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[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 93 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

• 1. Pointless gesturing, Colorado would never have gone for Trump anyway

• 2. If he engaged in insurrection, charge him. Do it. Charge him for treason in the state of Colorado. Otherwise shut up.

[–] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

only the federal DOJ, the president, or congress can charge someone w treason. this might be the most Colorado can do, as milquetoast as it is

edit: on further investigation, some states do have laws against treason and people have been tried for treason by individual states’ courts

[–] Vientanh@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

John Brown was hanged, for treason against Virginia

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] RonPaulyShore@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

It's not pointless, it's a test case.

Why would Colorado be able to charge him w treason?

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[–] regul@hexbear.net 74 points 11 months ago (2 children)

incoming 6-3 SC decision saying "nuh uh"

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 54 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] flan@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago

im at the edge of my seat

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Conservative control of the Supreme Court aside, it’s never been firmly established if the President constitutes an officer of the United States per the 14th amendment. So there’s a lot of room for interpretation, and some decent legal arguments, that it doesn’t.

[–] regul@hexbear.net 59 points 11 months ago (2 children)

As if legal arguments matter at all. The SC is playing Calvinball.

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[–] Gay_Wrath@hexbear.net 56 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to see ol DT wriggle his way out of THIS jam!

Ah! Well. Nevertheless,

[–] badbadcomrade@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

while(trumpInJam)

{

print("I'd like to see ol DT wriggle his way out of THIS jam!");

}

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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ok now do it in a state that might have actually voted for him

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Georgia would be the state most likely to do so. If Trump gets convicted of a state crime, that might kill his nomination.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (51 children)

Libs are deadass hoping Trump pulls a voldemort and defeats himself by breaking a rule rather than dems actually defeating Trump fair and square.

...And then DeSantis wins in a landslide after Trump endorses him and #AvengeTrump goes viral.

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[–] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 51 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Ok hear me out, somehow this survives all appeals and sticks. 3rd parties focus all their efforts on Colorado. Dems don't show up to the polls because there's no way Biden could lose, meanwhile 3rd party voters and bitter GOP supporters show up and flip the state yellow. Trump wins by one state.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago
[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

Smh just what Putin wants

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago

Finally, some spicy electoralism

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean it was a Bernie state in both 2016 and 2020. There's no way in hell a republican would win anything more than our most inbred counties and they're dwarfed in population by the all-but-one democratic cities.

[–] JuryNullification@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is Colorado Springs the one?

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yep. I'm not sure about the western side of the state, but Pueblo/Denver/Fort Collins are all democratic strongholds. Colorado Springs is full of evangelicals and military.

[–] JuryNullification@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I drove through Western Colorado last fall to see what it was like on the way to visit some relatives in the Fort Collins area and it was all “Boebert Country” signs.

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[–] Kaplya@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I don’t think this is a good move. It will only trigger the persecution complex of the conservatives, even those who don’t like Trump, and they will come out in droves just to stick it to the Democrats to make a point.

Why do anything like this when Biden already has the upper hand (disregard the polling, which is way too early to be informative at this point).

[–] wahwahwah@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Rainbows and Disney cartoons trigger their persecution complex. Chuds are never not miserable and dangerous.

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago (4 children)

come out in droves just to stick it to the Democrats to make a point

think-about-it how they gonna do that if the big wet boy ain't on the ballot?

90% forecast of a terrorism about it if they don't retreat on appeal tho

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[–] TheWorldSpins@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dont know what this Cheeto of a man likes more: Whataboutism, or freaking Whataburger. One thing is for sure, he doesn't have America's best interests at heart. That spells trouble for Democracy. liberalism

[–] WHATABOUTISM_DETECTOR@hexbear.net 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago

Time for the US to invade itself to protect freedom and democracy (TM)

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

Colorado never would have went for Trump, so congratulations, all that does is make him a martyr even MORE.

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