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Doesn't even know the presidential oath he pledged.

You proud now MAGAts? Does this make you proud?

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

WHY IS THIS SHIT ALLOWED! THIS MAN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY RESPONSIBLE POSITION! HE SHOULDN'T BE IN CHARGE OF A LEMONADE STAND MUCH LESS A COUNTRY! WHY DID AMERICA ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN! THE MAN DOESN'T WANT TO DO HIS JOB OF UPHOLDING THE CONSITUTION! THAT'S LIKE A DOCTOR SAYING THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH! TRUMP AND ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS NEED TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON! WHY HAS THIS MADNESS GONE ON SO LONG!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

THERE IS NO ADULT WAITING IN THE WINGS TO SWOOP IN AND SAVE YOUR NATION! BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE! THE REASON NO ONE IS STOPPING THIS IS EVERYONE IS BUSY ASKING "WHY IS THIS SHIT ALLOWED!"!

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

-President Trump, just this year.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"to the best of my abilities" is the loophole here

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

He treats it will all the seriousness that he treats his wedding vows.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago

Oh he literally forgot the oath of the presidency? Sounds like a good reason to invoke the 25th amendment.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 days ago (14 children)

This what you get, no-vote cowards.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 days ago (4 children)

All I can do is laugh at this point. This regime is so buffoonish and so open with their intentions that I genuinely wonder how people fell for this shit and continue to believe it. Are we really this fucking dumb ?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, we sit around and laugh about how stupid he is while he ignores the law and constitution to the detriment of the freedom of citizens and immigrants alike.

We are literally that stupid.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I want an extensive study done on the brains of maga supporters when this is over. I need to know what is going on up there that makes them act the way they do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

More research is always good, as it can deepen our understanding, but the basic outline of what's going on is already known. A lot of people just don't want to believe it, because we're all stuck on the metaphor that we're all captains of the ship inside our own heads. You see it in this thread; people want to blame non-voters, as if millions of people all had perfect information and all made decisions based upon it through conscious reasoning. Because they're just—I dunno—bad people? (Which is a completely bonkers belief when you start to dig into it.)

Actually, neuroscience tells us that consciousness doesn't really exist, except as an emergent phenomenon of sensory experience. Brain scans show that thoughts, feelings, and decisions occur before we're consciously aware of them; the conscious mind is basically a rationalization machine, inventing narratives about why we did a thing or felt a certain way, only after the fact. And, it's notoriously bad at it. (The Misattribution of Arousal is one of the classic examples.) So, if you can affect the way that somebody's brain works, you can in many ways control what the they think and feel.

And that's exactly what authoritarian demagogues do.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Same thing that's been going on for millenia now. Humans being humans, look around the globe and through history. This is not new and we are not special.

Sucks though.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've been thinking that for nearly ten years now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah same. I was in 5th grade when trump first won and from the get go i could tell he was full of shit. I was taught very young not to trust the rich lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thankyou for making me feel very old :) Btw, don't trust anyone with something to sell.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Yes, very fearful too, but worse even: selfish, hateful and evil.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, I don't know either. I mean he's supposed to, and he swore an oath to, but if nobody is going to enforce that then must he really? What happens if/when he doesn't?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I always go back to that early coronavirus briefing where a reporter questioned his authority to dictate state government lockdown policies and he just sat there stunned, repeating "when you're the president your authority is total because you have total authority, it's total..." It's been clear for years that this fucking guy never understood the job description, and rather than learning anything from experience, he's having it rewritten. The constitution isn't going to save us from that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He has no idea what he is doing. Never has.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

No, no he knows what he's doing. He's just not doing anything for anyone else other than himself and his ilk.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Turns out as long as they have ( R ) next to their name, the president can operate with all the integrity of a five year old trying to get out of cleaning their room

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

The oath of office has one stipulation. Just one.

He's taken it twice. He's such an evil man.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Trump probably had his fingers crossed while he took the oath.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

He didn't bother putting his hand on the Bible. Not that I care, but you'd think his "omg christian patriot doggy mommy" followers would say something.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

At this point I’m just curious how long this will go on. What would have to tilt for a group of politicians to overhaul his ass and the r’s supporting him?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I believe it will continue until the politicians are scared of an angry mob kicking in their door.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Food shortages will do it.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A lot of Trumpers here decorate their cars with "We the people..." in Constitution-style script. I wonder how much of it he needs to violate for them to see the disconnect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Take their guns away and let's see what the bobble heads do.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

"I don't think so" is what he meant

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

There's only one correct answer and that's not it...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Get. Him Out!

[–] phoenixz 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You just gotta love it that this shit stain is supported by constitution lovers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

That's because he can't spell it without looking at his phone

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

he cant swear the truth, because he wants to violate it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I AGREE! The Founders had NO IDEA what the Future would be LIKE when they Wrote it!

-People who VIGOROUSLY DEFEND School Shooters because of the Second Amendment!

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