I mean it’s not hard to know what happens when accountability isn’t a thing anymore.
Spoiler Alert: everything turns to shit.
Why should we obey laws if our leader is a convicted felon who gets to bypass the punishment phase? Why should we ever respond to a jury summons for a sham justice system? Why should we pay taxes when our leader is a tax cheat?
Nothing matters now.
Yeah, but not in the way it seems. There will be no absence of “accountability” there will be “accountability” it just will be Republican lead investigations lying about 2020 and arresting Democrats on false charges of “stealing” that election. They’ve already said that is the intention. They will not stop crying about 2020 and will use it as an excuse to go full authoritarian on their opposition.
The crazy thing is we used to go after people over rumors that they were communist. The DOJ and other government agencies would steam roll people’s careers, and make life miserable for the mere accusation of being communist (whether it was true or not). But a legit attempted coup to stay in power goes un-prosecuted.
The second he started making moves to stay in power after losing the election, he should have been arrested. In what sane world do you re-elect that person and then tell them they’re now immune from prosecution.
It’s the equivalent of a 5th grade I’m rubber you’re glue argument.
I suspect that the reason Jack Smith dropped charges was so that jeopardy would not be attached. I’m not a lawyer but reading his statement read as an indictment against the Justice Department and the federal court system, begging them to either codify into law that Presidents are king or get rid of the rule to not charge sitting Presidents.
And I would be remissed if I didn’t remind everyone that there is nothing in the Constitution saying Trump can’t serve his criminal sentence in a state prison while also serving his term as president.
The crazy thing is we used to go after people over rumors that they were communist.
It was as clear then as it is now: right wing authoritarians will use any excuse to prosecute, jail, intimidate, and eradicate leftist values. They despise dissent, and cannot tolerate free thought or the exercise of rights against their power.
They’re paranoid, fearful, unhinged, and they’re coming for us again with the desperate grasp of a narcissist on their deathbed.
The SCOTUS immunity decision will echo even more
No. It has already been forgotten.
Just look at how many idiots (including around here…) keep insisting that the US Military will stand up against trump when he decides he wants a third term or some other complete shitting on of democracy.
We already went through this. But that would involve people remembering the Heroic Men And Women In Green sitting on their hands waiting to see how the POTUS trying to lynch the VPOTUS and murder Congress would play out.
Lol if
Heads up: that only makes any sense if the person you are replying to said the word “if” anywhere in their post. Rather than “when”.
You know what yeah, I’ve got no idea why I imagined the “when” to be an “if”
Probably wishful thinking
Why are all the scumbags getting away with it?
Because they own the country
The worst part is the Dems are going to be portrayed (rightfully? Idk) as complicit
This is a failure of the government to stop Trump’s dad in the 1960s when he started skimming public money when building public housing. This is a failure of the government to stop Trump in the 1970s when he rented to whites only.
next four years? i’m pretty sure with the damage trump and his minions in, let me get this right, The Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches of the United States Government squarely in control of Republicans, whatever we have four years from now, will in no way resemble what we’ve all grown up with and been taught about what America is, or was. what happened on November 5th is nothing short of destruction. so many people are about to die in so many placed by domestic and foreign, most will act shocked. i watched a million americans die from a purposefully inept and sandbagged global pandemic response, and that was before trump knew where all the buttons and levers are.
so many people are about to die in so many placed by domestic and foreign
What does that mean?
