If they actually, successfully put Trump behind bars, you know what that would do? The floodgates would open. Republicans would go after any and every former Democrat to hold the presidency. Nobody wants to set that precedent. It's why they're going after him for convoluted silly things and not, say, failing to put his assets in a blind trust. It's just spectacle for liberals, the appearance of justice without any of the thorny consequences.
It's just spectacle for liberals, the appearance of justice without any of the thorny consequences.
I don’t think it is just spectacle. If the charges are true (and it seems watertight) then Trump did exactly the things you’d do if you wanted the US Government to throw you in a black site prison forever. Yeah it’s a problem that the liberals don’t challenge the grifting Trump did in office, but the charges they did bring are still a clear scandal and not mere technicalities. It’s also a lot easier to prove this kind of crime which has little ambiguity versus other crimes which Trump could argue intent, executive power, etc. Class privilege in itself doesn’t explain the whole story.
:sleepi: yawn haven't heard that before
If they actually, successfully put Trump behind bars, you know what that would do? The floodgates would open. Republicans would go after any and every former Democrat to hold the presidency. Nobody wants to set that precedent. It's why they're going after him for convoluted silly things and not, say, failing to put his assets in a blind trust. It's just spectacle for liberals, the appearance of justice without any of the thorny consequences.
I don’t think it is just spectacle. If the charges are true (and it seems watertight) then Trump did exactly the things you’d do if you wanted the US Government to throw you in a black site prison forever. Yeah it’s a problem that the liberals don’t challenge the grifting Trump did in office, but the charges they did bring are still a clear scandal and not mere technicalities. It’s also a lot easier to prove this kind of crime which has little ambiguity versus other crimes which Trump could argue intent, executive power, etc. Class privilege in itself doesn’t explain the whole story.