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by StarterPro 514 days ago
Because I'm not talking about left or right. I'm talking about corruption. He and his people are corrupt. You can be a republican who voted for him, and now realize he lied.

He promised these people the world only to get in day one and say "sucks to suck".
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chrisco255 514 days ago
Trump promised to create a Department of Government Efficiency and put Musk on the task and then he did it. Digital services are a huge part of government efficiency. What's the controversy?
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mmooss 514 days ago
> He and his people are corrupt. You can be a republican who voted for him, and now realize he lied.

Why do you think GOP voters didn't realize Trump was corrupt? Obviously they knew and voted for him anyway. The question is, why? Why did they abandon all common sense and good sense?

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JumpCrisscross 514 days ago
> The question is, why? Why did they abandon all common sense and good sense?

Biden's pardoning of his son and pre-emptive pardoning of his family sets a very low bar for corruption.

Given the stakes, as in 2016, a lot of voters didn't see a difference. While I thought I did in November, I don't think I can say I do now.

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mmooss 514 days ago
> Biden's pardoning of his son and pre-emptive pardoning of his family sets a very low bar for corruption.

I'm sure you know the reasons that's not comparable - meaning, I'm not going to make some pedantic argument about it. One bad event doesn't define everything. How many bad events are connected to Trump? Everyone who is not a saint is equally a sinner? - That's very egalitarian of you, but maybe too much so in this case. :)

I agree it was corrupt and it made me angry, though he did have an argument: He said Trump would target his son corruptly.

That's a real possibility: Trump has a long track record of such things and of a desire to do more; he openly said he would do it if elected. I think the GOP did corruptly attack Hunter Biden because he is the President's son - IMHO it's attacking family members of enemies; Hunter seems to have broken laws, but many do without the massive investigations by Congress and DoJ, news coverage, etc. And now Trump has directed the attorney general to investigate the Biden administration.

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JumpCrisscross 514 days ago
> Everyone who is not a saint is equally a sinner?

I never drew equality, just analogy. No, they're not equivalent. But it's a lot easier to throw stones when one is not themselves in a glass house.

> He said Trump would target his son corruptly

Anyone can say this about anything. His son broke the law. It's a silly law. Which is all the more reason to change the law, not the sentence.

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mmooss 514 days ago
> Anyone can say this about anything.

Anyone can say it but Biden has lots of evidence, as outlined, which others don't have. I'm talking more about protecting Hunter against future prosecution and persecution, not cutting his sentence short (though I wonder what comparable convictions get).

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