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I am really tired of Republicans threatening lawlessness in response to application of lawful consequences.
At this point, they deserve to have some lawless consequences applied to them, if that's what they crave so badly.
I mean, good luck, you’ll have to provide better justification than revenge to keep it from being overturned.
They don't care. It's all about the grandstanding.
I almost want to see them try though, just to get smacked down in court.
As though having the rules applied to them won't reenforce their victim complex.
If they lose - even thanks to a GOP judge (a wild concept) it'll be because of the elites... You know - the Jews.
They're somehow both moronic and evil.
They'll sacrifice their lives for a person who is demonstrably the actual biggest loser in history, and he just gets more loser-y, folks, okay... If any of you are starting to have your memories fade, here's a quick refresher to read this morning and then copy and send to your aunt karen in Missouri.
While I expect the Supreme Court to overturn this, if not, Secretaries of State will step in & ensure the new legal standard for @realDonaldTrump applies equally to @JoeBiden!
If it applies equally to both, Biden shouldn't be taken off since he hasn't been found guilty of sedition ya dipshit.
Because he didn't engage in, not found guilty of.
There is no republican politician that isn't a hypocrite. It's their main super power and has served them well for decades.
The only solution to this is to dissolve the republicunt party and bar everyone involved from holding public office as seditionists.
Anytime Trump is held slightly accountable, You can count on Republicans to threaten some type of payback.
It's basically Animal Farm.
"We believe in democracy for all... but some are more democratic than others"
"We believe in free speech... but some speech is more free than others."
Yes if Joe Biden engages in insurrection then he should be excluded from the ballot. I just don't think that's particularly likely.
Secretaries of State will step in & ensure the new legal standard for @realDonaldTrump applies equally to @JoeBiden!"
It does. The legal standard does apply equally to everyone. And in fact the same standard has applied for 155 years.
Doublespeak. Republicans actively work to twist the meaning of words to their base to fit their agenda, so that the other side playing by the rules and being fair looks like political cheating. That way Republicans can engage in political cheating themselves and claim self defense.
In today's flavor, "legal standard" means "the ability to make us lose" so they want to apply their own "legal standard" to democrats.
It sounds dumb to anyone paying attention, but their voters will eat this up.
The reason the government is called a republic is because it follows laws and established proceedures.
Now Team Trump is advocating pure mob rule.
And people think its cool.
The DOJ should investigate this guy for supporting insurrection, too.
Didn't know children could be Secretary of State. Missouri has low standards.
Missouri has low standards.
They always did. It's the Florida of the Midwest.
It's not new. It already applies equally. Biden wasn't part of an insurrection.
I'm voting Biden. But if the Democrats would suggest maybe someone else from the 150million rational thinking American population who are not Republican, I would vote for that person. Joe has done a good job. I just don't wanna be sitting here in my toilet writing about how terrible the situation is 2 years from now when we loose Joe to stress and need a new president. So obviously not Trump or any other rock-like object or non-human organic matter composition. But any human who loves this country and wants us to do even better would be nice.
Neat, I didn't know Biden also engaged in insurrection. This guy seems very wise!
Trump can do no wrong. Therefore, any action taken against him must be unjustified. So it can only ever be political, and therefore, it's only fair that we do the same to Biden.
The best part is, they recognize that this is terrible for democracy, that this being normalized would be a disaster, and then say they are going to do it anyway. They are admitting that rather than accept the outcome of the legal process for settling these kinds of situations, and respecting the rule of law, they would rather damage our society to get their victory by any means necessary.
Which is pretty much how we got here in the first place, when Trump couldn't accept an election or dozens of court cases all telling him he lost.
Secretaries of State will step in & ensure the new legal standard for @realDonaldTrump applies equally to @JoeBiden!
I swear these people shouldn't even be trusted with anything sharper than a spoon. This is how you fucking conduct work!? You respond to people's Twatter account about legal actions. Jesus tap dancing Christ.
