The Louisiana Republican said he thinks the charges related to the former president’s mishandling of classified documents after he left office are “almost a slam dunk."

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    Anyone capable of reading English should come to this conclusion after reading the indictments, just saying.

    I’m glad the Senator from Louisiana can read! 👍

    Sadly, it seems some of our other senators cannot.

    These are all written as “speaking indictments” for good reason - they spell out the charges and reasons for them, simply and understandably, for anyone to understand. Yet most won’t bother, and that’s sad.

    Classified Documents indictment

    Superseding indictment adding to Classified Docs

    D.C. Jan 6th indictment

    Fulton County GA indictment

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      They got Clinton for lying about cheeting on his wife, only after trying to get him for Whitewater but failed. Ken Star used his powers to investigate ANYTHING but only found a secret blowjob. If Clinton hadn’t lied, there would have been absolutely nothing he could prove in court. Not saying that the Clintons were/are clean, just that there’s nothing to pin a conviction on.

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      He did a long time ago. But having human characteristics doesn’t seem to be among the criteria under consideration for Republicans when choosing a candidate for President.

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    I’m sure just like Ted Cruz he’s going remain consistent and not immediately flip to defending Trumps crimes once Trump wins the nomination.

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      I was about to say! Just waiting for the jump cut to next spring when this guy is officially endorsing Trump for the nomination.

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    Uh huh. And where you after Jan 6th, and your party shut down direct consequences?

    Fuck you.

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        I stand corrected. I didn’t recall his name on the list, but you’re right. He at least gets a little respect from me.

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    He was still afraid to say he wouldn’t vote for Trump, he just said he wouldn’t vote for Biden and would vote Republican. So… if Trump is the Republican candidate, what will he do? Note vote at all? Or… the obvious logical conclusion to his non-answer?

    Such cowards.

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      Honestly, I worry most about what would happen if the GOP unites behind someone that isn’t Trump in name (ie, with Trump completely out of the picture), but is effectively the same person. I think Trump doesn’t have a chance of winning the general election. He’s too despicable for anyone with even a little bit of morals. But a replacement could give right leaning people an excuse to vote for the GOP again, even if the replacement is basically just the same thing but less overt.

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        The issue the GOP faces electorally is that they can really only win if they have both Trump loyalists and mainline Republicans. They HAVE to do the bullshit they are doing where they advocate for other candidates but wont denounce Trump. What they have to be hoping for is for him to die or become somehow unable to run at all, and that when faced with the impossibility he endorses the GOP candidate. He will never do that no matter what happens, which is nice because that means they likely wont get the White House for 4 more. But things stopped making predictable sense long ago so who the fuck knows what is gonna happen

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          They only have a chance of winning with the mainline and the loyalists, but they’ve got no shot without either. The problem they’re running into is that the loyalists are pursuing demands which turn away the mainline, e.g. abortion laws.

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    What he fails to realize is that none of that matters when you’re the head of what is arguably the largest cult in human history.

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        What’s amazing about Mao was how many counterculture types in the West supported him and quoted from the Little Red Book while he was murdering half of China. Sort of feels like Tankies and Putin and Xi these days.

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      If he drops out, he can’t get elected and pardon himself. He’s trying to save himself at this point. Although no pardon would help him in Georgia. The president can’t pardon state-level crimes.

      I think there’s a very small possibility he won’t be on the Georgia ballot for legal reasons, but I don’t think he’ll drop out.

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    Bill Cassidy is still a fuckwad. Watch the whole interview and the other bullshit he said.

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    This may come across as a wild idea, but I’d settle for not prosecuting him if he never participates in politics again. Like not even a political tweet.

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      Nope. Bury him under Leavenworth.

      He attempted to end our country.

      He stole documents that probably got a ton of assets killed in enemy countries.

      He stole documents that had highlighted our capabilities and readiness, as well as our allies.

      Bury him under Leavenworth after he dies making little rocks out of big rocks.

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          Ok. Imma gonna make a compromise. He can go there, we ship him rocks to break from Leavenworth, and when he dies, he gets buried under Leavenworth.

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          Your expedient solution is not effective. It relies entirely on a liar keeping their word.

