Americans refuse to apply the law to trump for some reason
Just to get this straight. If I stand outside a voting center and give each person 500 bucks to vote for me. That is illegal? But if I am a Dipshit In Chief and offer 5k that is 100 percent legal?
Submitted 2 hours ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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shittydwarf@piefed.ca 2 hours ago
Triumph@fedia.io 1 hour ago
How do you expect that to happen when the fascists own and operate all three branches of government and are hands on with DoJ?
Americans have no choice in the matter, if we're talking about legal channels.
athatet@lemmy.zip 24 minutes ago
For real. Like yeah, lemme just waltz my ass on over there and issue a citizens arrest. That will go over splendidly.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
there’s a major error in that the president, according to legal experts, can’t be arrested by anyone but congress and the house, which makes no sense. he should simply be president from a poison at this point.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 hours ago
It’s still illegal; it’s just that nobody will enforce the law against the orange bastard. The motherfucker was literally convicted of 34 felonies and hasn’t paid any fines or faced a minute of jail time, FFS.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 hours ago
Was it illegal for Bernie Sanders to campaign on free medical and college?
Rather than tilt and rave let’s approach this from another angle: Trump promised funds from DOGE and balanced budgets on multiple occasions and you’re never going to see any of it. He is a liar.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 hours ago
Was it illegal for Bernie Sanders to campaign on free medical and college?
No because that would have been done through normal policy change and actually a thing an elected official should try and do. What Trump is doing (even if it is a lie) is bribery. It’s not even remotely the same, and it speaks volumes of your character that you would even try and equate them.
Ioughttamow@fedia.io 1 hour ago
This is what tips me over the edge, all in on maga now. I’m surely gonna collect the 5k from the dude famous for stiffing contractors and bankrupting casinos
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 2 hours ago
There is a difference between “I will pay you to vote for me” and “I will pay you if I win.” The first is certainly illegal, the second should be. In some ways, the second statement reminds me of the phrase, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” Sure, no direct order was given, but the priest still died.
I don’t expect to see any response to this statement from law enforcement, just like there wasn’t when Musk actually paid people to vote for the conservative judge.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
the funny thing about the priest quote is that the king DIDN’T want him killed and him being killing was a nightmare for the King and everyone knew he had him killed.
SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 1 hour ago
Also funny that their king wasn't above the law... kinda sorta, but still actually had to answer for it to someone.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Yes.
And even worse, we’ve seen it done by other presidents in recent memory, like when Biden promised a $2000 COVID aid check if the Dems won Georgia, which they did, and then the amount shrank to $1400.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social 47 minutes ago
Biden wasn’t president at that time.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 44 minutes ago
Totally man.
Wasn’t Biden out here promising $2000 checks. Nope. No sir-ee.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 hours ago
Laws are as good as they are enforced. Look at speeding in a car. If you don't get caught, if everyone else is doing it and the few cops around aren't bothering to pull anyone over, it's still illegal. Yet it doesn't matter.
Or more comparable, someone of high importance is caught speeding, but when the cop sees who it is they let them go with a "warning", i.e. do nothing. Still illegal, but okay for them to do apparently.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 hours ago
Yes, but dipshit in chief is lying to you, but hypothetically it would be legal.
If the 5k were reliant on you voting for hin and not somebody else then that could be illegal, but his lie was that everyone would get the 5k just like he previously lied about 2k stimulus on multiple occasions.
But he is lying.
Biden promised to wipe out student debt and by god he tried it on three or more occasions. Is that illegal? Was it illegal for Bernie Sanders to campaign for free college and medical?
But Trump is lying to you.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io 1 hour ago
Turns out the president is above the law, and can only be impeached, given the rare condition that the opposition party has a supermajority in Congress, of course!