Just to fantasize a bit, it'd be hilarious if these "Duck season! Wabbit season!" Shenanigans resulted in both Democrats and Republicans mutually excluding each other from a majority of ballots, and third parties had to fill in the gaps.
Polite reminder that third parties are not viable in a first past the post voting system, and that Democrats are the ones who have actually been instituting ranked choice voting (while Republicans are the ones taking it away & banning it)
Oh look, Republicans being less mature than Kindergartners... again
do it then, just like the impeachment. quit bitching and do something so we can put you down again you fucking cowards.
That was my favorite when GOP cried for Biden Impeachment and how weak they look when they literally had nothing.
They continue to show how limp dick they are.
What scares me is they look impotent to anyone who is able to think critically or at all, really, but these theatrics are actually effective for their low IQ base. Whenever their latest bullshit plan doesn't work, they just blame some communist conspiracy, which further riles the idiots up.
"While I expect the Supreme Court to overturn this, if not, Secretaries of State will step in & ensure the new legal standard for @realDonaldTrump applies equally to @JoeBiden!"
Sure. If Biden launches his own insurrection I think no one would hold it against you.
Sounds like Missouri should be taken off the ballot.
Most of the time I forget Missouri exists, it's nice. Then some asshole has to come along and ruin it.
Whataboutism politics in action. They're not even defending him, it's just, "Well if you're going to do that we'll just do it back to you!"--
Don't you just love it how they all completely ignore and fly over the actual reason why trump is being dumped? They just claim it's a disgrace that trump is dropped, as if random people decided to do this on a whim, but will NEVER mention why they made that decision. Never mention that trump instigated an insurrection, we wouldn't want people to get the wrong idea now, would we?
Fucking hell of course it’s Missouri… those of us in ST Louis are trying to be decent I swear. The fucking rednecks in the middle of the state drag us down so much though
At least they're honest that they are just being fascists and it's not because Biden did anything wrong. Wish that actually mattered here.
Just a friendly reminder that it is Republicans who are kicking, or attempting to, kick trump off the ballot. If they want to change The Constitution, there is an amendment process. Until then, The Constitution is very clear on the topic.
Yeah so THAT wouldn't hold up to a SCOTUS hearing. Rather if it does we may as well ignore SCTOUS forevermore.
Of course, because Biden is the one who directly violated the 4th Amendment by instigating a failed attempt to overthrow our democracy. So naturally he's the one who should be removed from ballots! /s
Whether they are just deliberately obtuse, utterly engulfed in tribalistic spite, or just so blinded by idiotic conspiracy theories (or some mix of all) doesn't really matter. The people arguing that Biden should be removed on this topic are unfit to be in any position of responsibility or power.
This man's dad lost an election to a fucking corpse, he was such a piece of shit. GWB went and made that piece of shit the country's AG. The shit apple clearly does not fall from the shit tree.
Oh Jesus fucking Christ.
I fucking live in this shit hole state. What'll happen if he actually does this?
Biden might not reel in that electoral sweep that's been forecasted for Missouri (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Missouri)...
Real talk though, elections matter and this is not a "both sides bad" situation. Specific policy disagreements with one side and the systematic dismantling of the American government are not equivalent criticisms.
Vote and bring a friend. Every year, the number of eligible voters who don't show up at the polls represent a big enough voting block to win the election outright. While you face almost impossible odds persuading a member of the opposite political party to switch sides, after college age, it is entirely possible to convince someone to get in the car with you and vote (even better to mail in where possible).
Mobilization is what will decide 2024, not persuasion. Everyone needs to remember that despite 2020's outcome, the election was decided by fewer voters than you can fit inside a football stadium (due to our electoral college fun times). If you live in GA, AZ, WI, PN, NC, NV, or MI—You. Must. Vote! ...preferably early.
Cynics who tell you otherwise do not understand how much harder it is to rebuild a system than it is to maintain one. This one needs significant maintenance, like back to the shop engine work. We will not have a repair shop left to go to if we don't get out the vote right now.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections