Gavin Newsom blasts effort to block Trump from California ballot: 'We defeat candidates at the polls' - eviltoast
  • mommykink@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    “we defeat candidates at the polls”

    Yeah, but not at the Electoral College, which Republicans have been 10x more effective of weaponizing than Democrats.

    This whole mentality of playing by the rules against a team that’s openly bragging about cheating when the stakes are this high are exactly why the Democrats have gotten their ass kicked for years against a party that’s literally less popular in every way.

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      also, removing candidates who attempt to overthrow the government is within the rules.
      trump isn’t a “candidate”

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          11 months ago

          “Jury Convicts Four Leaders of the Proud Boys of Seditious Conspiracy Related to U.S. Capitol Breach”
          look that up… or better yet, move the goalposts instead

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              11 months ago

              it’s the same thing, you twat.
              the same fucking thing.
              trump called for his crowd to stop the peaceful transfer of power… they did
              he lied about the vote being stolen, he defrauded the whole country… he attempted to get georgia state officials to lie.
              These other states don’t need a conviction to consider the mountains of public evidence available… trump actually said he intends to be a dictator. He actually said those words directly… and multiple times…
              im not a biden fan, the democrats and republicans have both been full of shit for as long as i can remember.
              but if you would consider voting for someone that declares they plan to be a dictator, well then you’re in the wrong country…

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                  11 months ago

                  gotcha, they can troll as much as they want, but if i use a cuss word im violating the ruuuules

                  it’s like reddit all over again

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                Legally, it’s not the same thing.

                1. Trump has not been found guilty of “insurrection.”

                2. No one participating in the events of January 6 was convicted of “insurrection.”

                3. Trump was never accused of “insurrection.”

                4. No one involved in the January 6 events was accused of “insurrection.”

                5. Trump was exonerated in the second impeachment trial, which concerned the events of January 6.

                6. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment does not apply to the President according to settled doctrine.

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                  11 months ago

                  in·sur·rec·tion /ˌinsəˈrekSH(ə)n/ noun a violent uprising against an authority or government.

                  Seditious Conspiracy: If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof…

                  stfu

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                    11 months ago

                    SMH. One is an actual action. One is a plot.

                    BLM should have been charged with a seditious conspiracy. There is evidende of that.

                    They went with conspiracy because the burden is lower.

                    So basically the other person is correct and you are wrong. You don’t seem to understand an action vs a plot.

        • dtc@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          no one has been charged with insurrection YET.

          Give it a few years, the justice system moves slowly but forgets very little.

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        Yeah, I always take the word peacefully as a directive to overthrow the government, but I just never seem to remember to bring weapons…