• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I get where you’re coming from but we circle back to one of my original points: high bars already helped prevent a fascist who was already in the White House from making such a move to consolidate power and remain in office.

    The laws are there. Justice should in theory come by honest means soon enough. We just need to be patient.

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      1 year ago

      high bars already helped prevent a fascist who was already in the White House from making such a move to consolidate power and remain in office.

      No, Trump’s absolute incompetence and Dan Quayle helped prevent those things from happening. He has since realized how much more damage he could have done which is why he’s so fucking desperate to win again, because he wants to do that damage.

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        1 year ago

        For whatever reason Pence realized it was doomed to fail or too much risk to himself. Even if it succeeded, it doesn’t preclude the checks & balances that came from elsewhere, including Congress that already was able to prevent a significant amount of damage during Trump’s term.

        Don’t get me wrong, I completely agree that Trump is a threat to the country and should be stopped. I simply take issue with this approach prior to Smith’s Federal trial.