Remember: no Republicans are arguing Trump didn’t break the law.
They’re arguing he shouldn’t be punished for it.
They’re arguing he shouldn’t be punished for it
They are really arguing that all Republicans shouldn’t be punished but if you aren’t in the club you get the full blast of the law.
yes it’s called Fascism
Yea I think he has to be found guilty of the crime to be pardoned, right?
No. Nixon was never charged, but he was pardoned.
Ford was, based on the behavior of the Reagan, W Bush, and Trump administrations, entirely wrong to pardon Nixon. There is no reason to repeat his mistake.
And there ya go groveling to your orange master, Romney. What a spineless bitch.
Well, not that we needed one, but I really appreciate you giving us a reminder for why we should never ever make you president, Mittens. It’s very thoughtful of you.
Don’t worry, at some point he’ll say one normal thing and people will remark on how he’s so reasonable compared to the others.
It is true, though. If he were to run for president, he’d be the best candidate the Republican party has put forward in 2 decades. And he’s still a gigantic piece of shit.
The smallest coil of shit turned out onto the chests of voters in decades!
You certainly have a way with words, my friend.
Flame wars must be, while we defend our lives against a butthole who would devour all; but I do not love the quip for its sharpness, nor the meme for its oddly specific irony, nor the troll for his lulz; I love only that which they defend
He has a punch card that Moscow Mitch gave him. He gets to say 1 reasonable thing every 3 months and punch the card every time. Once the card is full he gets his Russian check for doing his duty to make the party look normal and reasonable without ever having to vote reasonably. If he actually votes reasonably he has to give the card back and can’t get his check.
Romney again trying to ride both dicks at the same time.
I, for one, am sick of this whole “Oh lets pardon the past president to protect the institution of presidency”
Presidents should not be above the law. They are not gods, they are not kings, they are elected as representatives.
especially when the one in question turned the white house into a goddamn criminal enterprise
I, for one, am sick of this whole “Oh lets pardon the past president to protect the institution of presidency”
You know how we protect the institution of the presidency? We stop having presidents that break the law.
Agreed. I too am so sick of this ass-kissing authoritarian BS. They’re not kings. They served in an office and now they’re out. They’re humans FFS.
Maybe the ex-president shouldn’t have been such a criminal, Mitt.
Mitt Romney is an idiot
You didn’t even run, bitch.
Welcome to Lemmy, new account!
I guess we shouldn’t allow any more new people to start commenting.
I have contributed more comments to the community in my 8 days here than this clown has in 7 months.
More than half of their comments are just failed call outs to new accounts. One comment a week, and this is what they bring to the table.
Have a cookie.
We absolutely should!
How is welcoming someone for being new a bad thing?
Oh wow, a week old account talking shit about Republicans. How sus.
I can see discussion if he committed crimes related to being in office, that time was past, and we wanted the country to move forward, but none of that is true. Trump is finally facing justice for crimes throughout hiss adult life and he’s trying to skip justice to gain the presidency. This is not the Nixon situation. Even worse, Romney reasons it “to be a bigger man”, wtf, this isn’t just play acting as part of the presidential campaign
Shut up romney.
And this guy is supposed to be the “moderate” GOP. Crooks and liars all the way down their bones.
Just when you thought he wasn’t half bad.
Anybody who thought that was half stupid.
Biden can’t pardon state crimes.
And that’s why you’ll never be president.
Just shows how much of a mistake pardoning Nixon was the first time. Now there’s a precedent for giving Presidents immunity to save face.
