Current Events > Trump just got indicted?!

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pence is on CNN right now and he's flopping around like a fish out of water, blatantly lying about what the people in general think and deflecting to biden XD and both sidesing. What a basic bitch he's being

Pence wants to go on an epic rant about Trump, but knows he can't.

Questionmarktarius posted...

reading the news, moslty.
This is a misdemeanor, with a rather large burden of proof for "in furtherance of another crime".
Even if Trump somehow actually does get convicted of a felony, there's still no automatic disqualification.

So "getting convicted of a felony" is your metric for deciding if an indictment "counts for a lot"? No other metrics?

Ruvan22 posted...

No other metrics?

a hypothetical third impeachment is the only actual disqualification to be president.

If you have decent talking points I can use against my dyed-in-the-wool union dad who went full MAGA in 16, that would be nice, please. Easter is going to be a mess.

Questionmarktarius posted...

a hypothetical third impeachment is the only actual disqualification to be president.

I wasn't taking issue with that specific analysis, I was calling into question you starting statement - "ALL this will do is make MAGA people MAGA harder" You've already identified other concrete changes, I was pointing out your very narrow definition in saying there would be "not a lot of legal impact"

If you have decent talking points I can use against my dyed-in-the-wool union dad who went full MAGA in 16, that would be nice, please. Easter is going to be a mess.

I'm sorry you are stuck in a narrow position (saying that seriously, not being sarcastic) - without knowing your dad nor how he's responded to talking points in the past, my first thought is "grey rocking" (conversation about superficial things with an outright/overt statement that you won't discuss other topics). Feel free to DM me

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FortuneCookie posted...

Trump will likely get a $20,000 fine.

I am kinda hoping that both parties agree to prosecute. By now, DeSantis probably hates Trump as much as Democrats do.

The Republican Party explicitly throwing Trump under the bus like that would be them tacitly admitting fault that they ever supported him in the first place, and we all know how well the GOP handles admitting fault. As much as some of them might hate him and want him gone privately, they can't afford to damage the GOP's reputation (at least in the eyes of their own voting base) by publicly popping the bubble on Trump's cult of personality. It's why the GOP is unanimously tripping over themselves in a mad leap to his defense by trying to paint the indictment as a political witch-hunt, even as they're trying their best to quietly push him aside in favor of DeSantis.

masterpug53 posted...

The Republican Party explicitly throwing Trump under the bus like that would be them tacitly admitting fault that they ever supported him in the first place, and we all know how well the GOP handles admitting fault. As much as some of them might hate him and want him gone privately, they can't afford to damage the GOP's reputation (at least in the eyes of their own voting base) by publicly popping the bubble on Trump's cult of personality. It's why the GOP is unanimously tripping over themselves in a mad leap to his defense by trying to paint the indictment as a political witch-hunt, even as they're trying their best to quietly push him aside in favor of DeSantis.

IDK, desantis scares me more than trump. Not even trump tried a "papers, please" law

FortuneCookie posted...

Trump will likely get a $20,000 fine.

I am kinda hoping that both parties agree to prosecute. By now, DeSantis probably hates Trump as much as Democrats do.

I think he said that he wouldnt cooperate with extradition to New York. Not sure why, but I heard that.

Payzmaykr posted...

I think he said that he wouldnt cooperate with extradition to New York. Not sure why, but I heard that.

ur right