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TikTok resurfaces video of Trump saying US shouldn't have a president with felony conviction (cdn.jwplayer.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Trump in 2016:

She shouldn't be allowed to run.
If she were to win this election, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis.
In that situation we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial.
It would grind the government to a halt.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/donald-trump-trial-guilty-hillary-clinton-b2556563.html

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

He could be as overtly criminal as Donald, taking money from Russia and the Saudis in exchange for top secret documents and lists of CIA agents, and I'd still be voting as long as he doesn't also do an insurrection. FPTP and having all Repubs back a criminal as their preferred leader has really backed me into a corner.

IDK that the mental exercise is helpful in 2024. If the point is to say that they feel the same about Biden, that's because they have been brainwashed by far-right propaganda. The activation energy it takes to sway them is cult deprogramming.

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

Overtly criminal or overtly fascist?

I could back a criminal if I found the reason to be morally sound. Let's not forget that some crimes, morally speaking, were the right thing to do (think hiding jews during the holocaust as an extreme example, and maybe possession of certain drugs as an example of something morally ambiguous that wouldn't keep me from voting for a good candidate)

Using campaign money to pay hush money? That's just in line with the shit Donny already does; it's dishonest as all hell and definitely not morally sound. He's also clearly a fascist.