Summary

Democrats blame Attorney General Merrick Garland for delaying prosecution of Donald Trump over the January 6 Capitol attack, allowing him to win reelection before facing trial.

Critics argue Garland wasted critical time before appointing a special prosecutor in late 2022, enabling Trump to evade accountability due to DOJ policy barring prosecution of sitting presidents.

While Trump faces ongoing civil lawsuits, his return to power threatens pardons for convicted rioters and continued revisionism about the attack.

Despite public disapproval of Trump’s actions, he successfully leveraged misinformation to regain the presidency.

  • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Biden’s legacy will be forever known as the man who enabled Trump to take over and ruin the “democracy” that Biden said he would save. Biden is America’s Hindenburg, acting like it was the moral and noble duty to appoint someone so corrupt and evil that if they had a devil whispering on their shoulder, that devil is the lesser evil.

    Every single day Trump escaped jail is a day Biden should have fast tracked it, making sure his “one term” was going to actually going to do what he aimed to do, attempt to solve the crisis of Trump.

    And now Biden will probably retire and/or flee the country as the people who voted for him and Harris are going to be sent to concentration camps. The Democrats will stick around as long as Trump wants them to, and when Trump wants to get rid of them, the higher ups will probably evade arresting, and the voters won’t be able to.

    Nothing else pisses me off more. I voted for Biden to help take care of Trump. I hated supporting a racist old bastard, but I did it because I wanted the orange fucker gone and behind bars where he rotted away. And then he even failed at that.

    I hate Trump, but my vitriol is towards people who can do better but refuse to do anything but sit by and watch the show. Refusing to chose a side as one side openly starts planning a governmental hostage situation to remove the rights of anyone but who is willing to lick Trump’s ass clean is choosing a side, and it’s not a good one.

    God damn.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        Well yeah, I would have preferred to not have to uproot my family and emigrate, but now I’m left without much of a choice in order to protect my queer daughter from what Republicans have in store for people like her. I’m weird that way.

      • SoftTeeth@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Voting for anyone besides Trump was the objectively correct decision.

        Sorry spite makes it hard for you to process reality

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        What the fuck stupid shit is this?

        Once Nader lost in 2000 it was over and inevitable. It showed republicans you can cry and win. Then the war on terrorism and the Patriot Act and the tea party now here.

        Thinking people vote Biden and now bad is what a moron with no historical context believes. Your comment is stupid.

        • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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          Democrats cared more about preserving the First-past-the-post voting system then they did beating trump. They wanted easy elections with no one threatening the status quo.

          The self proclaimed democracy defenders didn’t level the playing field and give 3rd parties equal access to the electoral process.

          Given their rhetoric, democrats understood what was at stake and still chose to not replace FPTP voting in states they controlled. Party over country till the bitter end.