• Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    “If you actually look at so many of the court cases against Donald Trump, George, this is not about prosecuting Trump for something that he did. It’s about throwing him off the ballot because Democrats feel that they can’t beat him at the ballot box.”

    Note how he isn’t asserting Trump’s innocence, nor does his guilt or innocence even matter. Trump can be an insurrectionist who compromised our national security. That’s fine, and so is a long history of fraud. Not even being a rapist matters. The only thing that matters to this shit stain is that Trump is his party’s presidential candidate. And he’s arguing that it should be all that matters to the courts as well.

    Alternate headline: Senator argues politicians should be above the law, can rape with impunity.

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      Thank you for bringing up the ballot box, Mr. Vance.

      Trump has never won the popular vote, and he never will, especially now as a convicted rapist and advertised usurper of women’s rights.

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        * proven rapist.

        He was found to be liable in civil court for a sexual assault that would be considered rape under the definition used by the federal government. It is now a legally established fact that he is a rapist, but he was not actually convicted of a crime.

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    “I think it’s actually very unfair to the victims of sexual assault to say that somehow their lives are being worse by electing Donald Trump for president”

    “Can we ask victims of sexual assault what they think?”

    “No no no! No need. I’ll tell you all about it. Here’s the thing…”

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      At least we all know who they are and what they stand for, now. When Trump inevitably dies, they’ll leak their crocodile tears on public media how they were coerced and brainwashed, and how it’s time to move on, hoping we won’t remember moments like these.

      I do not intend to forget.

      (Sidenote: “they” implies these leaders who know better, not the poor zealots who are regular, ignorant folk. The latter are brainwashed, and I pity them.)

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      To me it’s not absurd that he can attract dozens, hundreds of sycophants and fellow grifters (MAGA! Send money!). It’s incredible that millions of formerly reasonable people can be fooled by such an obvious cunt and conman. The cult is real. Idiocracy is here.

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    It’s very unfair that rapists aren’t allowed to harass their victims.

    -Republicans

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    You know what’s really unfair? Having to survive a sexual assault. Until he finds himself in that demographic, JD Vance can f*** off.

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    I’m sure JD Vance feels the same way when an innocent black man is sentenced to 40 years in prison based on spurious and unverifiable evidence too, right?

    Right?

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    If you actually look at so many of the court cases against Donald Trump, George, this is not about prosecuting Trump for something that he did. It’s about throwing him off the ballot

    Which the case he’s referring to did not attempt to do in any way. What a schmuck.

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    JD Vance is a goddessesdamn jackass and embarrassment to my state. And do you know how difficult it is to be an embarrassment to fucking Ohio‽

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    You can’t judge a person by one of the rapes they committed, just think of how many he’s raped who aren’t coming forward to seek some fraction of the justice they are owed. Can we please get back to focusing on the important things like what the melting lawyer said was on that laptop from the blind technician who recognized the president’s son by voice?

    Now, I’d love to stay and chat with you some more but these hamberders are getting cold (he prefers them lukewarm) and a pillow salesman has some important intel to share on Venezuelan ghosts that hack voting machines.

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    He’s arguing that SCOTUS is illegitimate? Cool, I agree. Reinstate Roe immediately.