Ahhhh, now we’re getting down to business. And here I thought you truly, sincerely wanted to know what this was about.
But you knew exactly what this is about. Let’s proceed then.
Look, I'm just gonna be honest. There's a clear double standard here. Most, not all, of the people who are adamant that Trump should be found guilty don't have the same conviction when it comes to other rich, powerful people/politicians.
As you probably know, Trump has 4 criminal cases pending. And I’ll be honest: I don’t know of another rich, powerful politician that’s ever done anything remotely like Trump has done. Sorry, I mean “allegedly” done.
Do you have examples?
point of coming to trial he should be found guilty. I don't want to excuse behavior like this, but at the same time I'm not gonna put my head in the sand and pretend it isn't pretty par for the course. I live in California and it's amazing how many people would say a shitbag like Newsom should run for President while at the same time going out of their way to condemn Trump for something like this.
Now, if this were some kind of new Renaissance to hold rich, powerful people/politicians to the same standards of everyone else and go after every one them with the same zeal, then I'd be all for it. 100%. But you have to know that that isn't what's happening here. They aren't going to go after Biden once he's out of office. And the truth is, if you stuck a huge team for years on top of practically any powerful politician, or probably any billionaire, you're gonna find some "irregularities".
I’ll be honest with you: for me—and I’m just stating my opinion—this is the Trump criminal trial that I’m the least concerned with. Not that falsifying business records and campaign finance violations aren’t serious, they are. But it’s not nearly as concerning as hatching a multi-state scheme to illegally disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters (including yours truly, as a WI voter who voted for Biden). I take my right to vote quite seriously, and I’d very much like to see Trump get his comeuppance. It’s also not as serious to me as purposely stealing dozens of boxes of records, including highly classified material, and sharing highly classified material with randos who have (and never had) a security clearance.
There is a long history of federal officials being charged and convicted with crimes; a history that goes back to the earliest days of our Constitution. I don’t think it’s accurate to act like politicians are never held accountable, there are plenty who have been. As for Presidents, the list of those in which there is potentially enough evidence to convict them of a felony in court is very, very short. Nixon is probably the closest parallel, but was of course pardoned before anything like that could happen. What Trump did is far worse than Watergate though.
This doesn't mean I'm justifying it. I'm acknowledging that it happens. At the end of the day singling out one target for political reasons, which, let's be fair, is whats happening here, is kinda bullshit. Like if there was some sort of effort to actually start "cleaning up" politicians I'd be fine with it, but thats not what this is
I strongly disagree that this is just for politics or show. Donald Trump is the most corrupt, criminal, POTUS we have ever had—and I don’t think it’s particularly close. Trump is so corrupt that he has been under some form of investigation during every single decade of his adult life, going back to the 1970s. He thought he could ruthlessly attack our democratic institutions like he’s ruthlessly attacked everyone else throughout his career (and gotten away with it)— I think, and hope, it’s finally caught up to him.