentially a few around here) that are willing to say that it's all made up despite the evidence.

Talk about staggering mental hoops…

Agreed

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

Where is the source that Trump planned with the proud boys?

You don't need to make stuff up to make Trump look bad.