          How many promises has trump broken? I’ve lost count. All your “solution” would do is give him time to retconn his image and try again. No. We need to drop the full weight of justice on his orange pasty ass

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          You know, Hitler went to jail after the Bierhallputsch and got released under an accommodationst release like the one you’re advocating…

          As long as you’re clear with everybody about what you want…

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      Letting Nixon quit rather than be empeached and imprisoned is why so many republicans, rightfully, think they’re completely above the law.

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      This is not a smart idea, his Qult will just treat that as “big government” censoring their Messiah, and he would never stick to it, he’s far too narcissistic for that.

      Also he’s 77, in poor health, there’s so many people who were involved in the election theft attempt and January 6 who are much younger and need to be prosecuted as they are lingering threats to our democracy.

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        Everything you said makes no sense at all. None of it is any reason this shouldn’t happen.

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          Okay whatever you say Neville Chamberlain, you’re a dipshit because appeasement only emboldens fascists like Trump.

          You don’t reason with bullies, you hold them accountable or punch them in the mouth, stop acting like a sniveling coward.

          This shouldn’t happen because these bastards tried to end our democracy because they are are selfish, entitled, greedy, power hungry bastards who want to force their beliefs on all of us, and you sound like you are just the type of bootlicker to let them.

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            Who said anything about appeasement. I’m saying he SHOULD drop out. You’re the dipshit that listed reasons why he shouldn’t.

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                Who said anything about NOT Prosecuting him? Jesus fucking Christ, learn how to read- I said that I agree he SHOULD DROP OUT. This doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be prosecuted.

                Again- learn how to read and stop embarrassing yourself.

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      I’m not going to downvote you for saying something I disagree with like everyone else seems to be doing, but I think that would be a way worse outcome for a variety of reasons.

      1. The most obvious: Trump escapes punishment for his crimes. One if not the central issue here is that no one should be above the law and if we fail to convict and punish a president who commits crimes, we demonstrate that some people are indeed above the law. Holding him criminally accountable is therefore a test of the very integrity of our judicial system.

      2. If we “trade” Trump a clean slate for his promise (or somehow a legally enforceable agreement, although I’m not sure there’s any real legal ground for that) to stay out of politics, then we demonstrate that this whole thing really is about politics, not justice, and the Right’s view of this whole thing is validated.

      3. Trump is wily enough that he will find a way to continue having an influence over politics even without the ability to tweet or use other social media or public statements. One of the benefits of putting him in prison is that he can’t do this anywhere near as easily.

      4. Trump’s base will consider his freedom a win and accept any explanation he provides them for why it was a “good deal” for them as well. He can then choose any proxy candidate he cares for and his base will obediently vote for them in Trump’s place, creating a puppet president. Again, this is not so easily done if he’s in prison.

      5. Voters of all stripes could see this as a sign of weakness in the Biden administration or an indication that the cases against Trump really were flimsier than the media has been reporting. This could potentially affect how people vote or voter turnout in 2024.

      Overall, I think it’s a no-brainer: we have to prosecute Trump to the best of our ability. Failure to do so proves our judicial system is broken and leaves Trump free to continue to influence politics. The GOP will remain the Trump Party for as long as he is alive and able to speak cogently. No, for the good of our country and our political system, we need to give him what he deserves. We’re at a very precarious moment in our history right now, wherein close to half of our country has abandoned reason and empiricism in favor of blind loyalty to a demagogue. In 20 years, our history must reflect that we didn’t cave or compromise with this insanity and instead asserted that truth and justice are vitally important to us as a nation. I don’t care if it hurts half the nation’s feelings. Hopefully, in 20 years, those people’s children will grow up to know their parents were sadly deluded by their own prejudices and political biases, and we may yet see the return of a sane conservative populace.

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      You’re getting downvoted, but you’re right. It’s a dangerous precedent to imprison former presidents. There’s plenty of reason to imprison Trump but Republicans will seek revenge for the next 40 years.

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          Is that what I said? Hint, no it’s not.

          They should charge him and try him. I honestly hope DOJ settles with him for an agreement to never hold public office again. While I’d love to see him rot in prison, I worry about what that’ll unleash in this country.

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            Dude can’t even STFU after a judge told him to already. It’s pure wishful thinking on your part that any agreement made would be held to.