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Robert ReichThose who argue that Trump should not be criminally liable because no president in American history has been criminally liable overlook the fact that no president in history has staged an attempted coup to change the outcome of an election.
Leslie Seefeldt@rbreich 👍
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Golfhaus still uses emoji: ⛳🏠@rbreich And a previous president almost certainly would have been indicted had his successor not pardoned him. And that offense was not NEARLY as bad.
Harry Tuttle, heating engineer@rbreich if they were to find something they could pin on Biden they’d be all in on presidents being criminally liable.
Dan Walker@rbreich well if that’s a valid defense then I guess everyone’s first crime is a freebie. Guess I should make it a big one.
CausesEffects@rbreich IMHO, Presidents should be held to a higher standard, not a lower one.
Morgana@rbreich EXACTLY!!!!!!!!
Trump tried a bloodless coup with the aid of Republicans elected by the people as well as a possible martial law based coup….. This SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO STAND!! Indict and put the man on trial!!!!
Trump tried a bloodless coup with the aid of Republicans elected by the people as well as a possible martial law based coup….. This SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO STAND!! Indict and put the man on trial!!!!
Silverback@rbreich Biden says we have to look forward, not backward.
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Trump should be indicted. Conviction and punishment is not needed. Indict and plead it out.
Trump should be indicted. Conviction and punishment is not needed. Indict and plead it out.
Nutriamix@rbreich
They are the ones who bray about enforcing laws, but complain when it’s one of their own ignorant terrorists who face the consequences.
They believe the laws are for ‘them,’ but not for themselves.
@rbreich just because other criminals got away with it doesn't mean this criminal should #lawandorder
Scott Bailey@rbreich TFG has been found guilty and sentenced to scouring Siberian latrines until the right wing is centrist in the court of public opinion so many times the counter broke. Will be found guilty by any Koch court? Will he pay any price? What if his underlings?
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Americans have way too much respect for the office of President.
Let the person inhabiting the office *earn* your respect.
( Free advice from Australia where a bit of healthy contempt for politicians is the norm.)
Ariaflame@anne_twain @rbreich If you respect the office, then you should respect it enough not to be polluted or tainted, and clean it when it has been.
SFborn1940@rbreich That argues that a president is above the law, no?
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LeeYes, that too
Str8nger@rbreich #TeamTRE45ON #PutinPuppets will argue that up = down, wrong = right, traitors = patriots, the constitution = unconstitutional, etc… but in the good ol‘ US of A, NO ONE is above the law! #LawAndOrder ✊🇺🇸⚖️
Max Leibman has moved!@rbreich In a functioning, healthy democracy, we do not jail our political opponents when they lose an election
unless they have committed crimes.
unless they have committed crimes.
Harald K.@maxleibman Easy to say, but remember: wherever they jail political opponents, they always *claim* they have committed crimes.
@Harald_Korneliussen True, but that’s not a reason not to prosecute Trump, or any politician credibly believed to have committed a crime.
If we fail to do so, we are just as dysfunctional a democracy as those who falsely prosecute political enemies.
If we don’t hold leaders to account, the illegal behavior will escalate. And anyone who thinks we can’t because it opens the door to future false prosecutions isn’t paying attention; sooner or later, the GOP will find an excuse either way.
Sasha Fox@rbreich And, like, Ford pardoning Nixon is generally recognized as a massive mistake.
"We should do this again because we did it before and it turned out terribly" is just bad thinking.
Let's not repeat the mistakes of the past.
@rbreich Trump committed crimes and tore at the fabric of democracy, all to service his goofy ego and protect himself from accountability. He must be indicted or the rule of law is a cruel joke on the American People.
This is not hyperbole.
MonsieurPoopyHead@rbreich
Can’t Melania save America a lot of time and money and just drop tRump off at a SPAM factory in Minnesota ?
Can’t Melania save America a lot of time and money and just drop tRump off at a SPAM factory in Minnesota ?
Joe Hill 🇵🇸🇺🇦
toxtethogrady@rbreich Kevin McCarthy is the first candidate for House Speaker to fail in six successive votes in a hundred years. When the crimes are unprecedented so should be the punishments...
@rbreich you mean like the part where he told everyone to go home and peacefully protest? You have your head in the sand?
@bannedalot @rbreich coming from you that’s rich, never stop hating the guy ok? Smile now cry later ;)
Kay Dub@rbreich People act like nowhere in the world has a president ever abused powers to stay in office. It’s not like the scenario has NEVER happened ever in the history of existence of people and governments. It’s happened multiple times in recent years! Just switch the country - PEOPLE, human beings, are pretty much the same.
@kaydubatl @rbreich Recently read up on what Yeltsin did in 1993. Yeah. Presidential systems always seem to reel from one constitutional crisis to another.
@Harald_Korneliussen @rbreich indeed that seems to be the case. Even here. Anything can happen when “power” is involved. It seems to be the nature of humanity.
stoicmike@rbreich Nixon was no Trump, but you could say he was a criminal, even if he was able to deal his way out of his trouble via Ford.
Lumjo – hen/they/ri@rbreich about that...
FidelSarkastro@rbreich the only reason for i would argue that trump should not be put in prison is that only as a free man he can split republican party into two warring factions.
Jan Bennett@rbreich the DOJ is taking way too long to prosecute
Ian@rbreich It also raises the question of how far their immunity from prosecution extends. Are they free to commit all crimes without fear of prosecution? That strikes me as a logically untenable position.
mdhh_usa 🇺🇸It's only unprecedented until it isn't. If the 🍊 gets away with his crimes, they will happen again. And again. And again.
Cleanair Avatar@rbreich There are no arguments left.
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@rbreich The only people that think that are the criminals in government that don't want to be held accountable for their crimes and their braindead acolytes.
Its Gregory@rbreich Lock him uP !
@rbreich DOJ MUST hold trump accountable for the Rule of Law and democracy to survive!🇺🇸👍🏼